I've been looking at getting a new laptop for some time,but outside of gaming, I don't really "need" one. The laptop I have works fine, but is starting to chug because I have over 200 GB of music and games on my laptop(I only have a 250 internal) . Yes I also have an external HDD that I use. Basically the only reason I would get/want a new one is to play the mass collection of Steam games I have. I haven't seen a price or anything like that released so far, but strictly as another "gaming machine" would you think it would be worth it for someone like me?

no way. if you want a new system, get one that can do more than just play games. the whole steam box thing is a joke in my mind.

also you dont need to have all of your games installed all the time. only install a handful as needed. same for music. do you use any cloud services?

or try upgrading some parts first. you performance could improve significantly by doing something as simple as buying a new solid state drive or just a larger one with better read/write speeds. upgrade the memory maybe too. little things can make a big difference and save a lot of money and time as opposed to buying a whole new system and migrating everything.

@ozzdog12: Since there's not much out in the way of specs/prices yet they're kind of hard to recommend at the moment. It sounds like there's going to be enough of a variety to find one suitable to your needs, but if you can't wait there's enough guides around to building your own gaming pc.

Build a cheap gaming pc.

With steam home streaming now in swing, you can stream them all to your laptop. Or your tv via your laptop.