Thanks for your info.. The Toshiba i referring is P50 the model without t which mean not touch screen.. Its coming in Haswell.. For Lenovo, The Y510 is not in Msia yet if i'm not wrong but Y410p is available already..

Don't have info on the P50 you mentioned
Yup, Y510p is not in Malaysia yet, so how you know got problems with WiFi? haha That's why should be Y500

Thanks for the info. Any recommendation on laptop with haswell and GDDR5?

See here for more details: https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f...0#entry57335909

THe ones you have in mind are pretty much the ones available for your budget already

Hi,

BUDGET = RM 1k

I'm on a tight budget & i need a laptop that is enough for work. I DON'T need a powerful one.

Thank you very much !!

Can consider these:
11.6"
Acer
Aspire AO756, 1007 + Intel HD@RM1149, 4GB, 500GB, W8
V5-122P-42152G50b, A4-1250 + AMD HD8210M +(1366x768;touch)@RM1299, 2GB, 500GB, W8

14"
Acer V5-431-10074G50, 1007 + Intel HD@RM1299[2.1kg], 4GB, 500GB, W8

If you don't mind FreeDOS:
11.6"
Asus X201E, Intel B847 + Intel HD@RM999, 2GB, 500GB, FreeDOS, 1 year

14"
Asus
X45U-VX024, E2-1800 + AMD HD6320M@RM1199, 2GB, 500GB, FreeDOS, 1 year warranty
X44H-VX231, B820 + Intel HD3000@RM1099[2.44kg], 2GB, 500GB, FreeDOS; 1 year warranty
X45U, E2-1800 + AMD HD6320M@RM1199[2.2kg], 2GB, 500GB, FreeDOS

Dell Inspiron 14-3421, 1007U + Intel HD@RM999[1.99kg], Linux, 2GB, 500GB(5400rpm), 4-cell; W8SL@RM1099

wanna gaming laptop. will mostly be doing ps2 and wii emulation, which can be CPU-intensive.

dont really care about brands. As for specs I find Lenovo y500 to be "ideal". However I dont mind paying a little bit extra for MSI or Asus (or others, really) laptops of equal specs AS LONG as they come with good cooling systems. Budget RM3.5k, which prices Illegear out (I want Windows 8 pre-installed and at least 2 years warranty)
Battery life is not important to me

additional questions :

i) regarding Lenovo's SLI, will it increase temp a lot when i use 2 GPUs?
ii) does size affect cooling a lot? I've heard 15" tend to have more space for heat dissipation than smaller models...

As you can see, I care a lot about cooling because I've had 2 laptops died due to overheating. Will invest in a good cooler (CM U3) this time

Sifu TJ has given you lots of good suggestion

Just tell your mum this:
AutoCAD, especially doing 3D stuff, need good GPU.
Multimedia, if you do encoding, need good CPU+GPU.
RAM, never go wrong for as much as you could afford.
All adds up, "suitable for gaming", it's just a "side effect"

Looking for:
Screen size: 15" with 16:10 aspect ratio, IPS quality or better
Main usage: programming

anybody knows what laptop besides macbook pro has 16:10 screen ratio?

No. Only MBP has 16:10 15", iinm.
If you want 16:10, just get MBP. Alternative is get a 16:10 external monitor and connect normal laptop.

If you want IPS screen with 15", cheapest is:

Acer
V3-571G-736b8G1T, i7-3630QM + Nvidia GT730M(DDR3) + (1920x1080 IPS) @RM2899[2.6kg], 8GB, 1TB, W8

Price is RSP, negotiable.

This post has been edited by nexus2238: Jul 7 2013, 03:39 PM

I don't run ps2 or wii emulator. But iirc, these emulators are not multi-threads optimised (please correct me if I am wrong ).
If the above is correct, then you don't need i7 quad core, just anything Intel with as high single core clock as possible.
The SLI in Y500 will be totally wasted since these emulators will not be able to take advantage of SLI.

i) of course the Y500 run hotter when in SLI
ii) You do see big nice gaming laptop with good built-in cooling system normally come in 17" right? Yes, size does matter. Internal component layout is important. Thermal paste, fan / heat sink used in laptop. .... 15" is definitely better than 14" for heat dissipation.

