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So essentially I’ll be finishing my school studies and entering college, so I was looking to purchase a laptop that I can use both for gaming and for school, predominantly the latter. In terms of priorities, a long battery life and a design that doesn’t scream that I’m a gamer, something more sleek and professional preferably.

i was considering the razer blade 15, with a Dbrand cover to hide the logo but found it to be heavily criticised, so I am currently at an impasse.

my budgets fairly flexible, albeit the cheaper the more preferable. And if anyone able to help me I’d be greatly appreciative.

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so what is your budget at the maximum

CPU AMD 5800x_____Asus Crosshair VIII_____Asus Strix LC 360_____RAM Corsair Dominator Pro 2x8Gb 3600mhz_____ASUS RTX 3080 Strix

PSU Corsair HX1000w_____CASE Lian Li 011 Dynamic (original choice right? w/9 UNI Fans)_____Keyboard Razer BlackWidow Chroma_____Mouse Razer Deathadder Chroma_____Headphones Bose QC25_____Monitor (1) Acer Predator XB1 144hz G-Sync  (2) Benq 144hz G-Sync

Microphone Blue Yeti Black

Razer Blade 14

Also an XBOX one s.

 

 

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Location? Budget? Any preference on weight and battery life? What games do you play?

Desktop specs:

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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7 hours ago, Acid Panda said:

so what is your budget at the maximum

Sorry for the late reply, about ~2200 USD, I can push higher if need be but around there with maybe a cap at 2500 USD

 

7 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Location? Budget? Any preference on weight and battery life? What games do you play?

a cap at 2500 USD for the budget, I live in Australia, as I said before a slim model, with less weight to it and a long battery life that could last me perhaps 6-8 hours doing school related activities. I play warframe, Call of duty black ops 4, PUBG and really just anything that tickles me fancy.

 

 

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Asus Zephrus

Alienware

Razer 15/pro

Dell g series

MSI GS series

 

in any gaming laptop you wont get good battery life.

 

Ive got a blade 14 and i use it for general stuff no gaming (good flex right) and i normally get about 6-9 hours of battery

CPU AMD 5800x_____Asus Crosshair VIII_____Asus Strix LC 360_____RAM Corsair Dominator Pro 2x8Gb 3600mhz_____ASUS RTX 3080 Strix

PSU Corsair HX1000w_____CASE Lian Li 011 Dynamic (original choice right? w/9 UNI Fans)_____Keyboard Razer BlackWidow Chroma_____Mouse Razer Deathadder Chroma_____Headphones Bose QC25_____Monitor (1) Acer Predator XB1 144hz G-Sync  (2) Benq 144hz G-Sync

Microphone Blue Yeti Black

Razer Blade 14

Also an XBOX one s.

 

 

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5 minutes ago, Acid Panda said:

Asus Zephrus

Alienware

Razer 15/pro

Dell g series

MSI GS series

 

in any gaming laptop you wont get good battery life.

 

Ive got a blade 14 and i use it for general stuff no gaming (good flex right) and i normally get about 6-9 hours of battery

I was considering the blade, but it seems a lot of people have struggles with it?

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Razer Blade 15 is probably the best choice

It's a gaming laptop with Macbook-esque design that doesn't scream "I'm a gamer!" at first sight (minus the glowing snake logo on the matte black version)

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K 8C/16T @ 5.2GHz All Cores -- CPU Cooler: EK AIO 360 D-RGB 

 Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z490-F Gaming -- RAM: G-Skill Trident Z 32GB (16x2) DDR4-3000 

SSD#1: Samsung PM981 256GB -- HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB -- GPU: ASUS TUF GAMING RTX 3080 10GB OC MSI GTX 1070 Duke

PSU: FSP Hydro G Pro 850W -- Case: Corsair 275R Airflow Black

Monitor: ASUS TUF Gaming VG27AQ 1440p 165Hz -- Keyboard: Ducky Shine 7 Cherry MX Brown -- Mouse: Logitech G304 K/DA Limited Edition

 

Phone: iPhone 12 Pro Max 256GB

Headphones: Sony WH-1000XM4 / Apple AirPods 2

Laptop: MacBook Air 2020 M1 8-core CPU / 7-core GPU | 8GB RAM | 256GB SSD

TV: LG B9 OLED TV | Sony HT-X9000F Soundbar

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2 hours ago, Laugh lockwood said:

less weight

Max weight preferred in kg/lbs?

2 hours ago, Laugh lockwood said:

I live in Australia

So you're buying in Australia? Can give budget in AUD?

 

And NEVER get Razer laptop until they have solved their bad QC and warranty

Desktop specs:

Spoiler

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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12 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Max weight preferred in kg/lbs?

So you're buying in Australia? Can give budget in AUD?

 

And NEVER get Razer laptop until they have solved their bad QC and warranty

Preferably under 4 kgs, im not sure about the norm for laptop weight.

And sorry, thought I’d give the price in USD to avoid confusion as I presumed the majority of users to be American. Around 2500$ AUD budget

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19 minutes ago, Laugh lockwood said:

Preferably under 4 kgs

Asus GL504GM

HP Omen 15-dc0046tx

AW15 with 1060, 99Wh battery, no GSYNC

Dell G5/G7 with 1060MQ

 

Gigabyte Aero 15w - mediocre cooling

 

Might want to wait for RTX laptop too

Desktop specs:

Spoiler

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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