Gaming laptops under 1000$
Published by TheChallengeBase, on Aug 31 2010, in the categories: gaming computer
In a previous article we showed you a top ten of some of the best 10 gaming computers of 2010. And as you can notice at the price rubric, 9 out of these 10 computers have prices bigger than 1,000 dollars, and some of them can even go as high as 4,000 dollars. There is one exception though, the CyberPower PC Mega Special 1 which costs just 825 dollars. Since a laptop is capable of doing the same tasks as a desktop computer, this means that you can also play video games on a laptop. But not just on any of them, and you will need a powerful gaming laptop.
At laptops it’s the same as on PC-s, and most of the powerful gaming notebooks cost way above 1,000 dollars. But just like as we seen earlier, there are some exceptions too, and you can also find some gaming laptops under 1000 $.
And about one of them we’ll discuss more today. We are going to choose the Dell – Studio Laptop with Intel® Core™ i5 Processor – Cappuccino, Model: S 15 Z – 3630 CPN. The original price for this model is 1,050 dollars, but Best Buy is offering now a discount of 120 dollars, so its price is 930 dollars. It may not be a laptop made specially for video gaming, but its features are quite good enough to support intensive gaming. It has one of the bests processors on the market right now, the Intel ® Core ™ i5 – 430 M processor which features a 3 MB cache and 2.26 GHz processor speed with Turbo Boost up to 2.53 GHz. The RAM memory is good too, good enough for multitasking activities.
This laptop comes with 4 GB of DDR 3 memory. Its optical drive is a Slot loading DVD ± RW / CD – RW drive and the display screen is a 15.6″ WLED high definition widescreen display with a 1366 x 768 resolution which shows movies and games in stunning clarity. For you to be able to store as many games as possible, along with other files (movies, pictures, music, documents etc), you will definitely need a large hard drive. And this Dell laptop has just what you need – a 500 GB Serial ATA hard drive with a good speed of 7200 rpm.

In case you are a big fan of video gaming you probably already know that you can’t have a good gaming experience without having a good graphics card. So this laptop has the ATI Radeon HD 4570 graphics which features 512 MB dedicated video memory for brilliant images. And in case you are not happy with the small display screen of 15 inch that is found on this laptop, you can connect it to a High Definition TV and enjoy movies and games at a much better quality. And you can do this thanks to the HDMI port found on this laptop.

The sound offered by this model is not the best one possible, and it has just 2 built in speakers of 2 W each, with SRS Premium Sound. But if you use some good headphones or a 2.1 audio system, you can solve this problem. Besides gaming you can do any other activity you want on this laptop, such as browsing the internet and video chatting with friends. It has a built in webcam with a microphone, and built in Intel ® 6200 half mini card (802.11 b / g / n) as well as built in 10 / 100 / 1000 Ethernet LAN for easy access to the internet with or without wires. And it also comes with built in Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth 2.1 mini card, for connecting to Bluetooth enabled devices such as mobile phones, headsets or MP3 players. For easy transfer of files it also has a 7 in 1 media card reader, which supports Secure Digital, Secure Digital High Capacity, MultiMediaCard, MultiMediaCard Plus, xD-Picture Card, Memory Stick and Memory Stick PRO formats.
The Dell – Studio Laptop, Model: S 15 Z – 3630 CPN has 3 high speed USB ports and also one IEEE 1394 FireWire interface. It weighs 5.5 lbs and measures just 1 inch thin, so it is quite very portable. Besides the portability it also offers a really good battery life, meaning that you can easily take it with you when traveling and use it for a long period of time without having to recharge it. The battery can last for up to 6 hours and 3 minutes, which is really good for a powerful laptop. If buying it from Best Buy it comes with an installed version of the Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64 bit operating system and some other installed programs. So you can use it right after you buy it from the store. And finally this laptop is also Energy Star qualified, which means that it meets strict energy efficiency rules and uses less energy.
This was just one example of a good gaming laptop under 1000 $ , but of course there are many more other models. So in case you too are a big fan of video gaming, and you have a laptop that cost you under 1000 dollars, we invite you to tell us more about it and about the features it has. And of course, also tell us about the video games you like, and which can be played on laptops and which can not. Have a nice day!
Free Fun Puzzle Games
Published by TheChallengeBase, on Aug 31 2010, in the categories: gaming
There are all sorts of free and fun puzzle games on the internet, and there are many sites which are offering them. And one of the best sites is miniclip.com. On this site you will find hundreds of cool games, with all sorts of topics such as: 3D Games, 5 Minute (In a hurry), Action, Adventure, Android, Arcade, Award, Brain Training, Buzz Games, Dancing & Shows, E-Rated (Everyone), Education, Fighting, Flying, Games for Girls, Golf Games, Halloween, Hot Games, iPhone and iPod Touch, Kids Games, Latest, Learning, MMO Games, Motorsports, Multiplayer, My Friends League, Nintendo Wii, Platform, Political, Pool Games, Premium, Puzzle, Racing, Retro, Shoot ‘Em Up, Soccer, Sports, Strategy, Tennis, Top 100, Virtual Worlds, Web Toys and finally Winter 2010.
But as we mentioned earlier, for today we’ll focus on just some puzzle games. and we’ll begin with the one called “Finder Keepers”. When first starting this game you will need to choose the level. And each level is represented by a fruit or by a vegetable. The shape that you see now will then be represented into that level. For example if you choose the apple, you will have a big apple shape in front of you. And this shape is composed out of all sorts of items. You will then have to use your magnifying glass (the cursor of the mouse), and search for certain items.

