If gaming is your passion then you are most likely to want to play while travelling. Playing games on your desktop computer is fun. You always hate the moment when you have to travel because you have to leave all the fun at home? I am sure it could get quite annoying! You might even cancel all your plans to travel because you cannot play your favourite PC game. Cheap gaming laptops will definitely be the thing for you. You could even try to build one from scratch.

Of course, if you have the money you could buy the best gaming laptop. In this case Alienware notebooks for games are a very good choice. A cheaper solution is an Asus gaming laptop, but probably the cheapest solution remains building a computer with new components from scratch.

So how can you build cheap gaming laptops from scratch? First of all you should not make any major compromises. Buying 2 great components but having no more money left for the rest of them will only mean you won’t be able to complete your laptop. The key is to only make minor compromises.

Each type of computer needs different parts according to what it will be used for. Your gaming computer should be equipped with high speed components. A fast dual or quad processor will do the job. Another very important component is your graphics card. Your video card should be very powerful in order for your computer to be able to decently support the most recent games. You will need more than 2 GB of memory, and you should take care that the memory’s speed is bigger than 800 MHz. When you buy the motherboard be sure that its FSB is high. This is basically the speed with which your data travels between components.

Don’t forget about accessories which do not seem that important, but will greatly improve your gaming experience. Be sure to have a large laptop with an excellent LCD. It would be great if you could buy a 6 cell battery that lets your laptop work more than 4 hours with no charging. So now you know you can buy great gaming laptops, or even build your own. What will you choose to do?

Mike also writes about cheap gaming laptops on his blog and perhaps you could check that post out for more details and options of good such devices