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    Posted: 10 Jun 2016 at 4:23pm
Hey all,
   I was wondering if anyone had any input in reference to performance: laptop vs tower. Ideally, I'd purchase a desktop, but it's not possible at the house right now so I've been looking into getting a laptop. Any info/opinions would be greatly appreciated.
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Laptops typically are more expensive for the same performance as a desktop, the buyer paying for the portability.   Mobile video cards are weaker in gaming than its desktop number match, the 980m not the performance of a gtx 980 but maybe a gtx 970 for example.    Recent laptops do however allow a desktop gtx 980 to be used, the DS Banshee, Sager 9870, an example.

Desktops are also much easier and less expensive to upgrade.   

A gaming rig, imho, is a desktop if possible, a laptop if portability is needed.

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Tower, reasons pretty much stated above. Laptops die much faster under stress than desktops, and when things do go bad as they do, its much easier to fix/upgrade the desktop.

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Thanks for the response guys. I'd much rather have a desktop, but I've no where to put it for probably quite a while. Considering my last computer was made in 2008 and pushing a Nvidia 560, ANYTHING will be an improvement!
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Take a look at the Bolt, which is somewhat small form factor, and the Aura, which has the entire computer built into the back of the screen.

Edit: Someone had mentioned you can call in and order an Eclipse, which is smaller than the Bolt, as well. They just don't have an online configurator for it anymore.

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if you don't have room for a monitor and keyboard than the point is moot.  if you do, then you can probably accommodate a small form factor pc as well.  
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Thanks again. I saw the Aura, and it looks pretty good and I think I could get away with setting it up somewhere. We've only got one room for a TV/monitor, and it's dedicated already. The aura might be an excellent compromise. I'm taking away that a laptop should pretty much be avoided if at all possible :)
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If you don't need to the mobility of a laptop, then the performance compromise is very large.
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None of my business but a monitor can be mounted on the wall if needed so that it takes no room on the desk or etc.

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Originally posted by copsteve1

Thanks again. I saw the Aura, and it looks pretty good and I think I could get away with setting it up somewhere. We've only got one room for a TV/monitor, and it's dedicated already. The aura might be an excellent compromise. I'm taking away that a laptop should pretty much be avoided if at all possible :)
i'm sure Roykirk will will be around sometime to offer an alternative viewpointBig%20Smile

personally, i went thru a buying series of so called "desktop replacement" laptops with gaming in mind and they all left me feeling like i spent to much for too little that didn't last nearly as long as the desktop. 
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Originally posted by db188


Originally posted by copsteve1

Thanks again. I saw the Aura, and it looks pretty good and I think I could get away with setting it up somewhere. We've only got one room for a TV/monitor, and it's dedicated already. The aura might be an excellent compromise. I'm taking away that a laptop should pretty much be avoided if at all possible :)
i'm sure Roykirk will will be around sometime to offer an alternative viewpointBig%20Smilepersonally, i went thru a buying series of so called "desktop replacement" laptops with gaming in mind and they all left me feeling like i spent to much for too little that didn't last nearly as long as the desktop. 


Yea I feel like for the amount of money I'd spend on the laptop, I'd get much more of a PC. Thanks for the input.
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Originally posted by db188

i'm sure Roykirk will will be around sometime to offer an alternative viewpointBig%20Smile

personally, i went thru a buying series of so called "desktop replacement" laptops with gaming in mind and they all left me feeling like i spent to much for too little that didn't last nearly as long as the desktop. 


Hahaha

Seems I've acquired something of a reputation here?  Hrm...

Not necessarily an alternative viewpoint, but rather my own experiences in getting desktop replacement/gaming laptops over the last decade and a half.  For me, it's worth the extra cost because I get to take the center of my universe with me everywhere I want.  Fire or other disaster hits my house, and it's the only material possession I couldn't bear to lose.  But that's me.  I require that portability. Most others do not.  But if you do, then it's worth it, especially now that desktop-class GPUs can be put in them.

YMMV
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Just to add a bit to the discussion. For Laptops I always recommend our premium thermal compound and our cooling pad.
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