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Budget Laptop w/ Graphics Card or Laptop + Graphics Card

ZEROk
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m looking for a laptop for college and my budget is around 700-750 bucks

i already have a basic browsing pc with an i3 4th gen and 8 gigs of ram and an ssd

 

would it be better to get like a gt 1030 gddr5 (or any other gfx card) and a cheaper laptop without a gfx card

or get a laptop with a half decent gfx card.

 

a laptop without a gfx card would be cheaper , have better battery life and weigh less.

a laptop with a gfx card would allow me to game in college ( lul ) and possibly i can sell my pc ( idk what its worth if i take out the ssd )

 

m looking at the lenovo ideapad 330s 15″ or the asus vivobook with an mx150 

i would like a usb type c port if it fits my budget

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laptop with no dedicated GPU, and no graphics card for the PC. GT1030 still sucks, you deserve better.

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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47 minutes ago, ZEROk said:

700-750 bucks

Where are you from?

 

Personally I'll get a decent budget laptop and mid range GPU for desktop PC

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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1 hour ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Where are you from?

 

Personally I'll get a decent budget laptop and mid range GPU for desktop PC

m from india ,

the thing about a midrange gpu is that i think my i3 could be a bottleneck .

 

2 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

laptop with no dedicated GPU, and no graphics card for the PC. GT1030 still sucks, you deserve better.

yea m leaning towards this option more cuz i can save for a better gpu and wait a few months

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58 minutes ago, ZEROk said:

i think my i3 could be a bottleneck

then save up on PC upgrade, get a decent budget laptop

 

Any links of online stores? Budget in your country's currency?

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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Acer Swift 3 15 SF315-52G

Acer Swift 3 14 SF314-52 - soldered RAM, no HDD

Lenovo Ideapad 530s 14 81EU00J0IN

Lenovo Ideapad 330s 15 81F500G0IN with SSD upgrade

Lenovo Ideapad 330s 14 81F400HJIN with SSD upgrade

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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