# Is this a good deal? (laptop related)
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-this-a-good-deal-laptop-related/63085
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**Created:** [February 15, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-this-a-good-deal-laptop-related/63085 "2009-02-15T20:18:30Z")
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### Author:  [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-this-a-good-deal-laptop-related/63085/1 "2009-02-15T20:18:30Z")
> **[HP Laptop Pavilion dv5-1250us AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 (2.10 GHz) 4 GB...](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834147933)**
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Would be a replacement for my desktop, used mainly for internet browsing, itunes and minimal gaming. Only two games I really would play are [GTR2 min specs](http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/1120338/GTR-2/Product.html) Or [gtr evolution min specs](http://www.gtr-evolution.com/support.htm) and even then not so much. Is there anything else out there I should consider before this? I am only looking to spend 1000 at the max.
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### Author:  [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-this-a-good-deal-laptop-related/63085/2 "2009-02-15T20:44:31Z")
I don’t think I’d pay that much for a laptop with a AMD Processor,mainly because Intel is quite dominant in the benchmark area these days.
At that price you’re in Dell XPS territory,I’d much rather have a Dell over HP mainly because my past fixing experiences with Dell have been more successful than HP.I know the HP models that are a few years old they’re prone to overheating GPU/CPUs that cause the mainboards to fail or you get graphics that are full of artifacts.
[http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsnb\_m1530?c=us&cs=19&l=en&ref=lthp&s=dhs](http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsnb_m1530?c=us&cs=19&l=en&ref=lthp&s=dhs)
Usually you can find Dell Coupons as well.
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### Author:  [@pirite](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pirite)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2009, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-this-a-good-deal-laptop-related/63085/3 "2009-02-16T05:29:01Z")
> [@Jon](#):
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> I don’t think I’d pay that much for a laptop with a AMD Processor,mainly because Intel is quite dominant in the benchmark area these days.
x2
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### Author:  [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2009, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-this-a-good-deal-laptop-related/63085/4 "2009-02-16T08:11:17Z")
alright point taken, so which Intel Processors should I be looking at?
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### Author:  [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2009, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-this-a-good-deal-laptop-related/63085/5 "2009-02-16T08:13:27Z")
in a laptop probably the Core 2 Duo is what will be common.
You can customize one directly from HP and use these [HP coupons](http://www.techbargains.com/coupons.cfm)
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### Author:  [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2009, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-this-a-good-deal-laptop-related/63085/6 "2009-02-16T11:17:02Z")
So after some more digging how does this one look?
> **[HP Laptop Pavilion dv6-1030us Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 (2.00 GHz) 4 GB...](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834147934)**
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### Author:  [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-this-a-good-deal-laptop-related/63085/7 "2009-02-16T15:59:26Z")
Also looking at this one [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114533](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114533) , has a better processor but I am wary about toshiba quality. [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115540](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115540) is another one but again i know nothing about acer quality.
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### Author:  [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-this-a-good-deal-laptop-related/63085/8 "2009-02-16T18:36:05Z")
I’ve heard good things about toshiba…haven’t much experience with Acer
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### Author:  [@sickboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sickboy)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-this-a-good-deal-laptop-related/63085/9 "2009-02-16T18:57:33Z")
I’d go with the Acer just for the better video. The newer Toshiba’s seem good (I have one), I don’t know much about Acer quality though.