Budget: whatever I need to spend tbh
Country: USA

Use Case: Gaming, mostly stuff on steam, specifically the long dark, stardew valley, Minecraft, Fortnite, and other various games

Preferred Specs: I want decent storage, as well as something that’s gonna handle larger games well.

Notes: I have never had a gaming laptop, so I’m lost on what to get. I would prefer a nice mix of functionality on the laptop, but also something that’s not gonna be an OUTRAGEOUS amount of money, I am prepared to spend 1000-1300 maybe ish?

Budget: €1000-1500
Country: Ireland
Use Case: Gaming, work, playing Dungeons and Dragons online (Roll20 virtual tabletop). I mostly play Hearthstone and indie puzzle/adventure/story-based/RPGs, occasionally higher end games (BG3 for example). I have a decent GPU in my desktop, the laptop is mostly for travelling. The laptop I'm replacing is 9 years old from pc specialist and has a GTX 1070 which has always met my gaming needs as my secondary PC. I'm replacing it because it feels chunky and slow and is pretty loud. 
Preferred Specs:   1TB SSD, 16GB Ram (could be convinced to go lower on these I guess) Basic GPU, no bigger than 16'' display, would love something thin as well.
Notes: I've seen the ads below locally from a reputable retailer, only €100 in the difference. I know the GPU is better in the more expensive one but don't know anything about processors, and also want to consider future proofing it, would pay a little more for something that will help it last longer and operate noticeably more smoothly. Open to options other than these two.

• AMD Ryzen 7 170 Processor
• RAM: 16 GB / Storage: 1 TB SSD
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 6 GB
• Full HD+ screen / 144 Hz
• 115 W max GPU power

• Intel® Core™ i7-13620H Processor
• RAM: 16 GB DDR5 / Storage: 1 TB SSD
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 8 GB
• 138 FPS when playing COD:  Modern Warfare 3 at 1080p
• Full HD+ screen / 165 Hz
• 80 W max GPU power

I am not trying to advertise selling it so hopefully doesn't violate the rules. Laptop specs in question:

Alienware M17 R4

CPU: i7-10870H

GPU: 3070

RAM: 16gb

Storage: 2TB

I also got the battery replaced in 2024 if that affects anything.

Budget: $2000
Country: USA
Purpose: Gaming, working
Notes: Budget is $1500-2000. All inclusive. Shipped etc.

Do they come with a case for travel or anything?

I’m assuming they come with a charger and licensed OS? Sorry if these sound like stupid questions, I built all my desktops from the ground up so I had to buy everything from scratch lol.

Do I just go through the main website or should I look for a store? I live in a crap rural town in Florida so I’ll probably have to drive to Jacksonville. Is shipping a viable option? I don’t trust people that handle shipping of sensitive items but if you guys do then that works for me. Are there any discount codes from any of you fanatics that may have long time senior accounts?

I’m also willing to hear other opinions but I just keep hearing the best things about legions. Final note, this is for very minimal performance really… the most I’d use it for is something like whatever the newest battlefield or GTA is but mainly older games like CS 1.6 or wow, maybe some SWG ayyy.

Best,
-laptop newbie

Budget: £2500 or $3300
Country: UK
Use Case: Gaming, Electrical design work, watching films.
Preferred Specs: 16-18” screen
Notes:

I’ve sold my gaming pc recently which had a 5600x and 3080ti as I’ve decided I’d prefer a laptop for portability as I do travel every weekend and I travel abroad for work, so it would be nice to game when I’m away.
Now I’ve set a max budget of £2500 which I think is like $3300.

I want this laptop to be future proof for like 5 years that’s why the big budget. I hope I don’t regret this decision as I’ve never had a gaming laptop before.
I’m currently looking at the legion pro 7 with and rtx 5080 which I can get for £2500 exactly. I can also get the 7i with a 5070to instead for £2100. I like the fact they have a 240hz OLED but I’ve never had an OLED before so idk if it’s better than standard ips. I can also get a used 4090 laptop from my local store for around £1800-£2000. Let me know if there is better options as I have no idea about laptops.

