Current Events > Does anyone have a decent Laptop to recommend?

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I had a 400 HP laptop for a few years now and I have slowdowns even when just having a few firefox tabs open.
I bought that one because I just needed something for word processing for school.

Now I want something more powerful so that I can work normally and not wait a few seconds for everything to respond after a few clicks.
I have a budget of ca 1500 +-a few.

I want to at least be able to play a few PC games such as path of exile or star craft or KOTOR for example. I dont need the most high end gaming laptop but with my old laptop I even had to put path of exile on low setting and even then I got framedrops.

So yeah.
Graphics arent that important. If I can lower graphics to play a recent game on it decently it is ok.
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I think you can get even a pretty good gaming laptop at that price. Try looking up Predator gaming laptops. The ones I've seen have specs like i7-7700 cpu, 16GB ram, GTX 1060-6GB, which would make browsing the internet pretty quick and easy. That's what I'd get if I had that budget, but I'm not much of an expert on computers. Its probably overkill for you if you're not playing too many demanding games and you can probably get one that does what you want just as well but for a cheaper price.

Here's an Amazon link if you wanna take a look at it anyway

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Predator-Helios-GeForce-PH317-51-787B/dp/B073PY18CN/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1518625656&sr=8-4

And I have a friend who got a refurbished laptop last year for about $200 or $300. i5 and an SSD, supposedly its pretty fast and performs well for basic stuff like internet browsing. Not much in the way of gaming though.

I'd rec a 10 series gpu mainly because its not -m version. definitely ssd for storage. I also use a wifi flash drive just to keep my gaming laptop clutter free of pics and videos/movies. eventually I will add a 1tb ssd.

i got a gamers edition eluktronics pro-x laptop which was about $1800 on Amazon back then. i had mine for over a year now. I travel alot with it.

I have planescape torment and the icewind Dale collection on it for times I don't have WiFi. i hotspot it for times i need the internet. I usually play mmo on it TES Online and BDO at home with it. I leave it on while i sleep and sometimes find the laptop off because the game kicked me off some time during the twilight hours (hehe). I can play star citizen on it too but prefer my desktop for that game.

i wanted a more current laptop back a year ago when i was shopping for a gaming laptop. I had compared previous generation gpus and previous gen gaming laptops and noticed the size of it. my classmates had a few and i was able to gauge their responses on how their gaming laptops was THEN and now. the One I ended up buying was not bulky and was decent enough to lug around my classes with. ended up getting padded backpack for it and all.

in the summer I did notice the heat when games were set to ultra settings. I got a laptop stand thats mesh because the incline did help dissipate the heat than my lap or a flat surface.
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I've owned an Acer, HP, Dell, and Thinkpad and my wife has owned an Asus and Macbook, and far and away the best laptop I've ever owned is the Thinkpad t460. I purely use it for work, I did that on purpose so I dont get addicted to PC games. I upgraded the harddrive to a 500gb SSD and upgraded the ram to 16 gb and it has an i5 2.4 ghz processor.

Its super fast, I can open a million tabs and it doesn't slow down. Files transfer super fast. Large documents open quickly. Its super durable and the parts are pretty much all interchangable incase anything goes wrong. If ur on the go, the internal battery thing is awesome. You can buy a separate external battery and swap it out without plugging your laptop in because it has an internal battery that kicks in only when the external one is dead.

I will never get another brand of laptop again, only lenovo thinkpad business laptops for me.
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DanHarenChamp posted...

I've owned an Acer, HP, Dell, and Thinkpad and my wife has owned an Asus and Macbook, and far and away the best laptop I've ever owned is the Thinkpad t460. I purely use it for work, I did that on purpose so I dont get addicted to PC games. I upgraded the harddrive to a 500gb SSD and upgraded the ram to 16 gb and it has an i5 2.4 ghz processor.

Its super fast, I can open a million tabs and it doesn't slow down. Files transfer super fast. Large documents open quickly. Its super durable and the parts are pretty much all interchangable incase anything goes wrong. If ur on the go, the internal battery thing is awesome. You can buy a separate external battery and swap it out without plugging your laptop in because it has an internal battery that kicks in only when the external one is dead.

I will never get another brand of laptop again, only lenovo thinkpad business laptops for me.

I always associated Lenovo with bad laptops because we have the most basic ones as company laptops. Never thought about those. Ill look into it thanks.
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ASUS is the brand. Acer and Lenovo are the one you should avoid. Had friends buy >$1000 from those brands and they crap out after 6 months. HP is also not good. Dell is built like a tank so I recommend that as well.

ASUS or Dell.
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CrazyandLazy posted...

