Laptop Longevity Survey

As the title says im looking for a gaming laptop for 1080p medium/high 60fps in most games, decent battery life (Nothing crazy but like 3 or 4 hours light gaming) not horrible screen, preferably 4060/7600s (OR SIMILAR LAST GEN GPU and im willing to compromise) and is upgradable, Im not new to computers but laptops i have no idea what im looking for just need a push in the right direction, that is all thank you in advance :).

Is this possible? I'm looking for a way to be able to play any AAA game at around 1440p@60hz medium/high textures while only consuming around 100w max total power from the laptop.

It seems like I may have to get a 4060/4070 laptop to keep watts at 100w or less while gaming. It just really bothers me that they're limited to 8gb VRAM.

How much extra would it cost for the condition?

Looking at buying my first gaming laptop and have been eyeing a Metabox which is on sale for $2,250.00 AUD ($1,488.00 USD).

Specs:

Ryzen 7 8845HS

RTX 4070 8GB (105W TGP)

16GB DDR5 4800 MHZ RAM

1TB SSD

Has anyone tried Metabox before?

Any tips on the specs i have chosen? Particularly the Ryzen 7 / 4070 combo?

Curious what one of the cheapest laptops would be that could run MW3. It does not need to perform well, can be lowest graphics etc.

My son's turning 14 this fall and the wife and I are interested in getting him a moderately spec'd gaming laptop. He's been a console gamer thus far and now wants to dive into PC gaming. Does anyone have any recommendations or resources to point me towards?

Like the title states I am looking for something that should be able to handle these things, casual browsing and competitive browsing. Price does not matter, I've got the money.
A few things I am looking for:
low fan noise - I dont like a distracting fan that could throw me off my game
low dimming screen - When it comes to what im doing, i have to be active all day and night, so if i could get a screen that wouldnt hurt my eyes in low light environments would be nice
small chassis - I need to be on the go constantly because I have many rich uncles, so a light laptop would make travelling a bit easier

low latency - when investing in rare fish, the scales are always tipped against me, any boost I can get to buy and sell faster matters, passive income is my job

data protection - There are many tech extremists preying around where I live, hacking the data centers and stealing rare earth metals such ive heard on the news, so I want a laptop that is difficult to hack into

Long battery life - If my power is ever cut, I want to be able to continue being able to use the computer till it cuts back on, tip your landlord.

That is about it for what I am looking for, I am upgrading from a pretty old Mon-G laptop, so any recommendations would really help!

Looking at a laptop that has a ryzen 9 6900hx Rx 6600m 32gb DDR5 ram 1tb ssd

I’m gonna be traveling a ton over the next 8-10 months for work, so I’m considering buying a gaming laptop. I don’t know a ton about the laptop side of things, but I know my way around my own PC. Did the research, bought the components, built it myself. So, I have some idea and know-how.

Money isn’t a major issue, but I’d like to stay under $2k USD, preferably closer to $1500. Just can’t justify spending that much on a laptop when I just dropped a ton on the PC, but I could be convinced. I’ll most likely always be playing plugged in, headphones on, and with a mouse or gamepad if that matters.

I’d prefer at least a 4070/7800 XT for the GPU. My biggest selling point is reliability. If there’s a brand that’s known for “just working” or having consistently good build/component quality, that’s what I’m interested in. I don’t want a display any smaller than 16” and prefer IPS, anti-glare. Likely won’t be playing any modded games. Certainly don’t plan on overclocking anything. Just looking for a decent 90-120fps 1440p experience on your average optimized game until I return home to my 4090.

TIA for the suggestions!

Hello, I am upgrading from my 6 year old desktop (love you 1080 forever) to a laptop due to no room for a desktop anymore. B&H is offering a 5i for $1400 and 7i for $2000.

5i has a 4070 8gb vram, i9 24 core 13 gen, 32gb ddr5, 240hz 2560 x 1600

7i has everything the same except for the 4080 12 gb vram

I am not one who needs ultra settings on cyberpunk, but I have seen reviews of people saying the 4080 is much better and will be future proof over the 4070. I’d like to keep this laptop for 4-5 years and build a desktop after.