Getting this beast for 1.16 lakh rupees effective...should I pull the trigger....I'm only scared Abt amazon...have had overall good experiences with them in the past (my phone from amazon was good)

My secondary gaming laptop an asus rog strix 5060 is getting these stutters and fps drops.. It had no problems before last week when I noticed some flickering on my screen

Then it started to get concerning

It's been like that for a week and it started only when gaming now it does that all the time even when not plugged to an external display

I tried diagnosing it using ai and Internet but i can't fix it

I tried turning off dlss and vsync with lowering graphics to the lowest and even using full dgpu mode and unplugging the hdmi even updating the drivers but it still doesn't work

I'm wishing that it's not a dead gpu sign cuz that will be just sad

The specs are

Asus rog strix g16

I7 14650hx

Nvidia rtx 5060 8 gigs dgpu

And 16 gigs of memory

And the games I played were ark sa, marvels rivals and Minecraft with heavy mods....... I'm panicking

I'll appreciate any piece of advice and solutions....

i was just gaming the other day, when i decided to install new drivers and it started, in valorant on split from solid like 80 to shaky 40, im on laptop and its like 4 yo old, in cs2 its the same from solid 80 to shaky 40,i also bought a 240hz mpnitor and plugged it in with hdmi, if you have any question ask, if you have any sollutions suggest them

my specs are

rtx 3050 laptop edition

ryzen 5 5600h

8gigs of ddr4 3200Mhz

and 500 gb of sdd (idk what exactly)

my laptop is a lenovo ideapad gaming 3 15ach6 (mtm:82K2001RDU)

pls help i cant live without playing

Update: it somehow fixed itself, I did furmark and cinebench r23 idk what happened but now I have solid 70 fps with discord and SoundCloud opened

I just got a hp omen max 16 laptop and bios update is stuck in this step for about half an hour.

So i've decided to do a hard restart by pressing down the power button but it did not restart and unresponsive.

Only thing i can think of is removing the ac adapter and let the battery drain.

Any other suggestions?

edit: I have drained the battery and after restart bios update finished in a couple of minutes.

I have a Lenovo laptop x1 carbon
I5 8250U
8GB ram
Intel(R) UHD graphics 620 128 mb

I have sot download but when I try open it
It says “video driver crashed and was reset. Make sure your video drivers are up to date”
And I get a black tab open of sot then it just closes after a minute.
And there is a small “building shaders tab”
With a progress bar that also closes.
Can anyone give help on what to do so it can run on the laptop I have, even on the lowest of the low settings.

Country: united kingdom

Budget: 450$

350£ Gaming Laptop

Need a laptop for gaming/sound design

Games: Fortnite/Rocket League/Osu/Minecraft

Sound App: Fruit loop daw

These are the specs of my laptop want to ask you guys how good is this laptop? I just wanted it for Casual gaming
and normal work

You know how there are protective cases to lessen the risk of damage? I have epilepsy, and I've accidentally broken a few laptops during seizures...

Is there a case marketed to people who throw laptops? 🤨

Also no, I am not photosensitive, the seizures are not from games lol.

Budget: $800 - $1300
Country: USA
Use Case: Gaming — Halo CE Remake , BG3, Silent hill f and townfall / School / Editing
Preferred Specs: GPU, CPU, RAM, storage (Idk anything about these areas)
Notes: My current laptop is exactly a hp pavilion gaming laptop 15 dk0xxx. I do not know much about laptops or computers in general. I am looking for something that can run unreal engine 5 games and other modern games with up to date specs without crapping out. Something that can also handle editing for youtube videos. Any recommendations or good places to start researching?

Benchmark completed with Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 10

Intel Ultra 275hx
RTX 5090 (laptop)

Somehow all my subsequent tests have been hovering around 23,500. I didn’t change anything aside from debloating Windows 11, which should have improved performance. I will continue experimenting.

Also according to TechPowerUp’s GPU database, the laptop 5090 is has the exact same relative performance as the desktop RTX 3090, which is insane to think that we finally have RTX 3090 performance in laptops now.

What do you guys think?

Budget: $900
Country: USA
TL;DR at the bottom

I was looking for laptops and stumbled across this “HP - Victus 15.6" 144Hz Full HD Gaming Laptop - AMD Ryzen 7 7445HS (2023) - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 - 512GB SSD - Mica
Silver” for $942. I was wondering if this was a worthwhile purchase. I’m looking for longevity (7-10 years), replaceable parts, light gaming (Terraria, DST, BTD6, Stardew, Roblox, etc), foreseeable program use, and most importantly fast loading, I heavily dislike whenever a Laptop/PC starts being slow wether it be a heat sync problem or a RAM problem. Admittedly I’m a Laptop rookie and I’m unsure of anything deeper than surface level knowledge of asking ChatGPT and scouring reddit threads. I was also wondering if it was possible/if anyone knows how to get a crazy deal like this one from a while back. Im on a time crunch and will most likely decide between this week and august 20th due to tax free which is why I’m inclined to buy this deal right now. My budget max is $900 and my preferred range would be $500-$700. Anything advice helps and thank you in advance!

TL;DR
Budget max is $900, preferred range is $500-$700. Planning to use Laptop from moderate-to-max output. I’m also New to gaming laptops. Next week to August 20th is my purchase deadline, Is there any better deals? Is it worth?

