New Laptop, Help Please

[dracula468]

Hello

I'm looking for a new laptop and I'm having no luck trying to find a pre-build one, so I was wondering if you could help build me a laptop that could run Dawn of War 2 and Civilization 5 on medium settings, though high would be better lol.
My price range is £650 to £900,£950 max.
Also if I decided to get a desktop would I be able to get better specs for cheaper?

Any help is gladly accepted.

 

[notwelshman]

This is what I went for - it should easily run those games, and cost me £803:

Chassis & Display
Optimus II: 15.6" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2630QM (2.00GHz) 6MB Cache
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
nVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M - 2GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & INTEL® CENTRINO® ADVANCED-N 6230 inc BLUETOOTH
USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery
Optimus Series 6 Cell Lithium-ION Battery - 48.85WH
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 90W Adaptor (GT 540M) / 120W Adaptor (GT 555M)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Mouse
LOGITECH® OPTICAL USB MOUSE (£5)
Webcam
INTEGRATED 1.3 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days

 

[dracula468]

Thanks very much man

 

[notwelshman]

No problem. Funnily enough, the games you listed are the ones that I've got sat on a shelf awaiting my new laptop...

Given your budget, you could easily get a bigger hard drive or maybe a slightly more powerful processor if you wanted. And in answer to your other question, I'm no expert, but desktop PCs are usually cheaper than laptops, so yes - you could probably get a better spec for the same money (I think).

 

[dracula468]

Well I'll look into the desktop but I do enjoy the portability of the laptop.
Awesome man there good games though I do prefer Dark Crusade

 

[notwelshman]

I loved Dark Crusade. I'll be installing it alongside Dawn of War 2 - y'know, just in case. Just a pity Soulstorm sucked.

 

[dracula468]

Yeah me too, It's good in its self but I thought the campaign was too long, I think they should have made the campaign like dark crusade but 2 planets or even a whole planet.
Something like that lol