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Hello i am in the process of building a gaming pc and saving more money but thats not the question.. long story short I helped my brother out and he will give me either the labtop or desktop as a reward, I am a new pc gamer so there is alot of older games i want to play , im talking about late 1990s (fallout 1 and 2 ..etc) to mid 2000s (morrowind , oblivion knights of the old republic, witcher) as far as recent i would like to play fallout 3 and new vegas and just cause 2

Desktop http://mobile.walmart.com/m/phoenix#ip/29762980/components/1/27859762

AMD A6-5200 Quad-Core processor
2.00 Ghz 2MB L2 Cache

4GB DDR3 SDRAM

Amd Radeon HD 8400

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Labtop




AMD A8-5557M 2.1GHz

Amd radeon hd 8550g


750Gb harddrive

4gb ram



I never played on a labtop but i heard they overheat.

Thank you and excuse me being a noob. I jus want more opinions than the last thread.

Laptop is 3 weeks old.. desktop is 2 months old
 
If you want a true gaming PC, then neither option is suitable.

You didn't tell us what monitor resolution you're using for your games. That's important because it helps us get an idea on what type of video card you need.

Having said all of that, however, if you're stuck in a take-one-or-leave-both situation and you don't have the money to build your own system... I recommend going with the desktop over the laptop. The CPU benchmarks I've reviewed suggested that the laptop's AMD A8-5557M processor is better than the desktop's AMD A6-5200, but you can upgrade the desktop more than you could the laptop.

But again, if you truly want a gaming PC, save some more money and build one yourself.
 
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tiraides said:
Great... I just conducted a more detailed search on the desktop you referenced, and it's not good.

If the specifications page is accurate, then HP is using a proprietary motherboard to support a laptop/notebook CPU.

And if Micro Center has an accurate picture of the case, then you can't really upgrade things in there. You're better off starting from scratch.

I'm sorry. I used bad information to give you even worse advice.
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Do not worry about it, i am saving up money to build one so whatever i choose is just to play older games and for other things, Any advice for gaming on a laptop
 
Find out which specific laptop (brand and model) your friend is offering you.

As for the gaming PC, how long would it take for you to acquire at least $800?
 
Forget about the gaming PC for now. You can create a new thread when you have all of the funds for it. (Repeat: Have all of the money up front first. Don't go piecemeal as you can't troubleshoot any potential DOA parts.)

Have you found out any more details on the laptop?
 
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