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I recently got an Acer Laptop with cpu and nvidia mx150 card... a small review is under the members review section...

 

Quick specs: 

 

in office use around 6+ hours battery life, Core I5 7200U, 8 gb ram, 120gb SSD, 1tb HDD, full hd IPS display, backlit keyboard (white), good trackpad.

 

Weight 2.1 kg.

 

Price was around 730 €

 

here the link to the review: 

 

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/827235-acer-aspire-5-a515-51g-laptop/

 

and the link to Amazon: 

 

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B072V26M6J/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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

 

Media System "Vio": Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5700X, 64 GB Ram DDR4 3200 Mushkin, 1 275 GB Crucial MX SSD, 1 tb Crucial MX500 SSD. IBM 5015 Megaraid, 4 Seagate Ironwolf 4TB HDD in raid 5, 4 WD RED 4 tb in another Raid 5, Gainward Phoenix GTX 1060

 

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

 

Nostalgia: Amiga 1200, Tower Build, CPU/FPU/MMU 68EC020, 68030, 68882 @50 Mhz, 10 MByte ram (2 MB Chip, 8 MB Fast), Fast SCSI II, 2 CDRoms, 2 1 GB SCSI II IBM Harddrives, 512 MB Quantum Lightning HDD, self soldered Sync changer to attach VGA displays, WLAN

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1 minute ago, Anghammarad said:

I recently got an Acer Laptop with cpu and nvidia mx150 card... a small review is under the members review section...

 

Quick specs: 

 

in office use around 6+ hours battery life, Core I5 7200U, 8 gb ram, 120gb SSD, 1tb HDD, full hd IPS display, backlit keyboard (white), good trackpad.

 

Weight 2.1 kg.

 

Price was around 730 €

 

here the link to the review: 

 

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/827235-acer-aspire-5-a515-51g-laptop/

Not bad... But I would like to have something even lighter

 

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The XPS 15 has cooling problems unless you mod the cooling solution. The VRMs reach over 100*C and the CPU throttles to 1GHz making it next to useless.

As for the Razer devices - stay far and away. The quality control is garbage, the cooling is horrible, the customer support is probably the worst in the business. You're better off burning the money.

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Go with the Acer and use it as workout as well :P

 

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

 

Media System "Vio": Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5700X, 64 GB Ram DDR4 3200 Mushkin, 1 275 GB Crucial MX SSD, 1 tb Crucial MX500 SSD. IBM 5015 Megaraid, 4 Seagate Ironwolf 4TB HDD in raid 5, 4 WD RED 4 tb in another Raid 5, Gainward Phoenix GTX 1060

 

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

 

Nostalgia: Amiga 1200, Tower Build, CPU/FPU/MMU 68EC020, 68030, 68882 @50 Mhz, 10 MByte ram (2 MB Chip, 8 MB Fast), Fast SCSI II, 2 CDRoms, 2 1 GB SCSI II IBM Harddrives, 512 MB Quantum Lightning HDD, self soldered Sync changer to attach VGA displays, WLAN

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3 minutes ago, NewReborn said:

The XPS 15 has cooling problems unless you mod the cooling solution. The VRMs reach over 100*C and the CPU throttles to 1GHz making it next to useless.

As for the Razer devices - stay far and away. The quality control is garbage, the cooling is horrible, the customer support is probably the worst in the business. You're better off burning the money.

Where did this come from? I would love to see some evidence.... 

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XPS 15 information: https://www.ultrabookreview.com/14875-fix-throttling-xps-15/
As for Razer - that's common knowledge found on any forum really
As for a suggestion for a device. Acer Swift 3 is a great option. It comes with a quad-core 8250U or 8550U and a MX150

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Yes I thought so too in my case for a long time... but then I found out that some of my "wants" just can't be satisfied, so I had to make cuts here and there. 

 

But else... most light laptops aren't really capable of gaming... the ones capable of gaming weigh a little more.

 

For just plain office use you can get some around 1 kg... but those are terribad for gaming then... even small or older games...

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

 

Media System "Vio": Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5700X, 64 GB Ram DDR4 3200 Mushkin, 1 275 GB Crucial MX SSD, 1 tb Crucial MX500 SSD. IBM 5015 Megaraid, 4 Seagate Ironwolf 4TB HDD in raid 5, 4 WD RED 4 tb in another Raid 5, Gainward Phoenix GTX 1060

 

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

 

Nostalgia: Amiga 1200, Tower Build, CPU/FPU/MMU 68EC020, 68030, 68882 @50 Mhz, 10 MByte ram (2 MB Chip, 8 MB Fast), Fast SCSI II, 2 CDRoms, 2 1 GB SCSI II IBM Harddrives, 512 MB Quantum Lightning HDD, self soldered Sync changer to attach VGA displays, WLAN

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Just now, Anghammarad said:

Yes I thought so too in my case for a long time... but then I found out that some of my "wants" just can't be satisfied, so I had to make cuts here and there. 

 

But else... most light laptops aren't really capable of gaming... the ones capable of gaming weigh a little more.

 

For just plain office use you can get some around 1 kg... but those are terribad for gaming then... even small or older games...

I just want to use it for school and playing league at my friends house. And taking a 2 kilo laptop to school every day gets annoying

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how about his: 

 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/d/surface/90FC23DV6SNZ?icid=Cat_Surface-NavLink2-SurfacePro-Laptop-052317-en-us

 

or this: 

 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/d/surface/8TXJ08Q9LXDT/90L2?icid=Cat_Surface-NavLink3-SurfacePro-Book-052317-en-us

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

 

Media System "Vio": Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5700X, 64 GB Ram DDR4 3200 Mushkin, 1 275 GB Crucial MX SSD, 1 tb Crucial MX500 SSD. IBM 5015 Megaraid, 4 Seagate Ironwolf 4TB HDD in raid 5, 4 WD RED 4 tb in another Raid 5, Gainward Phoenix GTX 1060

 

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

 

Nostalgia: Amiga 1200, Tower Build, CPU/FPU/MMU 68EC020, 68030, 68882 @50 Mhz, 10 MByte ram (2 MB Chip, 8 MB Fast), Fast SCSI II, 2 CDRoms, 2 1 GB SCSI II IBM Harddrives, 512 MB Quantum Lightning HDD, self soldered Sync changer to attach VGA displays, WLAN

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The Surface laptop is a very poor purchase if you ask me. It is actually not possible to open it up for cleaning and maintenance without heatgunning the keyboard and ripping it apart with a knife. The Surface Book is a better device but the GPU inside is horrible for gaming without dramatically turning down resolution and ending up with a blurry mess of a game. The MX150 is really the bare minimum (it's akin to a GT 1030 or a last gen 950M) when it comes to playing a game at a resolution higher than 1280x720. Hence why I recommended the Swift 3 - it's probably the best option for the price.

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1 minute ago, NewReborn said:

The Surface laptop is a very poor purchase if you ask me. It is actually not possible to open it up for cleaning and maintenance without heatgunning the keyboard and ripping it apart with a knife. The Surface Book is a better device but the GPU inside is horrible for gaming without dramatically turning down resolution and ending up with a blurry mess of a game. The MX150 is really the bare minimum (it's akin to a GT 1030 or a last gen 950M) when it comes to playing a game at a resolution higher than 1280x720. Hence why I recommended the Swift 3 - it's probably the best option for the price.

What about the asus zenbook

 

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