AgentPaper
From the depths, I come.
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I'm currently looking to buy a new laptop, which I intend to use mostly for work (aka: very light load), but also as a sort-of gaming rig for when I'm travelling.
I don't need to be able to run the latest and greatest games by any means, but something that can run most games on low-medium settings will be perfectly fine. Battery life is a plus, but not necessary as it will usually be plugged in and stationary. Similarly size isn't an issue, I'm fine with large/heavy laptops since it'll spend most of it's time on my desk.
What I do need, is something that can stand up to being used 8 hours a day without overheating or wearing down, and preferably will last a good few years of use. My current laptop is powerful enough for me, but has been getting worse and worse for heating concerns, to the point that I can't run it without a fan blowing on it constantly anymore.
What I'm currently looking at getting is an ASUS N56VJ-DH71. That has 8GB of RAM, and i7, and what seems to be a decent graphics card, which about fits my demands. I don't need the 1TB of memory (half that would do) but memory is cheap so that's fine. My second option is the Alienware 14, which is similarly powered, and from a brand I know better, but is of course more expensive. Besides that, my brother recently got a laptop from Mythlogic, which is supposedly also good, but from what I can tell a similarly-powered laptop there is a few hundred more than the ASUS.
So my questions are:
1) Is ASUS a good brand?
2) Are there any issues with this specific model that I haven't found?
3) Are these specs right for what I'm trying to do? If they're too high/low, what would need up upgrade/downgrade?
4) What alternatives other than the ones I mentioned are there?
I don't need to be able to run the latest and greatest games by any means, but something that can run most games on low-medium settings will be perfectly fine. Battery life is a plus, but not necessary as it will usually be plugged in and stationary. Similarly size isn't an issue, I'm fine with large/heavy laptops since it'll spend most of it's time on my desk.
What I do need, is something that can stand up to being used 8 hours a day without overheating or wearing down, and preferably will last a good few years of use. My current laptop is powerful enough for me, but has been getting worse and worse for heating concerns, to the point that I can't run it without a fan blowing on it constantly anymore.
What I'm currently looking at getting is an ASUS N56VJ-DH71. That has 8GB of RAM, and i7, and what seems to be a decent graphics card, which about fits my demands. I don't need the 1TB of memory (half that would do) but memory is cheap so that's fine. My second option is the Alienware 14, which is similarly powered, and from a brand I know better, but is of course more expensive. Besides that, my brother recently got a laptop from Mythlogic, which is supposedly also good, but from what I can tell a similarly-powered laptop there is a few hundred more than the ASUS.
So my questions are:
1) Is ASUS a good brand?
2) Are there any issues with this specific model that I haven't found?
3) Are these specs right for what I'm trying to do? If they're too high/low, what would need up upgrade/downgrade?
4) What alternatives other than the ones I mentioned are there?