Yet Another Laptop Recommendation Thread

[sineout]

I've been eyeing a new laptop for some time; and now that it's prime day, I figure now would be a good time to pull the trigger.

 

I have two laptops that I've been looking at

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Nitro-AN515-46-Gaming-Laptop/dp/B0B1VSYNTB (6800h, 3070ti, 15.6" QHD 165hz, £1250)

And

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-FA707XI-9-7940HS-GeForce-Windows/dp/B0BN1PX265 (7940hs, 4070, 17.3" HD 144hz, £1350)

 

The price delta between the two is currently £100, with the primary differences that I care about being the processor (6800h for the Acer, 7940hs for the Asus), and the screen quality (supposedly good to excellent on the Acer, and mediocre on the Asus).

 

I mostly play Simulation heavy games day to day (Rimworld, Factorio, Cities Skylines, Satisfactory, Kerbal Space Program) where the processor difference would have the biggest impact, but I do play some AAA games on occasion (the next one I intend to play is Jedi Survivor). With more and more games these days featuring RTX (or equivalent) cards in their minimum spec requirements my current laptops (3550h, 1650) days are numbered.

 

At present the Acer would represent the best out of box experience with its display and it would be more than fast enough today for anything I'd want to throw at it; while the Asus' main problem in its screen can be mitigated with an external monitor (of which I've got a pretty decent 1440p monitor currently doing very little) and its main advantage in its CPU contributes to helping with the dreaded f word (futureproofing), as I intend to use either of these laptops for at least the next four years (which is what I've done with my current laptop).

 

So which would you choose? Is the better CPU but worse display worth the £100 delta? Is there some other deal on Amazon or elsewhere that's better?

[filpo]

1 minute ago, sineout said:

So which would you choose? Is the better CPU but worse display worth the £100 delta? Is there some other deal on Amazon or elsewhere that's better?

I would choose the bottom one

 

But I would also check these out 

MSI Katana 15 Inch FHD Gaming Laptop - (Intel Core i7-12650H, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, 16GB, 1TB SSD, Windows 11 Home) - Core Black : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-55 15.6 Inch Gaming Laptop - (Intel Core i7-12700H, 16GB, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, QHD 165Hz, Windows 11, Black) : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

 

But btw I'd also check newegg

Lenovo 82TD0003US Gaming Laptop Intel Core i7-12800HX 2.00 GHz 16.0" Windows 11 Home 64-bit - Newegg.com

[sineout]

39 minutes ago, filpo said:

I would choose the bottom one

 

But I would also check these out 

MSI Katana 15 Inch FHD Gaming Laptop - (Intel Core i7-12650H, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, 16GB, 1TB SSD, Windows 11 Home) - Core Black : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-55 15.6 Inch Gaming Laptop - (Intel Core i7-12700H, 16GB, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, QHD 165Hz, Windows 11, Black) : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

 

But btw I'd also check newegg

Lenovo 82TD0003US Gaming Laptop Intel Core i7-12800HX 2.00 GHz 16.0" Windows 11 Home 64-bit - Newegg.com

Oof, yeah, I was so focused on those two laptops that I didn't stop to realise that other laptops would be on sale today too, those ones you linked are definitely very interesting.