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Which laptop should I get?  

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  1. 1. Which laptop should I get?

    • Acer Aspire 5 (i5-7200U + MX150)
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    • Acer Aspire 5 (A12-9720P + RX 540)
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I'm currently in the market for a budget gaming laptop and I had the Acer Aspire 5 with the new MX150 GPU in mind. However, after some digging around my local online store, I found a cheaper model of the Aspire 5 which came with an AMD A12-9720P CPU rather than an Intel Core i5-7200U and more importantly, an RX 540 GPU rather than the MX150. After some research, I found out that the RX 540 performs better than the 950M but worse than the 960M; same performance range as the MX150. Wattages, however, are higher on the RX 540, with a rating of 35 W whereas the MX150 has a rated wattage of 25 W. Things get even weirder as the price of the laptop with the RX 540 costs 180 MYR (40 USD) less than the one with the MX150. Here are their links:
 

1. Acer Aspire 5 (i5-7200U + MX150) [2488 MYR / 580 USD]

2. Acer Aspire 5 (A12-9720P + RX 540) [2308 MYR / 540 USD]

 

Should I go for the laptop with the RX 540? Am I losing (or gaining) any performance if I go for it? Will it suffer from worse battery life due to the higher wattages? 

 

Or should I just stick with the MX150? 

Thanks! :) 

 

 

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The i5 laptop will be a much better choice for cpu related tasks and multi tasking. that'd be my choice even though its slightly more expensive.

PC - CPU Ryzen 5 1600 - GPU Power Color Radeon 5700XT- Motherboard Gigabyte GA-AB350 Gaming - RAM 16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB - Storage 525GB Crucial MX300 SSD + 120GB Kingston SSD   PSU Corsair CX750M - Cooling Stock - Case White NZXT S340

 

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i've never had a satisfying experience come out a laptop with an AMD cpu..

 

sorry amd fans, it is what it is.

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The AMD CPU above is even slower than a 4th/5th gen mobile i3. Terrible performance, avoid.

Desktop specs:

Spoiler

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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28 minutes ago, manikyath said:

i've never had a satisfying experience come out a laptop with an AMD cpu

Haven't been any Ryzen laptops out there until now. 

 

Sorry Intel fans, it is what it is. 

Laptop: 2019 16" MacBook Pro i7, 512GB, 5300M 4GB, 16GB DDR4 | Phone: iPhone 13 Pro Max 128GB | Wearables: Apple Watch SE | Car: 2007 Ford Taurus SE | CPU: R7 5700X | Mobo: ASRock B450M Pro4 | RAM: 32GB 3200 | GPU: ASRock RX 5700 8GB | Case: Apple PowerMac G5 | OS: Win 11 | Storage: 1TB Crucial P3 NVME SSD, 1TB PNY CS900, & 4TB WD Blue HDD | PSU: Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 600W | Display: LG 27GL83A-B 1440p @ 144Hz, Dell S2719DGF 1440p @144Hz | Cooling: Wraith Prism | Keyboard: G610 Orion Cherry MX Brown | Mouse: G305 | Audio: Audio Technica ATH-M50X & Blue Snowball | Server: 2018 Core i3 Mac mini, 128GB SSD, Intel UHD 630, 16GB DDR4 | Storage: OWC Mercury Elite Pro Quad (6TB WD Blue HDD, 12TB Seagate Barracuda, 1TB Crucial SSD, 2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD)
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The A12 is too old, the Intel model will perform significantly better. 

Laptop: 2019 16" MacBook Pro i7, 512GB, 5300M 4GB, 16GB DDR4 | Phone: iPhone 13 Pro Max 128GB | Wearables: Apple Watch SE | Car: 2007 Ford Taurus SE | CPU: R7 5700X | Mobo: ASRock B450M Pro4 | RAM: 32GB 3200 | GPU: ASRock RX 5700 8GB | Case: Apple PowerMac G5 | OS: Win 11 | Storage: 1TB Crucial P3 NVME SSD, 1TB PNY CS900, & 4TB WD Blue HDD | PSU: Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 600W | Display: LG 27GL83A-B 1440p @ 144Hz, Dell S2719DGF 1440p @144Hz | Cooling: Wraith Prism | Keyboard: G610 Orion Cherry MX Brown | Mouse: G305 | Audio: Audio Technica ATH-M50X & Blue Snowball | Server: 2018 Core i3 Mac mini, 128GB SSD, Intel UHD 630, 16GB DDR4 | Storage: OWC Mercury Elite Pro Quad (6TB WD Blue HDD, 12TB Seagate Barracuda, 1TB Crucial SSD, 2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD)
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48 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Haven't been any Ryzen laptops out there until now. 

exactly. i ever denied that ;)

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