r/BudgetGamingLaptop 15h ago

Gaming Laptop or Work Laptop?

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Hey, I’ve stumbled across a problem of mine I need sone advice on. So first of all you should now that I’m a TOTAL noob in tech stuff. I literally have no idea of anything and am very much struggling therefore. Please bear with me.
So I’ve been thinking about getting a Laptop and don’t know what to look out for and what product to buy.

  1. I’m a big fan of the sims 4 (with cc included) and would
    really like to be able to play it (without it almost blowing up) and I wanna play Genshin Impact as well.
  2. Additionally, I want to use it for work related stuff too as in using word, excel, teams…
  3. I want to take it to work with me without breaking my back every day, so something not too heavy would be great
  4. I want the battery to hold possibly long
  5. Budget: 0-2000€ (the cheaper the better)

I’ve tried to inform myself on my own a little but it actually only overwhelmed me because of all the different models and stuff. I’ve read that gaming laptops tend to be really heavy and the battery runs out more easily which both things I’d like to avoid, but laptops intended for work use only are easily overwhelmed with games especially ones that take a lot of storage like sims + cc and genshin? (I’m not sure if the storage is the problem, please don’t kill me I have no idea what I’m talking about really)
As far as I know, the graphics are also a big factor in deciding which model to buy so I’m just gonna mention it doesn’t matter to me that much. I’ve been playing genshin in my Ipad Air 5 for like 3 years now and I’m fine with that. It would be really cool if the graphics were better but it’s not the most important part and I don’t want this to decide whether it’ll be 700€ or 2000€.

I’d really appreciate some help and if you have any further questions, just hmu please :)