You will have the list of items to find in the right side of the screen, and also the quantity that you need to find. Some items need to be found just once, while others need to be found many times. And in the shape there will be all sorts of items such as: spoons, forks, tables, household items, vegetables, shopping carts, cell phones, TV-s animals, rockets, helicopters and many more others. The amount of money you have also represents the time left. So as time goes by, your cash will drop, so that’s why you need to hurry up. If you get stuck and you can’t find any more objects, you can use the “hint” button. When pressing this button you will see a small circle that will surround an area where one of your items is located. So you won’t be shown the exact location of that item, but once you know its area you can find it more easily. You won’t have all the levels from the beginning of the game, but you will be able to unlock the others once you complete the first ones. This is quite a really simple game, but it can be fun to play and it will put your eye sight to the test. Enjoy it!

So now let’s discuss about another free and fun puzzle game from miniclip.com, for example the one called Doeo. This is much more interesting and fun to play than the previous one, and it will test you agility to handle the mouse as fast and as accurate as possible. Your only objective is to collect Doeos, and this can be done simply by pointing the mouse cursor over a Doeo. You won’t need to click or do anything else, just to touch the Doeos. In case you are wondering, a Doeo is a pink and cute “thing” that has a rectangular shape, and can be found in all sorts of sizes. There are all sorts of cool maps in this game, and there will be Doeos appearing on the screen from all over the place.
As the time goes by, there will be different things happening in the map, and the Doeos will keep on coming. They will have all sorts of sizes, and they will appear in big groups or individually. Your objective is to gather as many as possible, until the time runs out. The time is represented with the pink bar from the top of the screen that gets smaller and smaller. The game is available in many languages such as: English, Japanese, Swedish, Chinese and others, so it is a really popular one all over the world. The game has a really nice music and sounds, but if they bother you, you can turn them off. In the first levels you will need to collect at least 100 Doeos in 40 seconds. At the beginning it may seem like a lot, but you will collect them really fast, so 100 won’t be a problem.
So here were just some examples of interesting puzzle games from miniclip.com, but of course there are many more others on this site and on other sites too. So in case you know some more games which are really fun to play, tell us more about them. Have a great day!
Good Gaming Computers
Published by TheChallengeBase, on Aug 31 2010, in the categories: gaming computer
In case you are a big fan of video gaming, you already know how complex are the video games of our days. They have amazing graphics that seem very realistic, and a really complicated game play, that requires many hours of intensive playing. Since they are so complex, and they have high requirements you will definitely need a powerful computer in order to play the latest video games at the best quality possible.
There are many good gaming computers on the market, and you can find a top ten of the best gaming PC-s of 2010 here on this site. As you can notice all of these computers are really powerful, but they also have really big prices. 9 out of 10 cost more than 1,000 dollars and the most expensive one has an amazing price of 4,500 dollars. But there is one exception though, and this is the CyberPower PC Mega Special 1, which has a price of just 825 dollars. It may not be really cheap, but it is definitely much more affordable than the other models. This model comes with one of the best graphics cards on the market, and it will handle just about any game you want to play.

