This a good gaming laptop for under $1000?

[kjlambert]

Price is 1100, but I'd definately upgrade to a C2D processor, just an oversight.

Thanks

 

[krazyq]

i woulnt pay around 1k with a c2d , 2gb ram and an 8600gt.

just wait with dell, tey get deals on and off.
look around the dell vostros..
theyre cheaper.

 

[the_patriot2008]

specs dont look to bad, though acers are known for cooling problems, and if the guys a gamer build a desktop their FAR better for gaming. only real laptops that are great at gaming are alienware-and their overrated. laptops are to compact, and even if you get extremely high performance stuff they get hot and wont last as long as a desktop.

 

[the_patriot2008]

whats the price on that?
the only thing thats bad is the processor.
stay away from celerons.

celerons arnt all that bad, especially not that one, 1 mb cache isnt horrible. I ran an old 1.8 ghz celeron with a 128 k cache for awhile, didnt mind it. granted celerons are no where near as good as the core 2s or the AMD processors, and if you want a high end gaming machine I would never buy a celeron, but their great for servers because they run so much cooler then the AMD and core 2s. they last forever to mainly cuz of how cool they run. If i was to start a web server or a comp id leave on 24 7 that I wouldnt be tasking hard i would have no issues using a celeron, especially in a laptop. but yeah, if you want to build your friend a gaming machine, get the high end processors. a athlon 64 x2 or phenom, or a core 2 or pentium D on the intel side.