Best laptop for gaming

[smokedog]

Here's the spec I'm thinking of going for:

Sapphire ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB DDR AGP +DVI +TV Out Retail
? 140.94 Inc VAT

Shuttle ST61G4 P4 Black Aluminium Barebone system c/w ATI RS300 chipset + 800FSB + DDR400 + Radeon 9100 + 8x AGP + 6ch Audio + LAN + SATA RAID
? 216.20 Inc VAT

120 GB Seagate Barracuda 8MB Cache 7200rpm ATA100 (ST3120026A)
VAT ? 58.69 Inc VAT

17" Hitachi CML174SXWB TFT Black 16ms Ana/Digital Monitor 3yrs onsite
? 333.13 Inc VAT

512MB DDR400 PC3200 RAM (major brand)
VAT ? 51.11 Inc VAT

Intel Pentium? 4 3.2GHz Prescott (800MHz) 1MB cache Retail inc.Fan inc.Fan (3 year warranty)
? 186.77 Inc VAT

Total ?992.71 Inc. VAT

[Dache]

Buy a GB of RAM. Any less for gaming and you'll suffer for it. Corsair Value Select 512x2 is perfect.

[yashiro]

I'd get the Aopen mini pc personally. Look on www.overclockers.co.uk.

If you're going P4 then get the intel chipset. Ati set is a waste of time unless you intend to use the built in graphics. As you're not, save some money and don't buy it.

[Dache]

Oh, wait, ****. I just realised. Do NOT get Prescott. They're hot, expensive and perform worse than regular Northwoods, and the Shuttle actually might not take the heat very well. Get a Northwood P4. Seriously.