Even though it doesn’t have a very big RAM memory like the Alienware Area-51 ALX or the iBUYPOWER Paladin F875, it has a powerful processor and a liquid cooled CPU to keep everything cool while you are under fire. And it even has a Blu-ray compatible optical drive to keep you entertained when you are not playing complex video games.
The CyberPower PC Mega Special 1 has an ATI Radeon HD 5870 video card which as the same as on the Alienware Area 51 ALX PC, which has a much bigger price of 4,000 dollars. So you might wonder how it is possible to have the same video card on a computer of 4,000 dollars as well as one of 800 dollars. Actually there is a difference between the two of them, and the one from the Alienware PC has 2 GB of video memory. The other one has 1 GB, but this is quite enough for you to enjoy the video games at a really good quality. The sound card supports 7.1 channel audio so that you can enjoy the dialogues, the music and all the sound effects from all angles. But for this you will need to buy a separate surround sound system of course. This computer comes with the unique AMD Phenom II X 6 processor, which will run really smooth even when doing the most demanding tasks. It has a speed of 2.8 Ghz which is enough for a good High Definition entertainment.

The liquid cooled system for the processor offers cool, whisper quiet operation. Since this is a cheaper gaming computer you won’t get 6 or more GB of RAM memory like on other models, but you will get 4 GB DDR 3 RAM. This memory can also be expanded, but in runs only in dual channel mode. For you to be able to store as many large video games as possible, along with other files such as music, videos, pictures etc, you will definitely need a large hard drive. And this PC has just what you need, and it offers a 1 TB hard disc (this means 1,000 GB).
A distinctive feature of this good gaming computer is the cool blue Gigabyte GA 790 XTA UD4 motherboard. It has a high speed data transfer and it is powered by a 750 watt power supply, to make sure that everything runs smooth. Besides this, the computer has 3 high speed 3.0 USB ports.
So after all the CyberPower PC Mega Special 1 gaming computer can be a really good choice for those who are not willing to spend thousands of dollars for a computer. The downsides of this model will not even be visible to the average game and it has enough power, processing speed and memory to keep everything running smooth on almost every video game that you might play. Even though you might have to add a few updates to the basic version, you will still end up much cheaper than other gaming computers. So after all the CyberPower PC Mega Special 1 has a great value. Enjoy it!
So here was just a review of a good gaming computer, but of course there are many more other models on the market, from many producers. In case you know some other similar models that are really good, and also not very expensive, tell us more about them. And also tell us all about your favorite video games. have a great day!
Education Gaming
Published by TheChallengeBase, on Aug 31 2010, in the categories: gaming
There are all sorts of methods of having fun and relaxing at the computer, and one of them is to play some free online flash games. As the name says these are games made with the flash technology and they are found on the internet for free. They can have all sorts of topics and characters, and some games are even inspired by the real life. So you will find many games with famous people as characters such as: politicians (George W. Bush, Barrack Obama, Tony Blair etc), with actors (Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Will Smith etc) and also with singers such as: Britney Spears, Madonna, Hannah Montana and so on.
Some games are really fun and some can even be really silly or stupid, but this doesn’t mean that they all are the same. Actually there are many games that can be very useful to young kids…and not only.
There are also many sites with free online flash games and one of the most famous of all is miniclip.com. Here on this site you will find hundreds of cool games, with all sorts of topics, and the great thing about them is that they have a really good graphic, especially for simple flash games. For today we’ll discuss about some education games from this site, and we’ll begin with the one called “Fowl words”. Here in this game you will have to make words out of the letters that are given to you be the hens. Before each round you will be given the maximum number of words that can be formed with those letters, and you can place your bets. You can bet on the number of words you think you will make, and you will have three choices.

So if you choose a number of words, and after that round you will make at least that number of words, you will receive a bonus that can consist of 1000, 3000 or 10.000 points. As you begin the game you will have in front of you 7 chickens. And each one will have a letter written on it. There are 2 ways of playing this game: from the keyboard or using the mouse. If you decide to use the keyboard, then you will have to click on the letters you see on the screen, and arrange them in such a way to make words. The words will need to have at least three letters. So type down the letter you spotted, and the press the space bar or the enter key. Whenever you click on one of the letters, the chicken that has that letter will make an egg, and the egg will go below and form the word.
If you change your mind about a word, then you can use the backspace key to delete a letter. When deleting a letter, the egg will get back to the chicken where it came from, and it will make that chicken to bounce and to make a funny noise. As we said, you can also play with the mouse. You can click on each chicken to make it drop the letter you want, and then click on the “Enter” button from the screen to send that word. To delete a letter simply click on the egg, and it will get back to its origin. You can also use the “Clear” button, and this will delete all the letters you wrote so far. Whenever you find a word, it will be written above the chickens, so you can see how many words you have found so far. All the eggs that you see above the chickens are the total possibilities of words that can be formed with the letters you have in that round. The number of eggs you see represents the number of letters that word has. For example if you see 10 packs of 3 eggs each one, it means that there are 10 possible words with 3 letters. There are also words of 4 letters, 5 letters and so on…but there isn’t any word with less then 3 letters.

