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£500 gaming notebook / laptop?

Hi all, I have scoured the web for a day or so now, and am stuggling to navigate certain sites because im on 56k (dont ask) As you may have guessed from my internet connection, money is an issue for me, I am a student trying to get my most bang-for-buck when it comes to a new laptop. I don't want to run crysis. Im talking entry level gaming, which turns out about mid level overall. It should run WoW fine ( mid settings) and get a good Fps on source games online. But to be honest whatever is possible, the faster the better. AROUND £500 is the budget of course this can fluctuate according to the deal. -What I require. I have looked at various brands, specifically Dell, Acer and Asus. (please post if you know a small brand less costly alternative or whatever!) The latter 2 had fairly wierd sites that I didn't find particularly productive. I do however want this kind of thing... -- ANY SIZE SCREEN, cheapest -- Any speakers, cheapest -- Warranty bear minimum -- I do not care about accessories :) (inc. mouse webcam, fingerprint) -------------------MAIN STUFF---------------------- --HDD ## ----- HDD bigger than 120gb. 160 would probably be most price efficient( I don't see many under 250 now that arent with expensive extras) -- Operating system - At the moment it seems all new laptops come with vista as standard, and xp AS WELL costs more. As soon as I get this, I plan to dig up drivers for the model and downgrade to xp sp3, because for laptops at this price, I am certain that It is more efficient, (my friend downgaded his Amilo pi2515 and saw at least a 30-40% game performance increase) So if there are any deals that have xp instead, this would be amazing because it would be cheaper too (or just drivers, and let me supply OS, but thats a long shot). but I have come to terms with having vista initially. No macs please. (gaming) ## ----- Prefer xp for price and speed, if impossible, downgrade from vista manually = ok -- Processor - At the moment it seems that intel core 2 duo is the way to go (amd is not competing in the budget department), ## ----- Minimum T5870. THIS AND GPU ARE KEY COMPONENTS -- GPU - Must have dedicated graphics, an ati HD 3650 would be sweet, so would a 8600M GT, but seriously, this and cpu are VERY IMPORTANT, ## ----- Minimum, has to be dedicated (so ati or nvidia) -- RAM - as I am planning to downgrade to XP, i am aware that it can't handle more than 3gb. (Maybe windows seven will save the day here) Under 4gb really, but min 1-2gb. ## ----- Minimum 1gb max 3gb. -- wireless ## ----- Do not care if not included. -- Optic drive, do not care :). ##SUMMARY## CPU and GPU are really the key parts. a t8100 or a t8300 would be perfect, a radeon HD 3650 would also be perfect :D (or nvidia equivalent), I plan to use xp eventually, so keep ram in mind. It sounds very specific, but some rough answers would be nice, If you can find me something that suits the summary, you dont just get a medal or brownie points, you get best answer AND, I will make a few other questions and give you best answer on those too. so, Prize, is x3 best answers. (depends on how perfect answer is :P) Many many many thanks to any help at all, Lith

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