Is the 7i the way I should go because of the longevity of the 4080? Is there another laptop that I should look into? I’m hoping to stay right around the $2000 mark. Thanks!

https://www.hp.com/in-en/shop/omen-16-wf1025tx.html?facetref=a2a1fa17fea9b049 - i7 4060 16gb ram

https://www.hp.com/in-en/shop/omen-gaming-laptop-16-wf0061tx-834u5pa.html?facetref=d03b393cbac745a3 - i9 4070 32gb ram

https://www.hp.com/in-en/shop/omen-gaming-laptop-16-wf0017tx-a45y6pa.html?facetref=d03b393cbac745a3 - same as above but change in speakers

https://www.hp.com/in-en/shop/omen-transcend-laptop-14-fb0118tx-a45y5pa.html?facetref=d03b393cbac745a3 - ultra 9 4070 32gb ram

https://www.lenovo.com/in/en/p/laptops/legion-laptops/legion-5-series/legion-pro-5i-gen-9-(16-inch-intel)/len101g0033 - Legion Pro 5i 14th Gen, 40.64cms - Intel i9 (Onyx Grey) (third one)

The price varies for each model, I want laptop for AAA gaming, java development, game development.

Thanks.

Hi, I would like to ask which are more worth value. The answer might be obvious but it's Acer that I'm concerned and MSI has hinge issue from what I heard

Acer https://www.acer.com/sg-en/predator/laptops/helios/helios-16/pdp/NH.QNZSG.001

Acer Spec: RTX 4080 i9-14900HX

MSI (scroll till the end): https://www.msi.com/Laptop/Vector-16-HX-A13VX

MSI Spec : RTX 4080 i9-13980HX

I know extremely little about any kind of PC gaming, I mostly play shooters and stuff on console, but I've been enjoying playing Civ 6 on my Macbook for a bit now. The Macbook isn't really cutting it that well for Civ, and I'd also like to get back into some games like Minecraft and TF2. If possible, and if it exists, I'd like to know what my options are for getting a Laptop that can run games like these. In addition to that I think it'd be nice to find something that can run games like Siege as well.

I'm not concerned with performance relating to graphics all that much, more so something that can run stuff at a good frame-rate without having too many hiccups. I would prefer to keep the price under $1,000 if possible as well.

Any recommendations or advice would be greatly appreciated, even if you end up telling me what I'm looking for isn't realistic.

After much debate I decided it was worth returning my 4070 laptop and spend a few extra hundred on this big boy. Acer Helios 18: RTX 4080, i9 14900hx, 32GB DDR5

Hp laptop battery problem

I have hp pavilion gaming laptop, the charge rapidly decrease from 100 to 0 within one or two mins, but when I get the battery report it says the battery capacity remains same as before.

What might be the problem, do I have to change the battery or is there any other way to solve this, help me please

Long story short, my OMEN 15-DC1058WM is almost done for, battery seems to be bulging and both the ssd it came with and the hdd that I put in it seem to be failing at a faster rate.

I was looking at the ASUS ROG 18" Strix (G814JZR-G18.I94080) at Best Buy since the ssd size and ram size seemed exactly what I want but the price point is a bit hefty and I dont really need that heavy of a gpu or cpu.

Looking for recommendations on a laptop with at least 32gb ram (ddr4 or ddr5) and 2tb ssd or at least combined ssd/hdd. Ryzen 7 or i7/i9 cpu preferable, and Nvidia GPU (20xx and 30xx series are better than 40xx if the pricepoint is better.) Optionally also looking for a windows 10 but I'll roll it back myself if it's on windows 11.

Overall I wanna stay below 2k but if i can manage below 2.5k it's worth it. I leave this thing running 24/7 so I need smth that won't burn up after being on for days at a time. Also, portability isnt an issue as I keep it in one place, so screen size and weight isn't a concern.

If anyone has any suggestions I'm open to anything and I'm flexible with even ram and storage as long as theres a way to easily open and replace.

