Need a little advice...

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I need some advice on if I should sell my laptop and buy a desktop or not.

Ok, here is the thing - I recently bought a top of the line gaming notebook for a really good price: actually, it's all in my sig.

I got all of that stuff for $1,600.

Now, the problem I am having is: should I sell it for a profit and get a gaming desktop?

What would you do?

Keep in mind that I am a college student.

Another question I have is: if I was to build a gaming desktop with similar specs, how much would it cost? factoring in everything, HD, ram, etc. and the lcd display in as well...

As far as gaming goes, the only game I really play is CS:S, that game is so addicting.
 
I think if you really like to game a laptop will never replace a good gaming desktop. You can make one for 1500 with pretty awesome stuff. However if your looking to get an lcd with it as well your looking at spending around 2000.
 
I agree with the previous poster. The desktop in my sig cost me around $1400 (but my girlfriend gave me $100 towards the memory for a Christmas gift and I'm still expecting $80 in mail in rebates). The monitor then cost me another $355 since I bought it from the For Sale forum here.

How does the laptop handle gaming? I'd say if it handles what you play fine, there's not too much of a point in upgrading unless you get some good deals on what you'd buy for the desktop. I'm not so sure you'd be able to build a desktop that performs on-par with the laptop AND buy a nice monitor for that much, if any, less than what you could sell the laptop for.
 
all right, thanks for the replies.

That was basically what I wanted to hear from other people - that building a gaming desktop that includes a 17 inch widescreen display would cost roughly the same, or even more then what I payed for this laptop.

this laptop handles games very well, the 7800gtx, even though it is 256 and not 512MBs, is excellent.

On the other hand I'm thinking if I should sell it or not to make some money of it.
 
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