I need help pick a budget laptop

[mport76]

I need a budget gaming laptop that costs around $1000 aud (around $700 usd) give or take a hundred dollars or so. It needs to last about 6 hours with around 3 hours full load for school. can anyone make a suggestion for what laptop I should buy

[kelvinhall05]

Used Thinkpad. X1 Carbon if you want thin and light, T-series if you want 14" with lots of IO, X-series if you want 12.5" with lots of IO.

[Nano Adam]

1 minute ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Used Thinkpad. X1 Carbon if you want thin and light, T-series if you want 14" with lots of IO, X-series if you want 12.5" with lots of IO.

https://www.staples.com/hp-pavilion-15-cs3067st-15-6-notebook-intel-i7-8gb-memory-16gb-ssd-1tb-hard-drive-windows-10-home-13q27ua-aba/product_24441413

[kelvinhall05]

14 minutes ago, Nano Adam said:

https://www.staples.com/hp-pavilion-15-cs3067st-15-6-notebook-intel-i7-8gb-memory-16gb-ssd-1tb-hard-drive-windows-10-home-13q27ua-aba/product_24441413

No. Pavilions are very low-end machines and that thing has an SSHD not even a full SSD so it will be slow as shit.

 

OP, avoid this one.

[WebPlayz]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-envy-x360-2-in-1-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-256gb-ssd-natural-silver/6403434.p?skuId=6403434

 

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspiron-13-3-7000-2-in-1-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-512gb-ssd-32gb-optane-silver/6373036.p?skuId=6373036

 

Here are two options both under $700 US.

[Nano Adam]

1 hour ago, kelvinhall05 said:

No. Pavilions are very low-end machines and that thing has an SSHD not even a full SSD so it will be slow as shit.

 

OP, avoid this one.

I personally used something similar and worked just fine as he wanted. I ran Windows and Linux and performed very well. And very nice keyboard for school.

 

I truly prefer OP getting a MacBook. 

[5x5]

5 hours ago, Nano Adam said:

I personally used something similar and worked just fine as he wanted. I ran Windows and Linux and performed very well. And very nice keyboard for school.

 

I truly prefer OP getting a MacBook. 

What? No? Error? A MacBook is by far the worst thing you could recommend, even worse than that HP monstrosity.

 

7 hours ago, WebPlayz said:

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-envy-x360-2-in-1-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-256gb-ssd-natural-silver/6403434.p?skuId=6403434

 

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspiron-13-3-7000-2-in-1-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-512gb-ssd-32gb-optane-silver/6373036.p?skuId=6373036

 

Here are two options both under $700 US.

Both of those are riddled with problems ranging from power limits to heat issues to shit internal quality to crap QA. Avoid them.

 

7 hours ago, mport76 said:

I need a budget gaming laptop that costs around $1000 aud (around $700 usd) give or take a hundred dollars or so. It needs to last about 6 hours with around 3 hours full load for school. can anyone make a suggestion for what laptop I should buy

You're asking a lot from a low end laptop. You either have to get a gaming laptop such as the Acer Nitro 5 with a Ryzen 5 4600H or a business laptop with good battery life. You can't afford both. 

[mport76]

1 hour ago, 5x5 said:

You're asking a lot from a low end laptop. You either have to get a gaming laptop such as the Acer Nitro 5 with a Ryzen 5 4600H or a business laptop with good battery life. You can't afford both. 

I basically just need it to be able to run most games at 60 fps

[5x5]

23 minutes ago, mport76 said:

I basically just need it to be able to run most games at 60 fps

What i said still stands. If you want to run games and have long battery life, you're looking at over double your budget.

[Nano Adam]

7 hours ago, 5x5 said:

What? No? Error? A MacBook is by far the worst thing you could recommend, even worse than that HP monstrosity.

 

Both of those are riddled with problems ranging from power limits to heat issues to shit internal quality to crap QA. Avoid them.

 

You're asking a lot from a low end laptop. You either have to get a gaming laptop such as the Acer Nitro 5 with a Ryzen 5 4600H or a business laptop with good battery life. You can't afford both. 

How could the MacBook be the far worst thing I can recommend. I truly disagree with that opinion. It might not be the best at gaming, but for battery life, it would stand out. A used MacBook is in OP budget.

[5x5]

58 minutes ago, Nano Adam said:

How could the MacBook be the far worst thing I can recommend. I truly disagree with that opinion. It might not be the best at gaming, but for battery life, it would stand out. A used MacBook is in OP budget.

It's literally unusable for gaming, has more documented severe and critical design flaws than any other laptop on the market (this rings true for every. Single. MacBook. Period.) And with no warranty, it's like burning money. It WILL overheat, it WILL be slow and perform poorly due to the extreme heat and overloaded power delivery, it Will Have a battery that has been used and abused, it WILL come with one of many problems and that's guaranteed. Telling someone to waste their money on a used MacBook is by far the worst advise you could offer. This is a tech forum, not Apple.com. critical thinking and analysis of data are at the root of all suggestions, not random YouTube videos and fanboyism.