Gaming Laptop help

RedViking said:
Why not a desktop? Laptops throttle and limited in terms of upgrades and expensive to fix etc. Not many good options in that price range unless you want low to medium settings on AAA titles. Or consider a used / demo. Lenovo Legion, Asus ROG, Omen

Or budget lappie Asus TUF or Acer Nitro or Wootbook
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What desktop setup would you recommend?

When you say throttle you mean not the full graphics processing?
 
Slckrck said:
Sometimes a laptop is just more convenient than a whole desktop setup. Besides if you want a complete setup for 30k with monitor, keyboard, mouse etc. you'll be looking at entry graphics anyway. So for a equivalent to a Legion LOQ 15 with a rtx4060m you'd have to spend more than the 30k budget.
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This is my thoughts, some you have to buy a WIFI card\dongle also Bluetooth. Webcam, mix, speakers etc....
 
Love Me Tender said:
lol I was just looking at this...
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Lol yeah it's a good laptop. I'd spec the 32gb ram/2tb storage option. Just make sure to get the right specs since you won't really be able to upgrade beyond RAM and storage into the future.
 
Love Me Tender said:
This is my thoughts, some you have to buy a WIFI card\dongle also Bluetooth. Webcam, mix, speakers etc....
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Yeah, however WiFi/Bluetooth pcie cards are relatively cheap, and easier to upgrade as well. The webcam/speakers situation is a little iffy. I don't know about webcams but if you looking for cheap decent speakers the creative pebbles are on Takealot last I checked.

It's easy to overspend when building out a desktop set-up. A laptop although a compromise in terms of upgradability, is just less of a headache. Basically a gaming pc in a box lol
 
Love Me Tender said:
What desktop setup would you recommend?

When you say throttle you mean not the full graphics processing?
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Graphics and CPU. It gets very hot as well. Unless you want something if you travel. These days I just use Moonlight to stream from my PC to my laptop. When not home try to find somewhere with Fibre. But it's just light gaming.

The guys here are a lot more knowledgeable in building PC's and will be able to help you put a PC together.

The PC Build Thread

Time to make the trip home!
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Slckrck said:
Lol yeah it's a good laptop. I'd spec the 32gb ram/2tb storage option. Just make sure to get the right specs since you won't really be able to upgrade beyond RAM and storage into the future.
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Thanks bro, appreciated will keep that in mind
 
RedViking said:
Graphics and CPU. It gets very hot as well. Unless you want something if you travel. These days I just use Moonlight to stream from my PC to my laptop. When not home try to find somewhere with Fibre. But it's just light gaming.

The guys here are a lot more knowledgeable in building PC's and will be able to help you put a PC together.

The PC Build Thread

Time to make the trip home!
mybroadband.co.za mybroadband.co.za
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Appreciated will check it out
 
Love Me Tender said:
What desktop setup would you recommend?

When you say throttle you mean not the full graphics processing?
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Firstly, when a laptop gets hot, the GPU and CPU will slow down until the temperatures get into the more reasonable range. It shouldn't be an issue if you have a proper gaming laptop and you use it on a desk. Unless it uses the new Intel CPUs.

Previously, if I had to buy a gaming laptop, the Asus would have been it. After that video, and Asus' warranty issues, I wouldn't touch Asus. Look at Gamer's Nexus' youtube coverage.

Keep in mind that a laptop RTX 4060 is not a desktop RTX 4060. I don't know how accurate this is, but it seems a mobile 4080 is slower than a 4060Ti desktop:

RTX 4080 Mobile vs 4060 [6-Benchmark Showdown]

NVIDIA RTX 4060 vs RTX 4080 Mobile: technical specs, games and benchmarks.
technical.city technical.city

UserBenchmark: Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti vs 4080 (Laptop)

gpu.userbenchmark.com

UserBenchmark is crap and can't be trusted (especially wrt AMD), but it's one of the few sources that compares gaming vs desktop parts. That is because it really makes no sense. There is no comparison.

Same with CPUs. Laptop CPUs are slow as hell compared to desktop.

Laptop gaming will see you playing on a 16" or 15" screen, unless you buy a separate monitor, like with a desktop. Same with keyboard. Same with mouse.

I have a work laptop with a 3060 that I installed some games on. I used it to game maybe twice. The only benefit it has is if you travel frequently and will end up being where there's a desk with power nearby. How often do you game away from your desk?

If you want mobile gaming, Steam Deck is where it's at, but that's another story.
 
Holy necro.
I start reading this and see okes talking about 11th gen etc not realising those posts are from 2021.
 
Still rocking my gigabyte with 3060.
Works fine for any game I've tried, obviously you turn down some stuff in e.g cyberpunk to maintain that 60fps.
 
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