Total CPU Newbie here. Tired of the console bullshit and lo

Bump. Does anybody have any input at all?

>>56188357
> Gaming laptop

Just buy a cheap notebook if you have the need for a portable computer, then use the money left over to save for a proper PC. You'll be able to get something alot better for the same price as apposed to a 'gaming laptop'.

>>56188407
I thought about going this route but space is limited and I'm gone for long stretches of time. I do plan on going this route when I buy something to play current gen games but I think I still want a laptop to play older stuff.

Good choice going the Intel route at least, and CPUs have a higher failure rate in laptops I've seen (Former geeksquad employee as a college job). I'd probably get one of the iX processors and 6-8 gigs of ram. Gaming laptops are a joke, I agree with the laptop then gaming desktop idea. The laptop triangle is this: power, build quality, low price. Pick 2. Dedicated graphics is also the way to go. Onboard Intel graphics won't be fantastic.

>>56188357
I would suggest saving up a little bit more and getting something like the Inspiron 15 with the 960M, the cheapest one is $800 but that would be much better to play those games and some modern ones in medium settings.

That Lenovo you are interested in is a decent machine but nowhere good for decent PC gaming.

>>56188357
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as CPU, is in fact a computer, or as I've recently taken to calling it, a PC. A CPU is not a system unto itself, but rather another resource of a fully functioning computer system made useful by the RAM, hard drive, graphics and various included cards connected as defined by the PCI standard.

Many console users run their own version of a CPU every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of a computer that is widely used today is often called a "CPU", and many of its users are not aware that it is a computer system developed by Lenovo.

There really is a CPU, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. The CPU is just the central processing unit: the piece that provides processing resources to the OS and other programs that you run. The CPU is an essential part of a computer, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete system. A CPU is normally used in combination with the rest of the components in the system; the whole system is basically a Laptop with a CPU added, or a PC. All the so-called "CPUs" are really PCs.

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