02-11-2012, 04:11 PM
most retail computers are pretty junky for gaming and the 'gaming' ones arent that hot and way overpriced, so i'm not sure where a non-techy gamer should go to assemble a good rig.
Desktops will massacre laptops any day of the week for gaming. You have room to expand & upgrade, better ventilation to dissipate heat to reduce wear on equipment. I've reused my same case for 8 years and power supply for 6. So every 4 years or so it costs me less than $400 to upgrade 'guts' (cpu, motherboard, ram)
Basically unless you are traveling on a regular basis or have some dying need for the mobility, stay away from laptops.
Desktops will massacre laptops any day of the week for gaming. You have room to expand & upgrade, better ventilation to dissipate heat to reduce wear on equipment. I've reused my same case for 8 years and power supply for 6. So every 4 years or so it costs me less than $400 to upgrade 'guts' (cpu, motherboard, ram)
Basically unless you are traveling on a regular basis or have some dying need for the mobility, stay away from laptops.
[should not have shot the dolphin]