HauntedGuy
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So, I'm thinking of buying a new laptop for college work and some medium-core gaming sometime soon...And well, as you might agree, the choice and customizability available in the Indian market in the mid-high end gaming laptop sector is pathetic. 
Luckily, my cousin is in the UK at present and although its not as good as the US, i think the UK laptop market is much more developed than ours, so I'm considering requesting her to get me a laptop. I'm thinking of these two from PCSPECIALIST - Custom PCs, Custom Computers, Custom PC, Desktop PC, Custom Built Computers, Gaming PC:
PCSPECIALIST - SkyFireIII 14 Laptops, SkyFireIII 14 Gaming Laptops, Build Your Own SkyFireIII 14 Laptop
PCSPECIALIST - OptimusV 13 Laptops, OptimusV 13 Gaming Laptops, Build Your Own OptimusV 13 Laptop
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The 14" SkyFire that i can get at about 55-58k is built using a MSI 1492 barebone and seems like the ideal one. The small screen at 1600x900 resolution should be sufficient for gaming and yet the laptop small and light enough to carry around everywhere with me. The only thing I'll sorely miss in this machine is a back-lit keyboard. It comes with a 2gb DDR5 GTX 760m and a offers a choice of 4th gen core i CPUs(more on this later). The only think I'm slightly worried about is heating issues- so much power packed into a tiny plastic body sounds like trouble. This setup will cost me approximately Rs. 55-57k
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The optimus-13 sounds like an even sweeter deal for about 3-4k more. It comes with an even more powerful GTX 765m The back-lit keyboard and the design of this little beast make it quite the eye-candy. But I'm worried that the 1080p resolution is overkill for such a small screen size and not worth paying the extra money for. the 1080p screen might be a pain and make text harder to read and cause unnecessary strain on the 765m, resulting in worse performance than the 760m on a 1600x900 screen. This one built in a Clevo W230ST barebones. This setup costs me about Rs 58-60k.
So which one do you think should I pick? The skyfire also comes with an optical drive which the optimus is missing. Is the 1080p 13.3" screen, back-lit keyboard, and GTX765m MINUS the optical drive worth paying the extra money for?
Secondly, for the CPU choice for these machines, i was confused between the i3 4100m and the i5 4200m. Both are haswell chips and have the same 3mb cache, and same 2.5 GHz clock speed. The only apparent difference being that the i5 has a turbo-boost mode that goes upto 3.1 GHz. Is it worth paying 2k more for the turbo mode? Will that much power ever be required for gaming? Also, keeping heating issues in mind, would it be better to just get an i3 and stick to 2.5 GHz?
Lastly, has anybody ever brought in laptops from the UK? Any customs duties/taxes or other nuisances at airport that i need to be aware of?
Any other suggestions on local laptops are also welcome, though i doubt there's any laptop that you can get in India that matches that performance at that price. The only comparable system seems to be alienware 14 at Rs 121k
Thank you in advance
Luckily, my cousin is in the UK at present and although its not as good as the US, i think the UK laptop market is much more developed than ours, so I'm considering requesting her to get me a laptop. I'm thinking of these two from PCSPECIALIST - Custom PCs, Custom Computers, Custom PC, Desktop PC, Custom Built Computers, Gaming PC:
PCSPECIALIST - SkyFireIII 14 Laptops, SkyFireIII 14 Gaming Laptops, Build Your Own SkyFireIII 14 Laptop
PCSPECIALIST - OptimusV 13 Laptops, OptimusV 13 Gaming Laptops, Build Your Own OptimusV 13 Laptop
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The 14" SkyFire that i can get at about 55-58k is built using a MSI 1492 barebone and seems like the ideal one. The small screen at 1600x900 resolution should be sufficient for gaming and yet the laptop small and light enough to carry around everywhere with me. The only thing I'll sorely miss in this machine is a back-lit keyboard. It comes with a 2gb DDR5 GTX 760m and a offers a choice of 4th gen core i CPUs(more on this later). The only think I'm slightly worried about is heating issues- so much power packed into a tiny plastic body sounds like trouble. This setup will cost me approximately Rs. 55-57k
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The optimus-13 sounds like an even sweeter deal for about 3-4k more. It comes with an even more powerful GTX 765m The back-lit keyboard and the design of this little beast make it quite the eye-candy. But I'm worried that the 1080p resolution is overkill for such a small screen size and not worth paying the extra money for. the 1080p screen might be a pain and make text harder to read and cause unnecessary strain on the 765m, resulting in worse performance than the 760m on a 1600x900 screen. This one built in a Clevo W230ST barebones. This setup costs me about Rs 58-60k.
So which one do you think should I pick? The skyfire also comes with an optical drive which the optimus is missing. Is the 1080p 13.3" screen, back-lit keyboard, and GTX765m MINUS the optical drive worth paying the extra money for?
Secondly, for the CPU choice for these machines, i was confused between the i3 4100m and the i5 4200m. Both are haswell chips and have the same 3mb cache, and same 2.5 GHz clock speed. The only apparent difference being that the i5 has a turbo-boost mode that goes upto 3.1 GHz. Is it worth paying 2k more for the turbo mode? Will that much power ever be required for gaming? Also, keeping heating issues in mind, would it be better to just get an i3 and stick to 2.5 GHz?
Lastly, has anybody ever brought in laptops from the UK? Any customs duties/taxes or other nuisances at airport that i need to be aware of?
Any other suggestions on local laptops are also welcome, though i doubt there's any laptop that you can get in India that matches that performance at that price. The only comparable system seems to be alienware 14 at Rs 121k
Thank you in advance
You are very lucky to own a beast such as that.
