Notebook advice requested

[thomas_c]

Hey folks!

I’m thinking about buying a gaming-capable notebook in the near future since this notebook here is basically just a typewriter I need for Uni stuff and my main Gaming machine is about eight years old (still runs the source games in perfectly acceptable quality, though). I once at least knew my way around hardware types and stuff, but I’m totally out of the loop.
I doesn’t have to be able to run any recent über-graphic titles, if I’ll be able to run them Source games on full with high FPS rates and games about a year old on medium at reasonable FPS rates, that would be totally sufficient.
So, if you could give me some pointers towards what’s good mid-range (and thus affordable) mobile hardware, it would be greatly appreciated.

[eternalness]

Personally I would go with a new desktop because you can upgrade it, but if you insist on gettin a laptop thats under $1000 I would try this one. Its got an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, and an Intel Core 2 Duo T6600@2.2Ghz.

[The_Assassin47]

Can you tell us precisely what you’d like to spend?
good find eternalness BTW.

EDIT:
Heres another one, thats $999 but a pretty significant ste up in power.
Specs:
CPU: Core i7-720QM
GPU: 1GB GT 230M
RAM: 4GB
HDD: 320GB 7200RPM
And it has Blu-Ray.
https://www.shopping.hp.com/series/category/notebooks/dv6tqe_series/3/computer_store?jumpid=in_r329_personalization/browse1/home_SDP

[thomas_c]

I guess I can afford to shell about €500 (which is about $750) on this.

And yeah, that Pavillion looks good, cheers.

[The_Assassin47]

Ok, BRB with more searching!
Is there anything specific you now you want?
Say, Intel or AMD, Nvidia versus ATI, how much RAM or HDD space you want, etc.

[thomas_c]

Nothing specific, like I said, I’ve been totally out of the loop since I started studying. HDD space is not a problem, I’ve got an external 1TB HDD for photos, music and uni stuff, so I guess any basic HDD with 200GB upwards will do for OS and games. As for RAM, what’s a good ballpark figure these days? I guess two GB or more, seeing as my old machine has one GB.

Also, I’m more willing to get a laptop than a desktop because I’ll be off to England next year for a semester and I’d like to have some videogamed entertainment every now and then during the cold and dark British winter evenings after work.

[The_Assassin47]

You ought to get 4GB of RAM.