Is this laptop good enough for poker?

[Drew1]

I just found a really nice laptop online. Can you take a look to see if this would be good for running 20 plus tables with HEM and TN on?

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SYCTOProcess?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&LBomId=8198552921666246914&categoryId=8198552921644700000


This laptop looks very good. Can you tell me what are must upgrades for this laptop? I want this because it has 1080p.

I know for sure it would be

Intel core i5 minimum?

4gb ram. How come its only $20 extra to upgrade to 4gb ram where its $170 more to upgrade to 6gb ram. Is the 4gb ram here worst than say dells 4gb ram?

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5650 GPU (1GB VRAM) because that is only way i can get 15.5" Full HD VAIO Premium Display (1920x1080). Its actually free now as oppose to an extra $50 but i buy by october 9

The Hard drive they give is 320GB (5400 rpm) What would you suggest i upgrade this to? I know 7200 rpm is the minimum i should have. I am thinking 500GB (7200RPM) for another 80 dollars would be my best option? I read the thread about SSD but would it be a better idea to not upgrade the hard drive and just buy a separate SSD and then put it into this laptop? Would that be much better? How much GB would i need? I see there are 80gb ones, 160gbs. I can tell you this from my desktop that i bought earlier this year. I have about 1 million hands played. according to HEM since may so thats about 5 months.

I am also confused. If i buy SSD drive, that means i still have my 320gb 5400 rpm right? So if i store songs, files, are those going to go to the SSD 80gb or the 320gb? Is it possible to have the ssd all dedicated to HEM/Poker?

I checked it and price comes to under $1100 with the upgrades i did and i think that is a very good price for this laptop.

[Drew1]

Anyone??

[Patvs]

Most laptops charge a lot for upgrades.
So upgrading to 6 GB RAM, a 7200 RPM harddisk, etc they charge ridiculous prices.


You need at least a 60 GB SSD. (note: the SSD doesn't generate any heat, doesn't make any noise, and is shock resistant)

Does this laptop support two hard drives?
If it doesn't: easy solution is a SSD for the main drive... and a external 1 TB drive for storage (media files)

[Drew1]

I would upgrade to 4gb ram only, not going to do 6gb. But would you say having 7200 rpm is okay? I have 7200 rpm 500gb for my dell xps desktop and its fine with the tables even though i recall you saying 7200rpm is faster on desktop than laptop? Would you say i even need 500gb hard drive instead of the 320gb?

As of right now, my desktop that i bought few months ago now shows 451gb total and i only used 59Gb only with 392gb free at the moment. That means it would be waste of money since i probably never even hit 100GB on my laptop right?

[Drew1]

It only supports one hdd. What should i do then?

[fewree]

Already answered.


easy solution is a SSD for the main drive... and a external 1 TB drive for storage (media files)

[Drew1]

So what do i do with the hard drive that comes with my computer since i have to buy an external and a SSD?

[Patvs]

As stated in the other thread:

I can't really predict how fast/slow the laptop will be.
To be save: get the 7200 RPM upgrade. Maybe it'll be fast enough, you won't encounter ANY lag, and you don't need to buy the SSD. (<-- recommended)

If you're 100% certain you'll replace the harddisk with a SSD within a month, just get the cheapest harddisk they offer (since you'll be removing it anyway)

[Drew1]

so i get myself the regular harddrive 320gb 5400 rpm, i would save about $50. So you suggest getting a 80GB SSD? That would cost around $200 i see on newegg.