What would you buy as a used gaming laptop?

[dizmo]

I'm pondering buying a used laptop to play games on for the next couple of years.

I have never really been much of a laptop gamer, so all I know about mobile GPUs and their related performance is that it can vary greatly from machine to machine, even if they have the same spec, and mobile GPUs aren't really a direct apples to apples comparison vs their desktop counterparts.

 

That said, if you wanted to play a variety of games over the next couple of years (nothing competitively), what GPU would you be aiming for? 2070? 2080 Super? 3060? Or splurge on something with a 3070?

Obviously the 3070 will be the most powerful with the greatest chance of lasting, but I'd rather spend closer to 3060 money or lower.

[Bob__]

I would get something like this because it has a fully powered 3060 at 115W and a great panel https://www.amazon.com/Asus-15-6-Strix-Laptop-144Hz/dp/B0BLYLP63G?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&smid=AVY78AJDCWNYB&th=1

[filpo]

6 hours ago, Bob__ said:

I would get something like this because it has a fully powered 3060 at 115W and a great panel https://www.amazon.com/Asus-15-6-Strix-Laptop-144Hz/dp/B0BLYLP63G?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&smid=AVY78AJDCWNYB&th=1

I wouldn’t get that, only has an old ryzen 7 4800h and only 8 gigs of ram 

 

7 hours ago, dizmo said:

I'm pondering buying a used laptop to play games on for the next couple of years.

I have never really been much of a laptop gamer, so all I know about mobile GPUs and their related performance is that it can vary greatly from machine to machine, even if they have the same spec, and mobile GPUs aren't really a direct apples to apples comparison vs their desktop counterparts.

 

That said, if you wanted to play a variety of games over the next couple of years (nothing competitively), what GPU would you be aiming for? 2070? 2080 Super? 3060? Or splurge on something with a 3070?

Obviously the 3070 will be the most powerful with the greatest chance of lasting, but I'd rather spend closer to 3060 money or lower.

Op i would get this https://www.amazon.com/MSI-Pulse-GL66-Gaming-Laptop/dp/B09RB9B7SD/ref=mp_s_a_1_7_sspa?crid=3EGVKHG8R6W3H&keywords=gaming+laptop&qid=1681459196&sprefix=gaming+laptop%2Caps%2C177&sr=8-7-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyTlM5NFRKV000TlhJJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwODQwMTE1MVZZRUFJSUE2QkNSOSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNzk2MDg3M01OM0VWTjNMWFlXUCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX3Bob25lX3NlYXJjaF9tdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

[Bob__]

5 hours ago, filpo said:

I wouldn’t get that, only has an old ryzen 7 4800h and only 8 gigs of ram 

 

Thats upgradeable

[filpo]

2 hours ago, Bob__ said:

Thats upgradeable

a laptop chip that's upgradeable? First i've heard. For only 200 bucks more for a 12700h and 16 gigs of ram...

[dizmo]

14 hours ago, Bob__ said:

I would get something like this because it has a fully powered 3060 at 115W and a great panel https://www.amazon.com/Asus-15-6-Strix-Laptop-144Hz/dp/B0BLYLP63G?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&smid=AVY78AJDCWNYB&th=1

I checked out eBay and there's a few of these kicking around, I'll keep an eye on them thanks!

8 hours ago, filpo said:

I wouldn’t get that, only has an old ryzen 7 4800h and only 8 gigs of ram 

 

Op i would get this https://www.amazon.com/MSI-Pulse-GL66-Gaming-Laptop/dp/B09RB9B7SD/ref=mp_s_a_1_7_sspa?crid=3EGVKHG8R6W3H&keywords=gaming+laptop&qid=1681459196&sprefix=gaming+laptop%2Caps%2C177&sr=8-7-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyTlM5NFRKV000TlhJJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwODQwMTE1MVZZRUFJSUE2QkNSOSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNzk2MDg3M01OM0VWTjNMWFlXUCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX3Bob25lX3NlYXJjaF9tdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

Probably a little too new to find anything like that on the used market, and it's like $1,700 Canadian, which is over twice what I planned on spending.

8GB of RAM is fine, I have a 32GB stick I can pull out of my current laptop.

[filpo]

Just now, dizmo said:

I checked out eBay and there's a few of these kicking around, I'll keep an eye on them thanks!

Probably a little too new to find anything like that on the used market, and it's like $1,700 Canadian, which is over twice what I planned on spending.

8GB of RAM is fine, I have a 32GB stick I can pull out of my current laptop.

 

14 hours ago, Bob__ said:

I would get something like this because it has a fully powered 3060 at 115W and a great panel https://www.amazon.com/Asus-15-6-Strix-Laptop-144Hz/dp/B0BLYLP63G?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&smid=AVY78AJDCWNYB&th=1

oh alr my apologies bob (nice name). Didn't know it had to be used and under a certain budget (didn't read it ig)

[Bob__]

20 minutes ago, filpo said:

a laptop chip that's upgradeable? First i've heard. For only 200 bucks more for a 12700h and 16 gigs of ram...

i ment the ram

[Bob__]

17 minutes ago, filpo said:

oh alr my apologies bob (nice name). Didn't know it had to be used and under a certain budget (didn't read it ig)

thx

[Darkseth]

I Would buy at least something with an RTX 3000 series (3060 or up) to use at le ast DLSS 2.

On CPU Side a 6-Core/12 Thread Ryzen 5000 or Intel 11th Gen up is fine. preferably 12th Gen on Intel, but that might be too new.

GPU is more important for Gaming, and a few % CPU differences in min-fps/avg fps are not that important if the Display can use Freesync/G-Sync.

 

The best spec you can have for smooth Frames is Freesync/G-Sync.