Forum:I cant take this (my PC) anymore!

Hello forum.

Its chief 13 again and I am making the most difficult decision I've ever done that involves video games (obviously not the most difficult decision in my life).

As some of you may know, most likely from my post "Deathclaws aren't THAT tough", that my computer has crapped out on me again.

This is expected at some point for any PC gamer but this is insane. In two and a half months, this is going to be the FOURTH TIME that we've had to bring my laptop to geek squad. And its all been for different problems

To give you a little history its a Asus G50VT-x1 laptop with 4 gigs of ram and a Nvidia 9600m (Im doing this by memory so I might be wrong but I have the model right) and it has a crazy, blue and black design. If you google it, you will know what Im talking about. I've had this computer for almost three years as it was a gift for Christmas. I had some problems with internet connection but it was only when someone else in my house was either on the phone or on the computer (yay comcast). The first time we brought it to comcast was because the shift key was jostled out and I wanted to get the wifi thing fixed. The IT guy told us that the wifi card was not properly connected and to this day it still does not work. This was sometime in early june. The next time was because the fan was making a weird sound like it was rubbing against something and for your typical trojan virus through junk email advertisements. They replaced the fan and got the viruses off. This was in late june. Then in Mid July, the thing turned off by itself and when I tried to turn it on it would not turn on. Even more weirdly, when I tried to put the charger back in, the light indicator would shut off and when I would unplug the charger the light indicator would turn back on. So we got it back to Geek squad and got it fixed. We got it back 2 weeks later like we usually did. Now this problem is even freakier. I was Playing Fallout: New Vegas when my battery crapped out. I just chalked it up to the cord not being plugged in properly as the charge comes in 2 pieces. So I plugged her in and the charging light came on and tried to turn it on but the lights simply flickered on and then shut off but the screen didn't turn on. Even more strangely, I left the charger in and after two days the charging indicator was blinking. The first time was when I was playing team fortress 2, the second time was when I was on youtube and the last two times, the third and fourth time, was when I was playing fallout: new vegas.

So, I'm at my wits end. I'm spending more time waiting for my computer to get fixed then using it! So I'm just thinking about getting a ps3 (as it seems like its the only console that doesn't crap out on a regular basis and has fallout for it) and rebuy fallout: New vegas as I'm planning to get the DLC as well. But I dont want to buy the DLC for the PC if I stick with my laptop, if my pc is gonna keep crapping out on me. I've also heard people have had similar issues with their own asus laptops as well.

So what do you guys think I should do if you were in my place, suck it up and bring it to geek squad, get a new computer thats not an asus or get the PS3 and keep a computer for personal use.

Signed, Chief editor 13

Tough to say, I have a PS3 and PC (self built) and have not used the PS3 except for playing Blu-ray movies since the PS3 game network went down. I like the PC better for buggy games cough*Bethesda*cough where I can hit ~ and get out of a snag or reset a quest. The PC is also a little better for 1920 x 1200. I would only put up with the laptop if it was in warranty. If you are paying for repairs, look for a more reliable product line or find someone that can help you build one. GRPeng 19:18, September 1, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!! I hadn't thought about it like that. What would you guys recommend for a good computer. Chief editor 13 11:00, September 1, 2011 (UTC)

I am a little out of the loop on brand reliability these days, I hope you get more feedback. It seems every manufacturer rushes out cheap commodity products these days to try and compete. I would try to pick a model that has been out for a while and then look for people reporting bad experiences. My brother bought a semi-gaming Asus laptop on ebay a month ago, so I am sort of waiting for it to have problems based on your experience. If you only have Best Buy nearby, maybe ask them what line gets returned the least (taking into account they might get encouraged to push some models). GRPeng 15:55, September 2, 2011 (UTC)