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NoLoMo
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Hello so I have been looking for laptop for school that would serve as my desktop as well, but I have been told to avoid said "gaming" laptop like the plague. Therefore I am looking at the used market to see how much more or less it would cost me to build a desktop. I just wanted to ask for any tips, while shopping on craigslist or ebay for parts. Anything that I should be looking out for? Anything I should be asking? If I go see the product what should I look for or test for myself? 

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What's your budget, location, and who told you to avoid gaming laptops?

Quote me to see my reply!

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CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X Motherboard: MSI B450-A Pro Max RAM: 32GB I forget GPU: MSI Vega 56 Storage: 256GB NVMe boot, 512GB Samsung 850 Pro, 1TB WD Blue SSD, 1TB WD Blue HDD PSU: Inwin P85 850w Case: Fractal Design Define C Cooling: Stock for CPU, be quiet! case fans, Morpheus Vega w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 2 for GPU Monitor: 3x Thinkvision P24Q on a Steelcase Eyesite triple monitor stand Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3 Keyboard: Focus FK-9000 (heavily modded) Mousepad: Aliexpress cat special Headphones:  Sennheiser HD598SE and Sony Linkbuds

 

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4 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

What's your budget, location, and who told you to avoid gaming laptops?

This is what I was looking at for laptops:

MSI GS63VR STEALTH PRO [ $1,349.99]

  •  CPU: i7-6700HQ @ 2.6GHz
  • 16 GB RAM
  • GPU: GTX 1060 6GB
  • 4 USB PORTS:
    • 1 THUNDERBOLT
    • 3 USB 3.0
  • 15.6 IPS SCREEN

This is what I was recommended:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3LsjFd w/ a used 980ti

17 LAPTOPS.xlsx

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2 minutes ago, NoLoMo said:

This is what I was looking at for laptops:

MSI GS63VR STEALTH PRO [ $1,349.99]

  •  CPU: i7-6700HQ @ 2.6GHz
  • 16 GB RAM
  • GPU: GTX 1060 6GB
  • 4 USB PORTS:
    • 1 THUNDERBOLT
    • 3 USB 3.0
  • 15.6 IPS SCREEN

This is what I was recommended:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3LsjFd w/ a used 980ti

17 LAPTOPS.xlsx

If you don't need the portability, get the desktop. It's more power and way better value. The only thing I would change is to get a WD Blue instead of that shitty old drive.

EDIT: Who was this "fellow member"?

Quote me to see my reply!

SPECS:

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X Motherboard: MSI B450-A Pro Max RAM: 32GB I forget GPU: MSI Vega 56 Storage: 256GB NVMe boot, 512GB Samsung 850 Pro, 1TB WD Blue SSD, 1TB WD Blue HDD PSU: Inwin P85 850w Case: Fractal Design Define C Cooling: Stock for CPU, be quiet! case fans, Morpheus Vega w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 2 for GPU Monitor: 3x Thinkvision P24Q on a Steelcase Eyesite triple monitor stand Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3 Keyboard: Focus FK-9000 (heavily modded) Mousepad: Aliexpress cat special Headphones:  Sennheiser HD598SE and Sony Linkbuds

 

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1 minute ago, kelvinhall05 said:

If you don't need the portability, get the desktop. It's more power and way better value. The only thing I would change is to get a WD Blue instead of that shitty old drive.

EDIT: Who was this "fellow member"?

I don't what to start anything but @nerdslayer1 recommended me not to.

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I too would recommend to use a laptop that is capable of low gaming, just for the need to log into an online game to make some time critic quests for example, and else have a decent machine at home.

 

Laptops usually don't last as long as desktops, and can't get upgraded as easily as a desktop. 

 

I would only go for a gaming laptop as desktop replacement, when there is no room for a desktop for example in a small Flat in Tokyo =P.

As well as a gaming laptop needs a lot more power to run than a for example good multimedia laptop. Always have in mind it has to last the whole day at school with perhaps no power outlet to plug in to. 

 

Jayz2cents just made a video regarding a decent budget gaming pc on based a ryzen 3. iirc it was about 800 bucks with a gtx 1060 and other stuff... check that video from him =)

 

 

just my thoughts on that issue.

Main System:

Anghammarad : Asrock Taichi x570, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @4900 MHz. 32 GB DDR4 3600, some NVME SSDs, Gainward Phoenix RTX 3070TI

 

System 2 "Igluna" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

System 3 "Inskah" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

 

On the Road: Acer Aspire 5 Model A515-51G-54FD, Intel Core i5 7200U, 8 GB DDR4 Ram, 120 GB SSD, 1 TB SSD, Intel CPU GFX and Nvidia MX 150, Full HD IPS display

 

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(Abit Fatal1ty FP9 IN SLI, C2Duo E8400, 6 GB Ram DDR2 800, far too less diskspace, Gainward Phantom 560 GTX broken need fixing)

 

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41 minutes ago, Anghammarad said:

I too would recommend to use a laptop that is capable of low gaming, just for the need to log into an online game to make some time critic quests for example, and else have a decent machine at home.

 

Laptops usually don't last as long as desktops, and can't get upgraded as easily as a desktop. 

 

I would only go for a gaming laptop as desktop replacement, when there is no room for a desktop for example in a small Flat in Tokyo =P.

As well as a gaming laptop needs a lot more power to run than a for example good multimedia laptop. Always have in mind it has to last the whole day at school with perhaps no power outlet to plug in to. 

 

Jayz2cents just made a video regarding a decent budget gaming pc on based a ryzen 3. iirc it was about 800 bucks with a gtx 1060 and other stuff... check that video from him =)

 

 

just my thoughts on that issue.

I'll give them all a look

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4 hours ago, kelvinhall05 said:

What's your budget, location, and who told you to avoid gaming laptops?

me, gaming laptops are usually low quality, OP needs something that looks half decent, building a desktop or getting a laptop like aero 15. 

 

 

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