Laptop buying

[Bigerevo]

Should I get a laptop with a i5-11400h and a 3050ti with 8gb of ram.

or should I get a i7-11800h with a 3050 and 8gb of ram. 

[Bombastinator]

38 minutes ago, Bigerevo said:

Should I get a laptop with a i5-11400h and a 3050ti with 8gb of ram.

or should I get a i7-11800h with a 3050 and 8gb of ram. 

Which one if either can you upgrade the ram on?  The issue is laptops are more than just their specs, and very few specs are being discussed.  One thing worth remembering is They’re tools for use cases.  Which is the best tool for your use case?  Assuming the use case is gaming, both could be hampered heavily by that 8gb of ram depending on which games you play.    Many machines will have places where more ram can be added though.  if neither one can be upgraded, does one have  2x4 vs 1x8? Another is because of the way Nvidia reports things now a 3050 could draw more watts than a 3050ti in which case it might be faster. 

Edited November 15, 2021 by Bombastinator

[Bigerevo]

The ram is upgradable I just don’t know if i should get the 3050ti but have the i5 or the 3050 with the i7

[Bombastinator]

53 minutes ago, Bigerevo said:

The ram is upgradable I just don’t know if i should get the 3050ti but have the i5 or the 3050 with the i7

11400h is listing as 6/12 4.5ghz 12mb cache. So should be fine for most gaming

11800h is 8/16 and about the same speed.  Twice as much cache.  
for gaming I suspect the cache will make more difference than the extra 2/4 in anything current. The extra 2/4 might make a difference later.  Hasn’t yet though.  Both CPUs could easily do with a lot more video card and be fine.    Currently it’s a “what will the future bring?” Kind of thing. The thing that will game better now is the i5 UNLESS there was fiddling with power management that makes the video card on the i7 actually faster even though it’s a lower tier card.  Laptop GPUs can be so heavily power throttled that slower GPUs can be faster if theyre less throttled. The i7 might be able to run things the i5 can’t later though such things have yet to appear.  Basically there just isn’t enough information to make a determination.  Need the wattage of the GPU packages to know how fast they are, need to be able to predict the future to tell how much advantage the i7 may have over the i5. Screens I am assuming are both 1080p, but if they’re not there’s that, then there’s keyboard/trackpad quality, screen quality, ports, etc..

 

peed ant thought about this one a bit.  The i7 will have close to no cpu speed advantage over the i5 now but it will very likely have longer legs.  It will remain a machine usable for something longer.  Unless it breaks. The i5 will probably game better right now.  It depends on how long you plan to keep the thing and what you want to use it for.

[Bigerevo]

Thank you