Gaming laptop recommendations?
Looking for a good 2018 gaming laptop in the 800-1k range. Any one got any good recommendations?
Posted Mar 7, 2018, 6:55 PM UTC
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https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/
They have pretty good deals. Just take a look at them, search laptop, etc.
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Acer nitro 5 is pretty good. I got it on sale for $670 and can run the game smooth 60 at all high and epic settings
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I’m a console user primarily, but I was under the impression that gaming on a laptop is a bad idea. Especially at that price point.
It is. A $800 desktop would be mile’s better than a $1k laptop
With todays prices caused by the crypto boom for gpus and the nand shortage for ram Its hard to get a decent spec mid range pc for a fair price. Some of the laptops in the 900-1200 dollar range tend to have similar specs to a 800 dollar pc if all the parts were at msrp, and you wouldnt have to spend extra on a monitor, mouse, and keyboard.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HH7kLJ
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=2WC-000N-00068
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-pavilion-power-desktop-amd-ryzen-5-1400-8gb-memory-amd-radeon-rx-580-1tb-hard-drive-hp-finish-in-shadow-black/6107501.p?skuId=6107501
Just look at the specs of these three machines. Laptop has double the amount of ram but half the RAM compared to the custom, and it has the benefits of being portable. Custom has a larger SSD but only 8gb of ddr4. Last is the prebuilt which lacks an SSD, monitor and technically has the weakest of the cpus out of the bunch but it is a fair price.
All of those machines are in the same ballpark of specs though, so performance should be very similar across the board. Main drawback to having a laptop was the lack of upgrades to the system. So after two-three years you would have to go out and buy a whole new machine. But now there are EGPU enclosures that support desktop grade graphics that plug into the laptop through a thunderbolt port.
Gaming on a real gaming laptop isn’t that bad. But those are going to run you at least 1,600 if not more. $800 isn’t going to get you much.
I’ve got a Razer Blade which has a 1060 graphics card and can run Fortnite maxed out just fine (either using a second monitor or not) but laptops like that run a lot more than 800... if you have a limited budget you’ll get way more power in a desktop.