The game is quite really fun to play, and it is also educative for children, and this way they can learn new words. If they use the keyboard, they can also learn how to type. There are many possibilities of making words in each round, but it is not necessary to find all of them. It will be enough to find out just a few words in order to move on to the next round. For example in the first round 8 words will be just enough. You will also need to hurry up a little, because there is a limited amount of time. You can also use the “Scrambler” button to rearrange the letters from the chickens. There will be the same letters, only that they are arranged in a different way. This can be really useful, and it can help you to find out new words.
So here was just an example of a really fun educational game from miniclip.com, but of course there are many more others at the “Education games” category. So in case you know some other similar games that are really fun to play and useful to children (or to any person) tell us more about them. Have a great day!
Flash Games Puzzle
Published by TheChallengeBase, on Aug 31 2010, in the categories: gaming
There are so many things that you can do on the internet, and one of them is to have some fun. There are many methods of having fun and relaxing on the internet, and it all depends on the preferences of each person. In case you are a big fan of video gaming, the internet is an endless source of fun games to play. Of course you can download big and complex games from the internet, and then install them into your computer, but it would be much more easier to play a free online flash game.
These kind of games are really simple, and also fun to play. They can be played directly on the site where they are located, without having to download or install anything. They can have all sorts of topics, so that anyone can be satisfied. And here are just some examples of types of games you can find online: racing games, shooting games, adventure games, role playing games (RPG), puzzle games, educational games, 3D games, sports games and so on.

A famous category are the puzzle games, and you can find this category on almost every site that is offering free online games. A puzzle game usually refers at a game that requires some intelligence and concentration. This kind of games usually require to use just the mouse, and to click on different places and items on the screen, to trigger all sort of actions. And to do this, you will have to make some thoughts first, and to figure out where to click and what to do. The game will get more difficult as you advance and usually the puzzle games are really addictive. And probably that’s why they are also so famous. They can be played by kids, by adults in their free time or when taking a break from work, and even by old people that are looking for some fun and relaxation.
So today we are going to discuss about some flash puzzle games. There are so many on the internet, so we’ll take some random ones and present them. A really fun game is called “X spot”. Your task is easy: just look on the screen and search for the image of an “X”. The game begins with a very simple level, where you have the X letter right in front of you. Just click on it to move to the next level. In the next level you will have in front of you the word “exit”. And of course there is the X in the word, so just click on it and move forward. In the next levels you won’t just have the X in front of you, and you will have to click on different items, to trigger actions, and only then you will find the X. One example is: first click on a man to make him get on a plane. Then the plane will rise up in the sky, and you will have to click again to make the person jump out of the plane. Click on him again to make him open his parachute. And just now when he gets close to the ground you will see the landing spot marked by an X.

In the next level you will also have to think a little before completing it. You will be asked some questions and you have to give the answer to each one. If you will give all the correct answers, all the questions will be marked with an OK sign, and then…they will start all over again. Actually what you have to do is give a wrong answer to the question, and then it will be marked with an X. So here is your X sign…just click on it and move forward. And the levels are getting more and more interesting, so after all this is a fun and addictive game. Good luck!
Another interesting flash puzzle game found on many sites on the internet is the Super Stacker. In this game you have to arrange all sorts of shapes in order to form a bigger structure. But not just any structure, but one that is steady and can resist for a few seconds without falling apart. You will have to use your intelligence to figure out which is the best way to arrange the geometrical shapes without them falling apart. All the shapes that you receive initially have a smiley face (a happy one), but once you place them on the screen, and especially when they get unstable, they will become scared and unhappy. This is a really fun and addictive game, and it was so appreciated by players, that it now has a second part: the Super Stacker 2. So begin with the first version, and after you complete all the levels, try the second one too. Have fun!
So here were two really fun puzzle games. But as we said earlier, there are so many more others. You will probably find thousands of puzzle games on the internet, that are just waiting for you to play them. So have fun, and if you find games that worth playing, please tell us all about them. Have a nice day!
Build A Gaming Computer
Published by TheChallengeBase, on Aug 31 2010, in the categories: gaming computer
Video gaming has always been a really fun activity, and some people are really crazy about it and they spend many hours a day for playing video games. From year to year the video games are getting more and more complex, with really advanced graphics and a complicated game play, so the requirements are also getting higher and higher. For example the video games many years ago occupied just a few MB, then they expanded to a few hundreds MB, but today they have thousands of MB (but of course no one says “thousands of MB”, they say GB). But besides the space they occupy, they also require a powerful processor, a big RAM memory and also a good graphics engine.
Today there are many good gaming computers on the market, but they are also really expensive. For example the best ones (those made by the company Alienware) can cost up to 2,000 dollars or even more. So in case you are a really big fan of video gaming, but you don’t wish to spend so much money for a powerful computer then you can build your own gaming computer. Of course we don’t mean to make it by yourself, but you can go to a computer’s store, and choose each component individually so that it can fit your necessities.

