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I am looking to buy a laptop, the main purpose is for my study but I would also like to be able to game on it.

I am currently looking at the center of the following three laptops.

It is recommend by my university and I can buy it at discount price, listed on the site, and I was wondering what kind of gaming performance I can expect.

Does anybody know or have any suggestions for another laptop?

 

The minimum specs I am looking for are:

  • A multi-core processor
  • A discrete  video card
  • 16 GB RAM
  • At least 512 GB of storage
  • At least 15” full HD screen

The laptop needs to have a good battery life and should preferably not be too big as I will need to take it with met to and from campus.

My budget is ~1500€

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The standard G5 can game okay
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the first two have an nvidia quadro card in them, which will not be helpful for gaming unfortunately.

 

edit: I stand corrected by the youtube video previously shared

 

  1. GLaDOS: i5 6600 EVGA GTX 1070 FE EVGA Z170 Stinger Cooler Master GeminS524 V2 With LTT Noctua NFF12 Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8 GB 3200 MHz Corsair SF450 850 EVO 500 Gb CableMod Widebeam White LED 60cm 2x Asus VN248H-P, Dell 12" G502 Proteus Core Logitech G610 Orion Cherry Brown Logitech Z506 Sennheiser HD 518 MSX
  2. Lenovo Z40 i5-4200U GT 820M 6 GB RAM 840 EVO 120 GB
  3. Moto X4 G.Skill 32 GB Micro SD Spigen Case Project Fi

 

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Those guides are useless

 

Where are you from? Budget? Preferred weight and battery life?

Desktop specs:

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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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10 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Those guides are useless

 

Where are you from? Budget? Preferred weight and battery life?

The minimum specs I am looking for are:

  • A multi-core processor
  • A discrete  video card
  • 16 GB RAM
  • At least 512 GB of storage
  • At least 15” full HD screen

The laptop needs to have a good battery life and should preferably not be too big as I will need to take it with met to and from campus.

My budget is ~1500€

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31 minutes ago, skaracoban said:

I am looking to buy a laptop, the main purpose is for my study but I would also like to be able to game on it.

I am currently looking at the center of the following three laptops.

It is recommend by my university and I can buy it at discount price, listed on the site, and I was wondering what kind of gaming performance I can expect.

Does anybody know or have any suggestions for another laptop?

they all have quadros, which are bad for gaming. how about a predator helios 300?

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48 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

they all have quadros, which are bad for gaming. how about a predator helios 300?

I know quadros aren't good for gaming, but I will mainly use the laptop for my study and only a little for gaming. The first two laptops on that site are recommended by my university. The predator helios 300 is quite bulky and I will need to take it with me a lot so I am looking for a slightly less bulky laptop. 

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3 minutes ago, skaracoban said:

I know quadros aren't good for gaming, but I will mainly use the laptop for my study and only a little for gaming. The first two laptops on that site are recommended by my university. The predator helios 300 is quite bulky and I will need to take it with me a lot so I am looking for a slightly less bulky laptop. 

dell xps 15 with the i7 and 16gb of ram

 

if no then those are fine.

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15 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

dell xps 15 with the i7 and 16gb of ram

 

if no then those are fine.

I think I will buy the laptop recommended by my university as the dell xps 15 with the i7 and 16gb of ram is to expensive for me, thanks for the advice.

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6 minutes ago, skaracoban said:

I think I will buy the laptop recommended by my university

But why?

 

Also, where are you from?

Desktop specs:

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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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3 minutes ago, skaracoban said:

Because it is the only laptop I know of that meets all my requirements and fits in my budget.

Then why you're asking for recommendations? Sorry if I sound rude

Desktop specs:

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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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2 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Then why you're asking for recommendations? Sorry if I sound rude

I don't know a lot about laptops so I though that maybe someone else, who does know about laptops, knows a better laptop that that meets all my requirements and fits inside my budget.

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3 minutes ago, skaracoban said:

I don't know a lot about laptops so I though that maybe someone else, who does know about laptops, knows a better laptop that that meets all my requirements and fits inside my budget.

What's your usage? Are you sure you need a Quadro?

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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43 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

What's your usage? Are you sure you need a Quadro?

I am not sure I need a Quadro, I don't know what software I will be using during university but these are the requirements my university recommends:

  • Suitable for Windows 7 SP 1/8.1/10 (64 bits)**
  • A multi-core (quad-core) processor
  • A discrete (dedicated) video card*
  • At least 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended)
  • At least 256 GB of storage (512 GB recommended)
  • At least 15” full HD screen (1920 x 1080)

These are general recommendations and not specifically for my study programme.

And if I buy the laptop my university recommends I also get the benefit of a 3 year warranty and on campus repair and battery and possibility to get a swap laptop while your laptop is in repair. And a good price.

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All with 16GB RAM (some with upgrade) and at least 256GB SSD:

 

Lenovo Thinkpad T580/P52s with 8250U/8550U - default panel is entry level IPS

Lenovo Yoga 720 15 or Yoga 730 15

Lenovo Ideapad 720s 15

Lenovo Ideapad 530s 15 (81EV002LMH) - entry level IPS

 

HP Envy 17

HP Envy x360 15 - entry level IPS

 

Dell Inspiron 7773

Dell Inspiron 7570 - mediocre battery life

 

Acer Swift 3 15 (SF314-52G) - entry level IPS

 

Or you want a gaming laptop?

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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13 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

All with 16GB RAM (some with upgrade) and at least 256GB SSD:

 

Lenovo Thinkpad T580/P52s with 8250U/8550U - default panel is entry level IPS

Lenovo Yoga 720 15 or Yoga 730 15

Lenovo Ideapad 720s 15

Lenovo Ideapad 530s 15 (81EV002LMH) - entry level IPS

 

HP Envy 17

HP Envy x360 15 - entry level IPS

 

Dell Inspiron 7773

Dell Inspiron 7570 - mediocre battery life

 

Acer Swift 3 15 (SF314-52G) - entry level IPS

 

Or you want a gaming laptop?

No, I don't want a gaming laptop since they either don't have the battery life I want or they are to bulky (within my budget that is). Thanks for the advice I will have a look at the laptops you sent.

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