Hi all,

With no help other places online i’m writing here.

So i got this Dell G5 5511 last week brand new. I’m skeptical about it’s performance. When adapter plugged in it performs well but when on battery it stutters… and battery is too bad. Lasts maybe like 1 hour only.

While playing some games like AC Odyssey, Miles Morales Spider Man, it was almost unplayable. I turn down graphic settings but little improvement. I mean, systemrequirementlabs.com says this machine can run these games recommended too. But is it having such performance issues?

And some games like Apex Legend it says recommended can’t run because i have only 4GB VRAM. But that game works fine i get 90 FPS on average.

I am so confused, this laptop is giving me headache now. Specially that battery performance. I can more into more detail, so please comment below!

Please help. Thank you

Please help me. I’m torn between these two systems and I don’t know what to choose.

The MSI Bravo has a higher TGP than the Acer Nitro V and it also has a MUX switch which the Acer Nitro V doesn’t have but based on the benchmarks that I saw between these two, all has better scores in favor of the I5 13420H.

I will primarily use it for engineering softwares and also play AAA games for the first time since this will be my very first gaming laptop

This will be my biggest purchase ever so I also need to take account the longevity of the laptop

The prices are similar between the two configurations, the usage is mainly focused on gaming, entry level of ai model training, entry level of 3D models design.

Knowing that 4060 better in temperature control and 3070 Ti is better in performance. Anything else need to consider when choosing between this two?

I am getting a second hand gaming laptop, need y'all opinion on this,

Razer blade 14 2021

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900hz 3301MHz 8 cores

GPU: RTX 3080

Ram 16 GB

Cost: 1000$

Legion Lenovo 5 pro

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H

GPU: RTX 3070 8 GB

Ram 32 GB DDR 4 3200Mhz

Cost: 800$

Looking for Ryzen 5 or better, 4060 or better, 16gb ram, and hopefully a decent display. Having a hard time finding something that seems to tick all these, this is the best I have found:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1745674-REG/lenovo_82wk0082us_16_legion_pro_5i.html/overview

EDIT: This is probably the #1 pick currently: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-rog-zephyrus-g14-14-165hz-gaming-laptop-qhd-amd-ryzen-9-with-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4060-512gb-ssd-moonlight-white/6535495.p?skuId=6535495&utm_source=feed&ref=212&loc=19981925987&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw3NyxBhBmEiwAyofDYeICr9SJMhn8UGBwj5hBqQr-8qxZq63I0z4-dEMJYCLvhiklfONb8BoCkNoQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

If anyone has any better recommendations that would be great. I am using it for gaming mostly, and would like to run some games on higher settings if possible.

Does anyone know why laptop screen have these lines ? I have had my laptop for about 2 year now and I never had any problem related to my laptop's monitor but then yesterday I left my laptop on sleep mode for 4-5 hours to go do something and this happened 🙃

Just bought a Acer Neo Helios 16 with a 4080 and a i9-13900HX, when I play CS2 the CPU usage is at 3% while being at 85 degrees and the GPU usage is at 40-50% with it being at 70 degrees, and the fans start blaring at 3500 RPM. What’s happening ??

I find myself looking at some gaming laptops and its been close to 10 years since ive purchased one for gaming so im out of the loop on whats good or not.

Budget wise im looking at $1500 USD.

Gaming wise RTS games something like Company of Heros 3.

Im a casual gamer and just want to be able to play whatver peaks my interst for a while.

What im looking at so far based on other post and googling:

ASUS Tuf A17. I guess the one at the exchange has some other durability ratings and is somehow lighter?. This has a certain appeal given ive taken my laptops on deployment.

https://www.mynavyexchange.com/asus-tuf-17-3-gaming-laptop-intel-core-i7-13700h-nvidia-geforce-rtx4060-16gb-memory/14732206

MSI Crosshair 16, Gigabyte 16

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/compare?skus=6537000,6576659,6568613

Again ive been out of it for a minute so im open to all suggestions. I just want it to work well and last me for several years.