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I just got a Dell Inspiron

I just got a Dell Inspiron with similar specs. You should be looking at around $1000 and under, you can build a really good laptop for that. With a 256MB NVidia card, it plays 3D games at about 30-40% of what my tower PC can currently do (and my tower PC isn't decked out either). So I don't expect any great gaming out of it, but it lets me game when I'm not at home.

Go google "Dell coupons" then build a laptop based on the coupon codes you find. I tend to save the most money this way.

Nothing beats a laptop. I love them. But if you're gaming, Raps right, your gonna have to spend $3000-$4000 to get something worthwile in a laptop. Otherwise you can build a killer gaming tower with $1400 bucks.

If I was building a new tower, I'd base it off of this motherboard, then just add pieces as I go:
XFX nForce 790i for around $300

That, plus 4G Corsair RAM for around $120
Core2Duo or Quad Core for around $200
a $120 case
an XFX 8800 GTX for $500
a 650W PSU for $120
a CPU fan for $20

If you've already got the drives from another PC, then that brings the total to around $1380 give or take for a completely badass gaming rig that I would trade you mine for right now!! hehe ;) Of course you can get very very close to the same performance and get a level down in graphics card, RAM and CPU and still probably not be able to tell the difference that much. Of course don't let us talk you into getting a tower if you've got your heart set on a laptop. If that's what you want, go for it!

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