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Old 01-13-2013, 03:12 AM   #1
25thhour
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Default So I wanted to build a gaming laptop...

I was looking at building a really sick gaming laptop for ~2000 cad dollars

I want to be able to play LoL, and some other games on max, and do school work, PSP, etc.

I went on ibuypower and this is what I had built I would Like some input on this please :) Or even suggest a different computer... It must have a 17inch+ screen.

Case
Valkyrie CZ-17 17.3" Full HD 1920x1080 LED-Backlit Display Laptop w/HDMI Port, E-SATA, USB 3.0, Illuminated Keyboard, Li-Ion Battery, Universal AC Power Adapter - Original Metallic black
Processor
Intel® Core™ i7-3740QM Mobile Processor (4x 2.7GHz/6MB L3 Cache)

Memory
8GB [8GB x1] DDR3-1600 G.Skill

Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M 4GB GDDR5 Video w/ NVIDIA Optimus [CZ-17]

Primary Hard Drive
500 GB 7200rpm Serial-ATA Laptop Hybrid Hard Drive with 4GB SSD

Data Hard Drive
None

Optical Drive
6X Blu-Ray-R/8x Dual Format DVD±R/±RW + 24x CD-R/RW Combo Drive [CZ-17]

Flash Media Reader / Writer
Built-in 4-in-1 Media Card Reader/Writer [Laptop]

Sound Card
HD Audio with THX TrueStudio Pro

Network Card
Killer E2200 Gaming Networking

Internal Wireless Network Adapter
Intel Wireless-N 2230 802.11 b/g/n 300Mbps Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 4.0 Combo

Operating System
Windows 8 + Office 2010 Trial [Free 60-Day !!!] - 64-bit

USB Ports
Built-in 2x USB 2.0 Ports + 3x USB 3.0 Port [Laptop]

Video Camera
Built-in 3.0 Mega Pixels Digital Web Video Camera

With tax this comes to about 2000.
Is there anything I should add/drop?

Oh and what is the benefit of having a Solid State HD? I've been told its much better but just want to clarify why.

EDIT: Oh and just to calrify spending less money is better so if you see something not needed by all means tell me :D
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