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Hello, I am going to college this fall and I need to do an important decision by the end of the this month. I either buy a gaming laptop with no desktop or I buy a cheap laptop and a gaming desktop... What should I do!!! PLS HELP ME.  Thanks. I would be living in the dorms and in a different country btw.

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cheap laptop and gaming desktop. Just leave the heavy work when you get back home.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Depends on your budget. If you can, personally the portability of a gaming Laptop would be preferable. Last thing you want is to feel held down by terrible performance on a sh*tty Laptop while you're trying to work.

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3 hours ago, abcd1234 said:

Hello, I am going to college this fall and I need to do an important decision by the end of the this month. I either buy a gaming laptop with no desktop or I buy a cheap laptop and a gaming desktop... What should I do!!! PLS HELP ME.  Thanks. I would be living in the dorms and in a different country btw.

Location? Budget?

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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Find a avg laptop and get a good pc... What i am trying to say is if u get grt pc and a cheap laptop then u won't be able to deal wid with ur work on laptop so get a good laptop which will do ur work a bit faster than cheap one and get a good pc for even heavy load...

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5 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Location? Budget?

USA, $1300 

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If you are travelling overseas and living in a dorm I would just get a laptop. Dorms are tiny. Travelling with a desktop setup is incredibly difficult. Being a fulltime college student is not going to leave you much time to game anyway.

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11 hours ago, abcd1234 said:

USA, $1300 

Might want to go for a mid range desktop and a budget laptop (do you need recommendation on this?)

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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12 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Might want to go for a mid range desktop and a budget laptop (do you need recommendation on this?)

Yeah that would be nice if someone could help

 

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15 hours ago, abcd1234 said:

Yeah that would be nice if someone could help

Max budget on laptop? Any preference on weight, battery life and display size?

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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13 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Max budget on laptop? Any preference on weight, battery life and display size?

The PC $1200 and the laptop like $450... It can be refurbished

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6 hours ago, abcd1234 said:

the laptop like $450

Refurb/used business laptops

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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