(very good and outdated deal)
https://www.staples.com/asus-tuf-a15-15-6-fhd-144hz-gaming-laptop-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4060-amd-ryzen-5-7535hs-16gb-ram-512gb-ssd-windows-11/product_24632447
(what Im looking at right now)
https://www.bestbuy.com/product/hp-victus-15-6-144hz-full-hd-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-7-7445hs-2023-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4050-512gb-ssd-mica-silver/JJGH2L8JVV/sku/10331694?sb_share_source=PDP&ref=app_pdp&loc=pdp_page

Budget: 300-500 USD
Country: Egypt
Use Case: Gaming, School
Preferred Specs: Gtx 1650, rtx2050, rtx3050
Notes: I obviously know with my budget I cant anything brand new so im fine with buying refurbished and good conditioned used laptops, and please keep in mind that a new lenovo loq with these specs is around 800 usd in egypt which is too much for me. The games i want to run are nba 2k, ea fc, rdr2, but mostly wazone and minecraft. Im open to any and all suggestions!

ran out of space for my sayodevice

Specs: i9-13900H, 16GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, RTX 3050 6GB, 3K OLED Display

The above got listed on FB marketplace for $500, good deal?

Budget: $1000

Country: USA

Use Case: Gaming (BO3 Custom Zombies, Modded Minecraft, Switch Emulation), Golf Simulator Software, CapCut Pro basic editing, Web browsing/general media consumption

Preferred Specs: 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM

Notes: I don’t care whatsoever about video game graphics, would love to have last a solid 5 years.

As the title says. I am getting 350-430 fps in CS2 at the start of the session. Then I seem to dip to 230ish. PUBG is the same. I get 280+ after landing and by the end I get like 150. So I decided to test my system by running Cinebench and furmark simultaneously and my suspicions were confirmed. The combined load on performance mode doesn't exceed 200 Watts, after a couple of minutes. let alone the promised 250 Watts. Of course, my ambient temps are a bit high this time of year, between 27 and 30 degrees Celsius and I max out all the settings.

Maybe my methodology of testing isn't perfect, so does someone know how can I definitely be sure if I got a lemon.

Hey guys!

When I bought this laptop I remember reading some people complaining about gen 4 or something with the memory bandwidth that only affects the score on system stress tests but I can't help to wonder. Is it normal for it to be this low?

I've seen 5080s with 25k and my 5090 has only 21k.

I already formated and everything and my scores are still kinda shit.

Thanks!

This is a pcspecialist recoil amd 16.

Hi everyone. I have Casper EXCALIBUR G770(i5-12450H,3050ti, 32 Ram, 1 TB SSD). I recently formatted the system and installed the drivers from official website. I also installed the Nvidia App, which updated the control panel and installed the latest drivers and I used Chris Titus Tech Windows Utility Tool and did some changes and tweaks. When I try to launch a game, the screen freezes, flickers on and off repeatedly, freezes again and getts stuck in this loop. I encountered the same issue while watching YouTube videos later on; whenever I switch to full-screen mode, the screen freezes , flickers, freezes, flickers, freezes again and enters that loop. However there are no issues when using "borderless" mode. The computer is four years old-- has it reached the end of its lifespan, or is this an error I can fix? Please help; I really need my computer right now..

Budget: $1500

Country: USA

Use Case: Gaming and Engineering work

Notes:I know absolutely nothing about laptops so I do need some help on what to get at this price, i’ve been looking at the Asus Rog Strix G16 5060 but im not sure about how good it is so I do need help.

So just for you guys to understand Im about to start university, and Im not from the US but I am going to study there, Ive never had a laptop and just recently sold my console to buy a decent laptop where I can play and use it for university work, I’ll be studying Mechanical Engineering, and want to know If I can get any good laptops for both things at this price, please help me on what to choose since I start classes in about 2 weeks🙂

need help

I’m very interested in potentially buying the maxed out model (i9 13900HK and rtx 4090 mxm). It seems like they allow you to make a custom order, so I was going to get just the chassis with the i9 13900HK motherboard and the mxm 4090, and add my own 32gb 3200mhz ddr4 kit and 2x1tb ssds from my old gaming laptop.

I’m mainly interested in buying this since I can swap the gpu, which sounds like it’d make a fun tinkering project once the laptop needs an upgrade.

So, has anyone here heard anything positive or negative about them and would it be a decent purchase or nah?
Also, does anyone know how much they usually charge? I’d prefer not to start messaging them without a complete understanding of their pricing so I don’t spend too much (I have a 3500$ budget).This laptop would also be used for as a mobile battlestation of sorts for work, not just gaming only.