laptop The perfect laptop for (game) dev and traveling

[guplem]

Hi guys!

 

I will be moving soon to Tanzania (not reliable electricity neither internet - need for battery and at least 1TB storage), and I am looking for a laptop that fits me, could you please help me?

 

I am a computer engineer and video game's developer, but lately, I've been kind of lost with PC hardware... I am looking for a laptop with as much battery life as possible, but powerful enough to develop "indie games" and other software. Then I'd love to have repairability and, if possible, quality parts/structure.

 

So far, the one that have caught my eye is the Framework Laptop (with an i7-1280P). However, it is a bit too expensive for me, and I am not sure about it not having a dedicated graphics card.

 

Do you have any recommendations for my use case?

Thanks!!!!

[Comedy2Gamer_official]

whats your price? there is some decent laptops that are roughly around 650USD with a geforece 1650 super or 1660 ti max q

[guplem]

4 minutes ago, Comedy2Gamer_official said:

whats your price? there is some decent laptops that are roughly around 650USD with a geforece 1650 super or 1660 ti max q

I was thinking around 1,000 US (top 1,500). I'd purchase it from Europe, so many prices might change, but they are more or less the same over all.

[Comedy2Gamer_official]

2 minutes ago, guplem said:

I was thinking around 1,000 US (top 1,500). I'd purchase it from Europe, so many prices might change, but they are more or less the same over all.

do you have a Walmart over there?

you can find a decent hp pavilion gaming laptop over there for like 650 - 750

 

[Comedy2Gamer_official]

8 minutes ago, guplem said:

I was thinking around 1,000 US (top 1,500). I'd purchase it from Europe, so many prices might change, but they are more or less the same over all.

this is almost the exact same laptop i have 

 

ASUS TUF 15.6" i5 RTX 3050 Gaming Laptop; 15.6” FHD, Intel Core i5-11260H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Graphite Black, Windows 10 Home, FX506HC-WS53 - Walmart.com

[jaslion]

Asus g14 or g 15. For your money a base rtx 3050 config with 16gb of ram is easily doable

 

Dont gamedev on a igpu not recommended at all.

[guplem]

37 minutes ago, Comedy2Gamer_official said:

do you have a Walmart over there?

you can find a decent hp pavilion gaming laptop over there for like 650 - 750

 

I don't have it but I can look for stores with similar laptops and pricing. 

 

32 minutes ago, Comedy2Gamer_official said:

this is almost the exact same laptop i have 

 

ASUS TUF 15.6" i5 RTX 3050 Gaming Laptop; 15.6” FHD, Intel Core i5-11260H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Graphite Black, Windows 10 Home, FX506HC-WS53 - Walmart.com

This one looks interesting, even tough I think it is too gaming-ish. Too little ram and SSD (I'm going look for similar ones).

[guplem]

27 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Asus g14 or g 15. For your money a base rtx 3050 config with 16gb of ram is easily doable

 

Dont gamedev on a igpu not recommended at all.

Thank you very much! Those look sick! (but my lord how expensive is good hardware hahaha)

It is funny how they trim Linus title in the site, so it doesn't say anything about mistakes ^^'

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, guplem said:

Thank you very much! Those look sick! (but my lord how expensive is good hardware hahaha)

If you dont mind a little extra bulk and weight a lenovo legion 5 is also perfecrly in your budget 3060 + 5600h version should be easily doable

[guplem]

10 minutes ago, jaslion said:

If you dont mind a little extra bulk and weight a lenovo legion 5 is also perfecrly in your budget 3060 + 5600h version should be easily doable

Those look better to me.

As always, I don't know whether I should go with AMD or Intel.

I have time until late October to make the purchase. I don't know the tech cycles on laptops but, should I wait and keep an eye on something?

[jaslion]

6 minutes ago, guplem said:

Those look better to me.

As always, I don't know whether I should go with AMD or Intel.

I have time until late October to make the purchase. I don't know the tech cycles on laptops but, should I wait and keep an eye on something?

Id wait a bit back to school sales will happen. For the legion basically no diff. The amd gets a bit better battery life. Just make sure you get the 80wh version.

 

The g14 and g15 have quite a bit more battery life so if thats a bif point get those