So for now we’ll give you some advices on what components to focus on if you wish to built a powerful gaming computer. And we’ll begin with the “heart” of any computer or laptop, which is the processor. The Intel Core 2 Duo used to be the best and most popular on the market, but today better processors had taken its place.
And these are the Intel Core i3, the Intel Core i5 and the best one – the Intel Core i7. Of course the Intel Core i7 is also the most expensive, but even the Intel Core i3 can be really good for video games. The next feature to consider would be the RAM memory. To enjoy the video games at their best capacity you will need at least 2 GB, but to be sure you don’t have any problems it is recommended to have at least 4 GB (and you can go as high as you want, some computers having space for many RAM memory cards).
As we mentioned earlier, the video games of our days occupy a few GB of disc space, so this mean you will definitely need a large hard drive in order to store as many as possible. For the true gamers that play all the new video games from the market, 160 GB of disc space won’t be enough, and they will need 320 GB or even more. But after all this depends on your preferences and on your budget. If you don’t have such a big budget you can just choose a smaller hard drive, and play just a few video games at a time, then delete them and install some new ones…and so on.

As you may know, the video games of our days have outstanding graphics and in order to enjoy them you will need two elements. The first one is of course the display screen. We recommend a good LCD screen with at least 20 inch in diagonal for enjoying each and every detail of the video game. But the display screen won’t show the best details without a good graphics card on your computer. So here you can buy a good NVIDIA or ATI card with at least 1 GB of dedicated video memory. And this way you can enjoy the great graphic of the video games made these days.
So these were the basic features needed for a good gaming computer. But this is not all, and of course there are some other things to consider. For example the sound. Besides a complex graphic the games also have complex sounds, with all sorts of effects, explosions, gun shots and so on. And to be able to enjoy them at their best quality, you need to have a surround sound system. In order to copy the games that you just bought of course you also need an optical drive, and it is good to have a Multiformat DVD ± RW / CD-RW drive with double layer support that can record up to 8.5 GB of data on a single DVD. And it would be even better to have one with Blu-ray support, so that you can also watch High Definition movies. But the first one we mentioned can be just good. In case you are a really passionate gamer, you will need some gaming accessories such as a gaming mouse, a gaming keyboard, a gaming chair, a steering wheel, a joystick and so on. But these are not crucial components, and you do just fine without them. This is something that each gamer decides, according to his passion for video gaming and according to his budget.
So here were some advices on what features to look for when making a powerful gaming computer. If we missed something please remind us of that. And also tell us more about what gaming computer you have, which are the features it has, and also which video games you played and you liked so far. Have a nice day!
Cheap gaming laptop
Published by TheChallengeBase, on Aug 31 2010, in the categories: gaming
The computers had evolved very much in the last decades, and from really big and unpractical devices they had become really small ones, which are capable of doing very complex tasks. And of course the smallest computers are the laptops. a laptop has the same components as any PC, and it is capable of doing the same tasks, only that it is much smaller, thinner and lighter than a desktop computer. The laptops are more and more demanded by home users and in time there will probably be more laptops than desktop computers.
As we said, a laptop can do the same tasks as a PC, so this means that you can also play video games on a laptop. But not just on any cheap and weak laptop. This is because most of the laptops have an integrated graphics engine, which is not such a good thing when you want to play a really complex video game. So in order to enjoy the latest video games on the market, you will need a powerful laptop. the best ones for video gaming are those made by Alienware, but those are really expensive, with prices that can get up to 2,000 dollars or even more.

But there are other companies that are making powerful laptops for video games too, and for today we’ll discuss more about a cheap gaming laptop. And we’ll choose one made by Samsung – the Samsung – Laptop / Intel ® Core ™ i5 Processor / 17.3 ” Display / 4 GB Memory / 500 GB Hard Drive – Red/Black, Model: NP – R 780-JS 01 US. This is quite a really good laptop, with features that are powerful enough for video games, and its price is smaller than 1,000 dollars – it costs 850 dollars.
It has one of the best processors on the market right now, the Intel ® Core ™ i5 – 430 processor which features a 3 MB cache and 2.26 GHz processor speed with Turbo Boost up to 2.53 GHz. The RAM memory is good too, offering you 4 GB of DDR 3 memory. The optical drive of this laptop is the Multiformat DVD ± RW/ CD-RW drive with double-layer support, that can record up to 8.5 GB of data on a single DVD. the display screen is a large one, ,which is really good for you to be able to enjoy video games and High Definition movies at a great quality. It has a 17.3 ” LED high definition widescreen display with a 1600 x 900 resolution which showcases movies and games in stunning clarity. In order to store many videos and games you will definitely need a large hard drive, so this laptop has a hard disc with a big capacity of 500 GB and a speed of 5400 rpm.