ASUS is the brand. Acer and Lenovo are the one you should avoid. Had friends buy >$1000 from those brands and they crap out after 6 months. HP is also not good. Dell is built like a tank so I recommend that as well.

ASUS or Dell.

I'll never buy HP ever again. Got 2 of those and both suck.

What about tgose weird brands that make tgose gaming Laptops? I never hear then mentioned but Insee tgose sometimes in shops and they seem really expensive. I dint know if you just pay for the look/brans there.
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A5modeu5 posted...

CrazyandLazy posted...

ASUS is the brand. Acer and Lenovo are the one you should avoid. Had friends buy >$1000 from those brands and they crap out after 6 months. HP is also not good. Dell is built like a tank so I recommend that as well.

ASUS or Dell.

I'll never buy HP ever again. Got 2 of those and both suck.

What about tgose weird brands that make tgose gaming Laptops? I never hear then mentioned but Insee tgose sometimes in shops and they seem really expensive. I dint know if you just pay for the look/brans there.

If you want gaming, buy a desktop PC from Digital Storm. Laptops should not be used for gaming, imo.
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CrazyandLazy posted...

A5modeu5 posted...

CrazyandLazy posted...

ASUS is the brand. Acer and Lenovo are the one you should avoid. Had friends buy >$1000 from those brands and they crap out after 6 months. HP is also not good. Dell is built like a tank so I recommend that as well.

ASUS or Dell.

I'll never buy HP ever again. Got 2 of those and both suck.

What about tgose weird brands that make tgose gaming Laptops? I never hear then mentioned but Insee tgose sometimes in shops and they seem really expensive. I dint know if you just pay for the look/brans there.

If you want gaming, buy a desktop PC from Digital Storm. Laptops should not be used for gaming, imo.

I dont want a desktop. I also dont need a high end gaming laptop.
I want to play a few not so demanding games on it but thats not the focus.
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A5modeu5 posted...

DanHarenChamp posted...

I've owned an Acer, HP, Dell, and Thinkpad and my wife has owned an Asus and Macbook, and far and away the best laptop I've ever owned is the Thinkpad t460. I purely use it for work, I did that on purpose so I dont get addicted to PC games. I upgraded the harddrive to a 500gb SSD and upgraded the ram to 16 gb and it has an i5 2.4 ghz processor.

Its super fast, I can open a million tabs and it doesn't slow down. Files transfer super fast. Large documents open quickly. Its super durable and the parts are pretty much all interchangable incase anything goes wrong. If ur on the go, the internal battery thing is awesome. You can buy a separate external battery and swap it out without plugging your laptop in because it has an internal battery that kicks in only when the external one is dead.

I will never get another brand of laptop again, only lenovo thinkpad business laptops for me.

I always associated Lenovo with bad laptops because we have the most basic ones as company laptops. Never thought about those. Ill look into it thanks.

Not just any lenovo, the thinkpads are great, the rest are whatever.
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lmao Thinkpads are awful what on earth
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GeneralZhao posted...

lmao Thinkpads are awful what on earth

literally a welcher. have you stopped welching, welcher?
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>gets called out
>"uh...um....let me not understand the terms of my own sig bet. Yeah, that'll show em"!

Anyhow, as someone else mentioned in here, gaming laptops aren't really ideal. In my experience, they're prone to overheating and are kinda clunky in general to use for gaming. ASUS is a pretty solid bet as far as laptops go that can run some lower end gaming stuff
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i literally dont read ur posts anymore, i just see a welcher posting so nothing relevant is posted
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Thanks so far.
Anyone else have something to recommend?
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ive had 2 lenevo thinkpads. (the better versions). they were beasts. lasted long time.

currently im using an aspire and its doing okay. it cost less than other laptops.
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AmonAmarth posted...

ive had 2 lenevo thinkpads. (the better versions). they were beasts. lasted long time.

currently im using an aspire and its doing okay. it cost less than other laptops.

Im going to look into them thx.
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If you like finance options then check out Dell laptops. The Dell XPS 15 may be something worth looking at.
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Go for Asus or msi, if you plan to game. Avoid HP, gigabyte, and certain acer laptops (nitro and helios).

The very least you get with that amount is 1050ti and it can run witcher 3 on ultra at 30+ fps and 1080p res.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-ROG-GL753VE-7700HQ-1050-Ti-Laptop-Review.223910.0.html

This is the laptop i would definitely buy with that budget. Noise, cooling, screen, build quality, wifi quality, and specs are all solid. Many laptops can be fucking loud under load, have shit calibrated screen, bad temps etc. So thorough checking is needed, and at least this Asus one is one of the good ones.
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Thanks.
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One last bump.
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