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I've been gaming for years but moved to Canada and left my xbox at home in NZ. I'm now looking to get a gaming laptop but I don't think I would game as hard as I used to because I am a lot busier now which is why I want basically something to do the job but I won't regret buying a year from now and still be very content using.

 

I'm not particularly willing to spend up to CAD$2,000 because I know there have been some decent ones which were cheaper.

I want to be able to download a variety of smaller and big games and mods without sacrificing 

 

I don't care about what it looks like, thickness or anything exterior wise. The trackpad, webcam and battery life doesn't bother me very much nor does anything not gaming related as that is all I will be using the laptop for pretty much.

Essentially, I just want the best specs for the best price.

 

TYIA

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7 minutes ago, michelrose said:

I've been gaming for years but moved to Canada and left my xbox at home in NZ. I'm now looking to get a gaming laptop but I don't think I would game as hard as I used to because I am a lot busier now which is why I want basically something to do the job but I won't regret buying a year from now and still be very content using.

 

I'm not particularly willing to spend up to CAD$2,000 because I know there have been some decent ones which were cheaper.

I want to be able to download a variety of smaller and big games and mods without sacrificing 

 

I don't care about what it looks like, thickness or anything exterior wise. The trackpad, webcam and battery life doesn't bother me very much nor does anything not gaming related as that is all I will be using the laptop for pretty much.

Essentially, I just want the best specs for the best price.

 

TYIA

Hi, here's a list of laptops that are good value right now:

  1. https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154830
  2. https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834234951
  3. https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX71828
  4. http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_577_1198&item_id=121065 - Check this one
  5. https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX72889  - Good value!
  6. http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_577_1198&item_id=114527

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | MOBO: MSI B450 Tomahawk GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6800XT | RAM: GSkill Trident Z DDR4 3600Mhz | PSU: ADATA Core Reactor 850W 80+ Gold | CASE: Fractal Design Meshify C MONITOR: LG 32UL500-W 4K 60Hz, Gigabyte M27Q 1440p 165Hz

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~800 USD can get you a laptop with a GTX 1050Ti and an i5 7th gen/i7. It isn't really hard to find those around Amazon but their quality cannot be compared to higher end ones that are more expensive because of their extra features, etc. If that's what you call budget, then go ahead and browse Amazon to find one of these but other than that, there are quite a bit of videos that Linus has done over these laptops (and other tech YouTubers) so I would just hop onto YouTube and find videos that meet your criteria and then judge  based on the videos' review. I know this sounds like shitty advice on what laptop to get but I would think that looking at an actual video with images will spark your interest, rather than people telling you what to buy, and of course, you can look at other suggestions posted here and search them up on YouTube to see if you actually like them. 

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The Acer Aspire 5 is a good value oriented laptop, and so is the Acer Nitro 5.

CPU: Intel Core i7-950 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R CPU Cooler: NZXT HAVIK 140 RAM: Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600 (1x2GB), Crucial DDR3-1600 (2x4GB), Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 (1x4GB) GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 2GB SSD: Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" 1TB HDDs: WD Green 3.5" 1TB, WD Blue 3.5" 1TB PSU: Corsair AX860i & CableMod ModFlex Cables Case: Fractal Design Meshify C TG (White) Fans: 2x Dynamic X2 GP-12 Monitors: LG 24GL600F, Samsung S24D390 Keyboard: Logitech G710+ Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Mouse Pad: Steelseries QcK Audio: Bose SoundSport In-Ear Headphones

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What's your max budget? I would say Nitro 5 is decent but has CPU cooling issue (needs repaste)

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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