We have always mentioned this, and we’ll mention it again – you can’t have a really good video experience for video games and movies without a good graphics card, and especially on a laptop. so this model comes with the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 M graphics which features 1 GB GDDR3 video memory for impressive images. Besides this it also has a HDMI port, so you can connect the laptop to a High Definition TV and enjoy the movies at a much better quality. It also features built in speakers with High Definition audio support.
It is a cheap gaming laptop, but you can also do other activities on it. For example you can browse the internet and video chat with friends thanks to the built in webcam with microphone. It also has a 3 in 1 media reader, with support for Secure Digital, Secure Digital High Capacity and Memory Stick formats. It has 4 high speed USB ports and also built in 10 / 100 / 1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN as well as built in wireless LAN (802.11 b / g / n) for easy access to the internet.
Since it has a big display screen of 17 inch it is a big laptop, with a weight of 6.3 lbs and it measures 1.6 inch thin. So it may not be the most portable laptop on the market, but after all it is still a laptop and you can take it with you when necessary. And in the rest of the time you can keep it at home, as a desktop replacement. It comes with an installed version of the Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64 bit operating system, as well as some installed programs: Adobe Acrobat Reader and a 60 day trial version of Microsoft Office Professional 2007. and finally this good Samsung laptop is also Energy Star Qualified so it uses less energy and meets strict energy efficiency guidelines.
So as you can see, it is possible to have a powerful gaming laptop without having to pay thousands of dollars. In case you know some other good gaming notebooks with a price under 1,000 dollars, we invite you to tell us more about them. And also if you own the Samsung – Laptop / Intel ® Core ™ i5 Processor / 17.3 ” Display / 4 GB Memory / 500 GB Hard Drive – Red/Black, Model: NP – R 780-JS 01 US, tell us all your opinions about it, no matter if they are positive or negative. And also tell us which video games you played on this laptop. Have a nice day!
Gaming Desktop Computers
Published by TheChallengeBase, on Aug 27 2010, in the categories: gaming computer
The video games of our days are very advanced with complex graphics and complicated stories and characters. They have high requirements, so to be able to enjoy a video game at its maximum capacity you will definitely need a powerful computer (or laptop). but when it comes to complex video gaming, a desktop computer will be better, and this is because a PC can be upgraded in time, while a laptop doesn’t.
For example if you wish to get a new graphics card for your PC you can do this and replace the old one, but you can’t do the same on a laptop. On a PC you can also expand the RAM memory, the hard drive, get a new processor, and you can practically replace any component…while at a laptop you can’t replace anything.

So for today we’ll discuss more about two gaming desktop computers and we’ll make a comparison between them. We’ll choose a model from the famous Alienware company, a company which is specialized in producing computers and laptops for video gaming, and one from another big and famous company – HP. From Alienware we are going to choose the Alienware – Area 51 Desktop with Intel ® Core ™ i7 Processor – Cosmic Black, Model: A 51 – 2443 CSB which has a big price of 2,100 dollars at Best Buy and from HP the HP – Pavilion Elite Desktop / Intel ® Core ™ i7 Processor / 8 GB Memory / 1 TB Hard Drive, Model: HPE – 270 f . This one costs much less than the Alienware laptop, and has a price of 1,300 dollars. And as you will see now in the technical details for both models, the cheaper model from HP is as good as the other one.
So let’s begin with the Alienware computer. it comes with the best processor on the market right now, the Intel ® Core ™ i7 – 920 processor which features an 8 MB cache and 2.66 GHz processor speed, and it has a really good RAM memory of 6 GB DDR 3 (which can be expanded up to 12 GB). The optical drive is a Multiformat DVD ± RW / CD RW drive, while the hard drive is a 1.2 TB Serial ATA II hard drive (with a speed of 7200 rpm). In case you don’t know how much 1.2 TB means, we’ll tell you. It means that it has a capacity of 1,200 GB, which is very much. So you will be able to store hundreds of large games, movies, programs, music and so on. A powerful gaming computer will definitely need a good graphics engine too, so this one has the ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics which features 1024 MB video memory and DirectX 11 capability. It also has High Definition 7.1 channel audio support, for a great audio quality. It comes with 9 high speed USB ports and 2 IEEE 1394 FireWire interfaces. It also has built in 10 / 100 / 1000 Ethernet LAN for easy access to the internet and comes with an installed version of the Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64 bit operating system.

