Choose and build help.

[Kennyist]

Hi,

I'm looking for my first laptop since I'm now at uni, But I don't know much about them since I only use and build PC's. I'm looking for something that can run things like Cry-engine 3 (dev kit) and auto-desk tools fine as I'm on a game design course, But at as cheap as possible since a students budget.

There are a few questions I have:

- At the moment I am currently looking at 17.3" Sky fire II and VortexII 15.6" -

1. CPU: What is better to get, I7-3610 at 2.30Ghz or a dual core I5-3320 2.60Ghz thats slightly cheaper? Or push it a bit further for the 2.80Ghz I5?
2. RAM: Hyper-x Worth going the extra for? (4GB)

Which laptop would you go for:

The skyfire with my pickings, 500GB hard drive, I7 and no operating system comes to £856.00. The vortex comes to £867.00 but has the downfall of smaller screen. But I don't know the battery life of these and stuff like that.

Or is there any better deals that any body else can come up with?

 

[Yamikotai]

1) For Autodesk you'd almost definitely want the i7.
2) Not really.

On the chassis - if you're going to be moving it around a lot get a 15.6" laptop. If not, 17.3" should be fine.

 

[Kennyist]

Alright, thanks.

Also, Is there any information on how long the battery's last on those laptops?

 

[Yamikotai]

If you go on any of the laptops' pages, go to the Detailed Specification tab and it tells you there.