The Best Gaming Computer

I've always wanted an Alienware computer, and I do think they offer some of the best computers out there, aside from one that you build yourself. They have a whole series of laptops dedicated to gaming. The M11x, M14x, M17x, and M18x are all dedicated gaming laptops offered by Alienware. The M11x starts at $999 for the bare-bones, while the M18x starts at $1999, with the other two series having prices in between that range. Amazon does have used options (and a few new ones) with prices slightly cheaper than that, but I'm not sure I want to go the used route either.

I've had an HP Laptop before and I liked it. I didn't have any problems until it got fried during a lightning storm (yes, I had a surge protector, no it didn't help, yes I was probably playing a game on it instead of having it shut down). I switched to a Gateway and have had decent success with it, even though they aren't known for gaming laptops. I'm not sure I want another Gateway though and it doesn't look like they have any specialized gaming laptops, so I may be looking at an HP again. I checked Best Buy and the lowest priced HP laptop designed in their "gaming series" was the HP 15.6" Pavilion Laptop. It has a 750 GB hard drive with 6 GB memory. It features AMD Quad-Core graphics (although I've always been an nVidea fan, I'm willing to make an exception) and is currently priced at $659.99 at Best Buy.

With most games being made to be played on both PC and Macintosh nowadays, the Macintosh has becoming a very viable gaming option. I've never had a Mac, but I've heard good things about them and I've heard that they are very, very secure and hard to infect with a virus (I'm not sure if this is true, but I have heard this. I use PC security software regardless and I'm pretty cautious about what sites have my information). Wize.com gives the 13.3 inch Apple MacBook Pro a 95 in their best gaming laptops. Amazon has these from around $620, but again those are for used laptops, their newer ones are more expensive, but the price is still decent. It uses the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics card, which is a plus for me (again, nVidia fan) but only offers 160GB hard-drive space. Compared with the other options, this is small, but again it's a Mac, so I'm not sure if they use as much required programs as PCs do in their operating system that takes up hard drive space.

Yes, I've considered this option. I've never done it before, but the idea has always appealed to me. I'd have to have good instructions and lots of lots of patience and time to do it. I'd be afraid that I'd screw it up though, so I may just leave it to the professionals. Here's a few guides I might use to repair or overclock my laptop:

Computer Repair Mastery Course

Overclocking your CPU

So, if you're reading this, and you feel the need to help me with my quest for a new gaming computer, head on over here (make sure you read the disclaimers there!): Help me Get a new gaming computer!

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