Portable gaming laptops

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hey guys,

i am looking for a portable laptop that's easy to move about as i am a student and i need a laptop to do my research and presentations. the problem is, i do not have enough money to get both a laptop for my presentations and also a desktop for gaming.

is there any powerful laptops out there that are affordable and mobile (and also upgradable?) that would fit my situation?

i have seen logan's video about the asus zenbook UX32VD and his recommendation of upgrading the RAM and SSD of it. are there any other laptops that are possibly cheaper?

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Not cheaper, but a better option overall: Sony Vaio S series with both onboard and dedicated graphics cards. It is powerfull enough to run Planetside 2 on low settings yet almost as lightweight as ultrabook. You can customize it a lot based on your preferences if you purchase from online store. So price will vary hugely based on options you have chosen.

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wats your budget range

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I'd just get a seperate setup, a super cheap laptop then throw in a small SSD in later, cause if it has a dual core and everything the battery will probably last a while.

Then get a budget build desktop to just keep you in the game for now and upgrade it later on.

This thing http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215663 is really nice for the money though, so if you were in the 500$ game.

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Berkutovich: i dont really like sony vaio though, my buddies' vaios always gets problems pretty fast.. that made an impression

eschippers: below 1.5SGD? which is probably about 1kUSD

Spenlard: im actually pretty afraid of opening devices that i am not familiar with, especially laptops since most of the stuff are combined together to be able to fit in such a small case.

 

oh and are most laptops overclock-able? i know my current hand-me-down one isnt. 

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"Berkutovich: i dont really like sony vaio though, my buddies' vaios always gets problems pretty fast.. that made an impression

eschippers: below 1.5SGD? which is probably about 1kUSD

Spenlard: im actually pretty afraid of opening devices that i am not familiar with, especially laptops since most of the stuff are combined together to be able to fit in such a small case.

 

oh and are most laptops overclock-able? i know my current hand-me-down one isnt." -no, none are, they already run hot, so OC is a bad idea

 

get a netbook or ultrabook, and build a good gaming desktop...

i'mn   in college, and i'm building a $2100 multi-role desktop. I have a $500 laptop taht is good for light gaming, but not much more. that said, it is occasionally nice to be mobile, but i usually leave my laptop on my desk in my dorm.

 and replacing a hard drive isn't too hard.... even for a laptop.

 

and the three things u want don't really go together well. gaming laptops run about $1500, actually, my friend got a really nice desktop replacement, 2 hdd's and an ssd, replaced the disk drive to fit one of em, had a desktop i7.... but it's like 20lbs, and the battery lasts like 30 min on power save mode

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oh! so those are already considered gaming laptops? i have used laptops that are 5 years old and i just cant stand their loading times in general, havent put in a SSD in them though.

so maybe i should change my specifications if i dont want to get a laptop about 1.5k?

i dont know what would be the bare minimum that is good (non-laggy) for everyday use, but logan's recommendation of the asus UX32VD seems good to me because of its slimness (if that's even a word) and i guess most of the stuff i do needs a high processing speed? i like things fast, slight slow down sometimes really pisses me off

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any Asus G series

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it sdepends on what games, i mean, mine doesn't even have a discrete gpu, i'm running on intel 3000, an i5 mobile, dual core hyperthreaded.

i can't play haeavier games at all, but like tf2 runs just fine, same for dota2 and lol

 

 

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I think the Sager 15" custom gaming laptops would be right up your alley.

https://www.sagernotebook.com/index.php?page=category_browse&selected_cat=3

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Sager, Asus or MSI all have good options just get the best you can for your budget. Also you will really want optimus support for battery life.

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oh and let me repeat myself, a laptop that i portable. i need it for presentations too.. the asus G series is just....... bulky and heavy

and thanks guys :) i'll take your suggestions into consideration too

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I use an alienware m11x (r1) to game since i dont have a desktop. it has a nvidia geforce gt 335m and core2 duo processor at 1.3ghz, and can play skyrim, saints row,

and more modern games at medium/low settings perfectly fine and doesn't overheat if you have a decent cooling pad (mine is a  $20 belkin pad and haven't had any

problems with it), so set that as a benchmark if that helps at all.

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alienware=dell, besides isn't the m11 an 11" laptop? too small

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Clevos are not really portable, to be honest.. They are very much on the heavier end of the selection among each screensize formfactor, and as a rule their batteries are rather tiny & shortlived. Heck, my 17' clevo is basically a condensed desktop that's easier to move when I'm moving - but it's definitely not portable in the sense of carrying to/from university every day.