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chicky_pie
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Build one yourself, 1500 would get you a powerful gaming/entertainment custom built pc!
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this
and dyou want a laptop or desktop?
laptops are more expensive, but look much cooler
School work and a bit of gaming.
Preferably laptop but would get either one.
yup, toshiba have the best laptops
but if you're gaming, i don't think laptops are the best lol
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OP mentioned "a-bit" of gaming so yeh a laptop wouldn't be that bad in this case and i agree with others get a toshiba laptop.
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Also a toshiba laptop supporter (had one for a year now mum uses it). You should be able to get one that has decent graphics to enable you to play newer games for about that price if you look around.
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yeh but not on high quality though.
first of all, don't buy a pre-built machine (i.e anything you get from dell, harvey norman, good guys etc..). You should ring a normal computer shop and get a quote for a custom built computer (i.e: u research and select what parts to put in, and the people at the computer shops build it for u). For example, try arc computers. The main things to consider is cpu, graphics card, hard drive, motherboard, case (mainli for how well cooled it is, like airflow and fans). In the end, what your computer can do is basically dependant on cpu and graphics card, so have a budget of $500 for the two. For example, the nvidia gt260 is a good graphics card and the intel e8400 is a good cpu. Hard drive, go for 1tb, and that should be round $100-150. A good motherboard is around $150-200, and a case + power supply would be around $150-250 (for a good gaming case with fans included). A 22" monitor should set you back $200-300, and a set of logitec x530 speakers should be under $100.
in the end, you could make a computer that would basically do anything you want, and run basically every game (itll be like 5x better than ps3 and xbox combined when coming to games).
The above works only for desktops btw.
in the end, you could make a computer that would basically do anything you want, and run basically every game (itll be like 5x better than ps3 and xbox combined when coming to games).
The above works only for desktops btw.
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Yeh, not high qual but enough to get by. Personally I dont find that high settings make a huge difference anyway, of course it's noticible but the game experience is still the same. But yeh, just look around for the best machine you can find for the price.
EDIT: If you decide to go desktop obv get custom built like hosay says.
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stop looking at me swan.
im with other ppl and say TOSHIBA. krudd bought one for me 
But are a bitch to fix.
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Just don't break anything apart from the battery or AC adapter and they're just fine. Laptops are very convenient.