Harker 17.3

Budget:
2500 to 3000

Expectations:
FPS Gaming

Usage:
World of Warcraft, Skyrim, and other games

Special Needs:
mainly gaming while on the road

Saved Ticket #: 1163330

Hi Y'all
I work as a Flatbed OTR truck driver with TMC and when ever I get the chance I hop on my laptop that I have now to pla some World of Warcraft for some questing and raiding. With the laptop that I have now my FPS with just questing is around 50 to 60 and raiding is down to 30 FPS or below. WoW is the game I play the most out of all games. I play over wifi from truckstops or Hotspots most of the time. I want to make sure that the Configuration that I saved #1163330 is worth the amount to replace the old computer that I have and here is the build of my laptop that I have now.

Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States)
Installed: 7/15/2010 3:36:07 PM
Boot Mode: BIOS (Secure Boot not supported)   Acer Aspire 7551 V1.18
System Serial Number: LXRCE020731190060E2000
Chassis Serial Number: LXRCE020731190060E2000
Enclosure Type: Notebook
Processor a   Main Circuit Board b
2.20 gigahertz AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
512 kilobyte primary memory cache
2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (4 total)
Not hyper-threaded   Board: Acer Aspire 7551 V1.18
Serial Number: LXRCE020731190060E2000
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies LTD V1.18 04/25/2011
Drives   Memory Modules c,d
612.50 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
415.64 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

Optiarc DVD RW AD-7585H ATA Device [Optical drive]

TOSHIBA MK6465GSX [Hard drive] (640.13 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 31HWB0EZB, rev GJ003A, SMART Status: Healthy   8192 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'S1' has 4096 MB
Slot 'S2' has 4096 MB
       Local Drive Volumes
       
     
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 612.50 GB 415.64 GB free

AMD Radeon HD 7400M Series [Display adapter]
Generic PnP Monitor (17.6"vis, January 2009)

Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter

Edited by adamgre99 - 15 Mar 2015 at 10:56am

Originally posted by adamgre99 I just want to make sure that the configuration 1163330 will be able to give me a lot more then what I got now. I do know that it is nowhere near what a desktop can do but with being on the road all the time, laptops is all I can do. would you all know what kind of FPS I would get with the new configuration

You are getting a solid build and I would reasonably expect nearly double the performance you are getting now. Some public 'hotspots' use throttled performance so on the road you may see variances but as far as machine performance, you are gonna go "WOW"!

With this set-up WoW will probably auto=set to high/ultra. For me I just set ground clutter to low because it the grass is higher than my gnomes and goblins and it's easier to find stuff on the ground.

I'd expect you to see FPS increase of 30-50 in the world and 20-30 in raid environments.

On wireless you might need to tone down particle density in raids as it can get pretty wild at times.

Originally posted by Roykirk As others have said, you should definitely get plenty of FPS in WoW on High/Ultra with that build.  Keep in mind that on battery the GPU and CPU will throttle down, so FPS will go much lower.  While on battery you'll need to crank down the settings to Medium most likely to maintain good FPS.  If you're able to keep it on AC power while on the road, you definitely want to do that.EDIT: I'd recommend you not post serial numbers from your current system.  Just a good habit.

This is true. I assumed he had a 110V outlet or at least a 12V - 110V adapter in the truck but should have made the distinction.

Thanks for keeping me honest. : )



Edited by Pacesetter - 17 Mar 2015 at 4:38pm

Originally posted by adamgre99 I do have power in the truck. 3000 watt inverter. So I am good there. Now when purchasing the laptop. Digitalstorm does takes all major credit cards correct? I plan to purchase this with my American Express

I dunno you might need to call or email and ask

Edited by ArkansasWoman777 - 19 Mar 2015 at 11:48am

We don't really accept American Express.

Originally posted by Alex We don't really accept American Express.

Well, that is going to make it hard to purchase the laptop, crying shame too. AmEx is all I have so looks like I might have to go somewhere else for a laptop which really sucks

Originally posted by ArkansasWoman777 Adam, there are other options you can probably use: such as wire transfer which i used, paypal, check

Oh . thanks for the info. I will probably use Paypal or such. cause this laptop is still looking better then ----- (since they were taken over by ------)







Edit: Removed competitors' name. - Snaike

Edited by Snaike - 21 Mar 2015 at 7:54am

Originally posted by adamgre99 ...I will probably use Paypal or such...

That should work.  I have my AmEx connected to my PayPal account.