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Budget (including currency): $2000 USD

Country: America

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: FS22, COD, Minecraft, Roblox, Six Siege, and many more

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 


I don't know if I should go with a laptop or pc with this small of a budget! Can anyone help me make my decision?

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When it comes to PC or laptop, the simplest way to determine is by checking your mobility usage and part upgrade plans

 

Pro PC:

1. Performs way better with the same budget compared to laptop

2. Upgradeable as long as you have budget and you can sell the old parts relatively easy

3. Easier to fix and troubleshoot and do parts replacements if necessary

 

Pro Laptop:
1. Mobility, if you feel bored gaming at home, you can do gaming at coffee shop (speaking from experience)

2. Depending on your work, maybe able to be used to present your work to your colleague/client, or school work

3. Takes way less space and power consumption than PC

4. No need for complicated parts planning, since it's all-in-one (including monitor, keyboard and RGB), the only parts you probably need to buy is mouse, but sometimes you can get mouse as freebie when purchasing a laptop (depending on your seller)

 

If you use case only for gaming and wanna go mobile, you may consider gaming handheld such as Steam Deck or ASUS ROG Ally

My System: Ryzen 7800X3D // Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX // 32GB 6000MHz DDR5 Silicon Power Zenith CL30 // Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT OC with mod heatsink on the metal plate  // Phanteks P300A  // Gigabyte Aorus GEN4 7300 PCIE 4.0 NVME // Kingston NV2 Gen4 PCIE 4.0 NVME // 

Seasonic Focus GX-850 Fully Modular // Thermalright Frost Spirit 140 Black V3 // Phanteks M25 140mm // Display: Bezel 32MD845 V2 QHD // Keychron K8 Pro (Mod: Gateron black box ink; Tape mode on PCB and Keycaps) // Razer Cobra Wired Mouse // Audio Technica M50X Headphone // Sennheiser HD 650 // Genius SP-HF180 USB Speaker //

 

And Laptop Acer Nitro 5 AN515-45 for mobility

Phone:

iPhone 11 (with battery replaced instead of buying new phone for long term and not submitting (fully) to Apple Lord

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34 minutes ago, Matthewfofficial said:

this small of a budget!

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38 minutes ago, Matthewfofficial said:

Can anyone help me make my decision?

Are you going to a travel a lot AND game on your laptop? even if you are, it'll have to be pretty hefty and even then battery life won't be amazing

I'd go for this

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($383.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($169.00 @ MSI) 
Memory: *Silicon Power Value Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($97.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Acer Predator GM7000 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: *PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card  ($849.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Jonsbo D41 Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.99 @ Newegg Sellers) 
Power Supply: *Deepcool PQ1000M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Case Fan: Lian Li UNI FAN P28 92 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack  ($56.90 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1948.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-28 12:50 EDT-0400

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Current parts list: PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (Purchased For £175.00) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (Purchased For £144.99) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (Purchased For £89.99) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Kingston A400 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  (Purchased For £448.99) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205M MESH MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (Purchased For £82.98) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £99.00) 
Total: £1040.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

Damn this space can fit a 5090 (just kidding, it needs more)

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