So here were the most important features for the Alienware computer, and now let’s look at the ones for the HP computer. Even though it is much more cheaper, it also has the best processor, the Intel ® Core ™ i7 – 930 processor which features a 1 MB L2 cache + 8 MB shared L 3 cache and 2.8 GHz processor speed. And the RAM memory is actually much better – it comes with 8 GB PC3 8500 DDR 3 SDRAM as default, and this memory can be expanded up to 24 GB. The optical drive for this PC is also better, and it has a Blu-ray Disc enabled DVD ± RW / CD RW drive which features read support for Blu-ray Disc and also double layer support using compatible DVD + R DL and DVD – R DL media. The capacity of the hard drive of this computer is just a little smaller than the one from the Alienware PC, but it is still really big. It has a capacity of 1 TB (1,000 GB). The graphics engine is quite similar, and it has the ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics which features 1 GB of video memory for lush images. To offer you a great audio quality, this computer also has High Definition audio support with 7.1 channel surround sound capability. But of course, you will need to buy the surround sound system separately.
This PC also has a HDMI port, so that you can connect it to a High Definition TV, and enjoy movies and video games at a great video quality. It also has a 15 in 1 media card reader with support for SmartMedia, xD-Picture Card, MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital, miniSD, CompactFlash I, CompactFlash II, Microdrive, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick Duo and Memory Stick PRO Duo formats. It may not have 9 USB ports, but it has 7 of them, and this can be quite enough. And it also features one IEEE 1394 Fire Wire interface. This computer has built in 10 / 100 / 1000 Base-T Ethernet LAN too, but it also has built in wireless LAN (802.11 a / b / g / n) for easy access to the internet. And finally it also comes with a version of the Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64 bit operating system and some other programs such as: HP MediaSmart Software Suite, Cyberlink DVD Suite Premium, Microsoft Works 9.0 and more.
As a conclusion the HP gaming desktop computer is much cheaper than the model from Alienware, and it has similar features. Actually some of its features are even better than the ones from the computer of 2,000 dollars. So from these 2 models, we definitely recommend the one made by HP. In case you own one of these powerful and expensive desktop computers, we invite you to tell us all your opinions about them, and also tell us which video games you played so far on them. Have a great day!
3d Puzzle Games
Published by TheChallengeBase, on Aug 27 2010, in the categories: gaming
There are all sorts of methods to have fun and relax while you are sitting at the computer, and one of them is to play a video game. There are all sorts of games, with all sorts of topics and some of them are really large and complex while others are really simple. The simple games are the free online flash games, and they can be really fun and addictive. And the great thing about them is that they can be played directly from the internet, without needing to download or install anything.
They have all sorts of topics and there is a flash game with anything you can possibly think of. There are racing games, sports games, adventure games, fighting games, puzzle games, 3 D games, role playing games, games with famous people like actors, singers or politicians and the list can go on and on.

For today we’ll focus on just one category, and we’ll discuss more about some 3D puzzle games. One of the most famous category of puzzle games from the internet are the “point and click games”, and from this category the best are the “escape the room” games. As the name says, your objective is to escape the room where you are. But even though this may look like a really simple task, it is not simple at all. You will have to search across the entire room, and find objects that are useful to you. When you find some objects you can collect them, add them to your inventory, and be able to use them later on in the game.
Each item will be used to trigger a specific action, and one action will lead to another until finally you will be able to escape the room where you are. You can be in all sorts of rooms, and even in jail. And about one of these games we will discuss more now, and we’ll choose the one simply called “Jail escape”. Usually the “escape the room” games are really difficult, some of them being almost impossible to solve…but it is not the case for this one, and this is a really simple game. You can complete it in just a few seconds if you know the secrets. First go to the red cup and click on the keys situated behind it to collect them. Then click on the right side of the screen to move on to the next view.
Turn until you find a wooden thing with a drawer and then open the drawer with the key you just collected and there you will find a paper. Collect the paper and read it, then get the keys too. turn around again until you see a compartment in the wall. Go there, and you will be able to open that compartment thanks to the keys you collected earlier. Here you will find a hammer, and you can collect it too. Turn again until you find another compartment in the floor, and then click on that compartment and get some more keys.
Get back to the drawer, and using the hammer click on it to destroy it. And here you will find another set of keys, and these are the final keys that will open the door and will allow you to finally escape from jail. So as you can see it is a really simple game, that can be done really fast. So we don’t recommend to read the walkthrough, and first try to complete the game by yourself.
Even though it will take you a few minutes, you will complete it after all, and then you will feel great. So in case you tired with those “escape the room” games that are really complicated, and you are looking for a simple one, the Jail Escape will definitely be a good choice. Have fun!

