Trying to find a good laptop

[WhatsTheWifiPassword]

Hi all, I'm trying to find a laptop that is 1000 usd max, 16gb ram, and has touchscreen capabilities. 

Are there any good recommended laptops available on the market that meet these requirements?

All I've seen are dell, and like the yoga, but the cheapest is 1k for 8gb ram

 

Thanks! 

 

games- Minecraft and sims so gpu not that important 

and it will be for school 

[aisle9]

Good God, I was about to recommend the HP Spectre X360, but the cheapest one starts at $1,050. If you're not opposed to buying used, that would be an option. I don't know anyone who owns one and really has any major issues with it.

 

This would probably be my pick. Setting Newegg up with the following parameters:

Ryzen processor

16-32GB RAM

$750-1000

Touchscreen

 

Yields a lot of 15.6" Dells and HPs. Dell laptops are like the black death right now. Their XPS line is plagued by overheating, bad screens, poor build quality and occasional random death. Their lower-end consumer lines are laughably poorly built, and their Latitude laptops...um...I'm on my third 5490 since starting at my new company...in January. The thing overheats and screams like a banshee at stock as it throttles itself down to Core Solo performance.

 

It's not that HP is particularly better, it's just that they aren't nearly as horribly bad. If I were buying a laptop in general right now and someone told me that a ThinkPad was off the table, there's a pretty good chance it would be an Acer.

[Streetguru]

11 minutes ago, WhatsTheWifiPassword said:

 

Most laptops have issues in one way or another.

Probably just fine something with an i5 1050ti

 

or find a Ryzen 5 3000 laptop, but I can't find any info on where they'd be available.

[genexis_x]

2 hours ago, WhatsTheWifiPassword said:

Hi all, I'm trying to find a laptop that is 1000 usd max, 16gb ram, and has touchscreen capabilities

Are you from US? Any preference on weight, battery life and display size?

2 hours ago, Streetguru said:

or find a Ryzen 5 3000 laptop, but I can't find any info on where they'd be available.

Already available in many models

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Are you from US? Any preference on weight, battery life and display size?

Already available in many models

I can't find any Ryzen 3000 mobile stuff in the US

[WhatsTheWifiPassword]

4 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Are you from US? Any preference on weight, battery life and display size?

Already available in many models

yes usa, screen size ~ 14" min weight not matter

[genexis_x]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

I can't find any Ryzen 3000 mobile stuff in the US

Here are some decent ones:

Thinkpad T495, T495s, X395, E495/E595

Ideapad S340-15API

Envy x360 13-ar / customize (I think it's still using single channel RAM)

Envy x360 15-ds / customize

 

I have personally reviewed Ideapad S540-14API recently

[genexis_x]

6 minutes ago, WhatsTheWifiPassword said:

yes usa, screen size ~ 14" min weight not matter

No preference on battery life? So you're fine with 13/15 inch as well?

[WhatsTheWifiPassword]

2 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

No preference on battery life? So you're fine with 13/15 inch as well?

14-17

 

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Here are some decent ones:

Thinkpad T495, T495s, X395, E495/E595

2 hours ago, WhatsTheWifiPassword said:

Hi all, I'm trying to find a laptop that is 1000 usd max, 16gb ram, and has touchscreen capabilities. 

Are there any good recommended laptops available on the market that meet these requirements?

All I've seen are dell, and like the yoga, but the cheapest is 1k for 8gb ram

 

Thanks! 

 

games- Minecraft and sims so gpu not that important 

and it will be for school 

-15API

Envy x360 13-ar / customize (I think it's still using single channel RAM)

Envy x360 15-ds / customize

 

I have personally reviewed Ideapad S540-14API recently

None of them pop up in google for me easily, have to go directly then

Looks like the S340 is perfect though? and it's under $500 for ryzen 3000
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/ideapad-300-series/Lenovo-IdeaPad-S340-15API/p/88IPS301219

 

[genexis_x]

10 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Looks like the S340 is perfect though? and it's under $500 for ryzen 3000

Yeah that one is pretty good but I'm not sure what are the power limits in that model - 81QG0002US is out of stock unfortunately

11 minutes ago, WhatsTheWifiPassword said:

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I assumed that you need good battery life:

Dell Inspiron 17 7786

Lenovo Yoga 730 15 customize (without dGPU, upgrade RAM by yourself) - high sRGB display

HP Envy x360 15 (upgrade RAM by yourself)

HP Envy x360 15 Ryzen 16GB

Lenovo Flex 14 81SQ000AUS

Lenovo Flex 15 81SR000RUS