If you manage to get your laptop die due to overheating, you must have done something terribly wrong
Good external cooling solution (a cheap table fan go a long way), good air flow, periodic maintenance cleaning of laptop fan / air inlet/outlet from dust, re-applying (good) thermal paste ... some of things you could do to prevent the pain

This post has been edited by nexus2238: Jul 7 2013, 03:39 PM

Sorry,i accidentally spammed,got problems with my netbook's wifi adapter.Anyways,is Lenovo y500 worth it?or should i wait for future laptops cause im still counting cash

Hey guys, any recommendation for laptop

1. Preferred Brand - Any brand
2. Budget - below 3k
3. Usage - Games such as FIFA/PES, watching 720-1080p vids, browsing, programming
4. Preferred laptop/screen size - 14" or 15.6" only
5. SSD
6. Killer wireless network card

1. Preferred Brand = Any brand
2. Budget = less than RM3k
3. Usage = daily office work, web browsing, watching movie,
4. Preferred laptop/screen size = 15.6" touch screen to fully utilize Window 8 feature

Tq.

Wah, that's asking for a lot for the budget
Closest would be the Lenovo Y410p or Y500 mate, no SSD and Killer WiFi card though.

Or you opt for the Illegear R-11 or RE-15 with those customization options. But need to up budget, of course

Hey guys, can you all help me search some?

Price = around 2k to 2.5k
Brand = Asus ,Lenovo, Dell, Acer, HP, Toshiba
Purpose = Uni purpose. (doing assignment). Slight gaming (Left 4 dead 2),watching movie
Others (Must) = dvd rom,Screen 14", light and thin,touch screen

thx

can consider these:
15.6"
Acer R7-571-53338G1T, i5-3337U + Intel HD4000+ (1920x1080 IPS; touch)@RM2999[2.4kg], 8GB, 1TB, W8

Asus
[Ultrabook] S56CB-XX390H i7-3537U + Nvidia GT740M + 24GB mSATA + 1TB@RM2999[2.3kg], 4GB, W8
[Ultrabook] S550CB-CJ102H i5-3337U + Nvidia GT740M + 24GB mSATA + 500GB + (1366x768; touch)@RM2599[2.3kg], 4GB, W8

Prices in RRP, negotiable~
All are suitable for your usage

hahha..sori mate,my budget not enough..time to do part time job to get my dream laptop

true, only 3 cores (max) are used for ps2 and wii emulation. at times i feel my specs are overkill, but

apparently the Haswell processors conserves more power, thus less heat

and hopefully it will last 5 years at least

my laptops died because

i) i was younger back then and didnt gib a shiatz
ii) one of them was a Presario V3000, the legendary overheating machine, the other punya fan just stopped working completely

so 1 question, MSI 14" gaming laptops... do they tend to have good cooling system?

tenkiu

This post has been edited by Styrroyds: Jul 7 2013, 04:49 PM

Yup, clock for clock, Haswell is more power efficient compared to Ivy Bridge.
But currently there are not much Haswell spec laptop in Malaysia yet. Have to wait a bit
For your purpose, a Sandy Bridge i5 will have no problem running those emulators

You mean this one?
GE40-2OC, i7-4702MQ + Nvidia GTX760M + (1600x900; anti-glare)@RM3999[1.8kg], 8GB, 750GB(7200rpm), W8

thermal profile is not good
Is there any specific reason you want 14"? Portability?
For that price, you could get:
www.illegear.com
Illegear RE-15, i7-4700MQ + Nvidia GTX765M + (1920x1080;matte)@RM3599[Onkyo], 4GB, 500GB(5400rpm), FreeDOS [CPU Options: i7-4700MQ - i7-4900MQ]

But to run the emulators, I would rather do something like
Lenovo
Ideapad G580, i5-3210M + Nvidia GT630M@RM1699, 2GB, 500GB, freeDOS, 1 yr warranty
Then put in a 512G SSD, as much RAM as I want, still < RM3k