Replacing My Macbook Pro

After having my Macbook pro for about, a year. It started making these obnoxious fan whirring noises. Many people already know about this problem, but I've gotten it replaced three times. The problem just keeps coming back.
I primarily use it for gaming (World of Warcraft), and was wondering what the best replacement mac would be. I have a kind of low budget to spend here, but I just need a cpu that doesn't make irritating noises that don't even allow me to hear or talk to people. Not to mention the headaches.

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I'd consider an iMac 20" model with an iLugger case if you need portability. The only thing you can't get out of that is operating on battery power. It has the same amount of processing power and is less noisy. The MacBook Pro usually isn't that noisy, but some people just happen to be more sensitive to fan noises than others.

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