So now let’s discuss more about another 3D puzzle game, and now we’ll choose a different one – the game called “Cluster”. This is a Tic Tac Toe 3D puzzle game, and it can be quite fun to play and mind stimulating. The interesting thing about it is that is played in three dimensions, so it will be much more difficult to figure out where to place your next move, compared to the classic Tic Tac Toe game which has just 2 dimensions. In this game you don’t have to make a straight line out of three shapes, but you need to make two rows in the shape of an L. the computer will play with the red spheres while you play with the blue ones. The best and most simple way to place your sphere is to first click anywhere on the cube, and then drag one of the corners of the cube and rotate it by holding the mouse button pressed. After rotating the cube you will be able to figure out exactly where your sphere is placed inside the cube, and if you are not happy with the position you can move it somewhere else. When you find the right position, double click on the sphere, and it will turn blue and remain in that position. Then is the turn of the computer, then is your turn again until someone makes an L shape, or until the entire cube is filled with spheres, and no one is the winner.
There are 4 levels of difficulty to choose from, and even though you choose the most simple one, the computer will still be quite smart. So you will have to concentrate in order to beat him. And it gets even more difficult when there are many spheres inside the cube. So after all this is a really fun game, that will put your intelligence and concentration to the test. Have fun!
So here were just 2 examples of some cool puzzle games from the internet, but of course there are hundreds and even thousands of more others. In case you know some more that are really cool and worth playing, tell us more about them. Have a nice day!
What Is Online Gaming
Published by TheChallengeBase, on Aug 27 2010, in the categories: Online gaming
In case you ever wondered what is online gaming. then the answer is quite simple: it is a form of video gaming that takes place on the internet. These are usually simple games, with a simple graphic and game play, but the great thing about them is that they can be played absolutely for free. They might not be as complex as the other video games, but they can be as much fun as those games. They don’t even need to be installed into your computer, because you can play them for free, directly on the internet browser. There are so many sites that are offering such games, and they have so many topics that will definitely be a game for anyone.
And one of these categories are the stick figure games. A stick figure is a figure representing a man with very basic features. It has just a head represented by a circle and the rest of the body is made by some simple straight lines. They are very easy to make for the game creators, and they can also be really fun for the gamers. So you will definitely find many games with stick figure characters.

There is even a site just with games of this category, and this is stickpage.com. So now let’s discuss about some of the games from this site, and we’ll begin with the one called “Stick war game”. this is a challenging game in which you can control each unit individually or the whole army. It is a complex strategy game where you can build units, gold mines and learn all sorts of war strategies. Your objective will be to destroy the enemy statue and capture all the territories. So this is a complex strategy game that will require some time, so now let’s go to a more simple one.
For example the one called Kill crazy Jay. It is quite simple and your only objective is to kill the stick guy called Jay. You will have different methods available for doing this and some of them are really fun. So it is recommended to try all the methods. After choosing a dying method there is not much for you to do, and you can just sit and enjoy the carnage. Don’t feel sorry for Jay, because after each round he will be alive again, so that you can kill him again using a different method.

Another interesting game from this category is the one called Street fight. In this one you will have to make your way through the streets and find new weapons to kill your enemies. Before each mission you can make a visit to the dojo, and find out exactly what you need to do. The controls are simple, and they are available all the time at the bottom of the page. Besides the nice game play this game also has a nice soundtrack, and you will find famous songs from big names like Prodigy or Fatboy slim.
So let’s choose one more fun game for today, for example the Stick trampoline. Your goal here is to collect sticks by jumping up and down on the trampolines. You can also do tricks, and this will bring you extra points. But be careful because there is a limited amount of time. Like any other stick figure it will twist and bend in all sorts of crazy ways so this can be quite funny. When he falls down there will also be some blood, which will bring some color to the game. the game may seem a little difficult at the beginning, but after learning its secrets it can be quite fun. So good luck, and try to get as high as possible with your stick figure.
So now you know the answer to the question “what is online gaming”, and you also know some cool games with the famous stick figure character. In case you know some other cool free online flash games that worth trying, or if you have some other questions, we wait for your comments. Have a nice day!