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Dartgod 09:00 PM 11-12-2021
I'm looking to pick up a new gaming laptop but can't spend a ton of cash. I'm looking to keep it under $1500.

I'm not particularly interested in playing the latest and greatest games. I tend to play older games that I can get for a bargain on Steam. For instance, I am currently playing through Borderlands 2. So it doesn't have to be state of the art.

Give me your recommendations.
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Dartgod 09:11 PM 11-12-2021
I'm also curious what everyone's opinion is on Intel vs. AMD processors and Nvidia vs. Radeon GPU's.
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jd1020 09:12 PM 11-12-2021
For strictly gaming, get whatever processor comes with the best graphics card your budget can afford.
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Dartgod 09:17 PM 11-12-2021
Great advice, but I know nothing about these things. There are a lot of "deals" out there, but I don't want to end up with some POS graphics card.
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jd1020 09:19 PM 11-12-2021
Well, I dont really pay attention to the laptop market but I would imagine the best your $1500 budget could get you would be a 3060 and come with either an intel or AMD processor depending on the manufacturer. Really no idea what the equivalent in AMD would be but their current laptop GPU list is only the 6600M, 6700M, and 6800M. Typically nvidia cards are a step up from AMD so I would guess the 3060 laptop would be like a 6700M? But dont quote me on that.
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Dartgod 09:43 PM 11-12-2021
I've got my eye on this one, but nervous to pull the trigger.

https://deals.dell.com/en-us/productdetail/bhpx
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jd1020 09:59 PM 11-12-2021
Seems pretty decent to me. I would compare that laptop to similarly specc'd laptops from like ASUS and MSI and see what they are selling for.

But for $1300 I'm not sure how much better you are going to get. i7 processor, 3060, 1tb nvme, 15.6" screen from Dell who make pretty good displays, and 16gb of RAM. My only question would be how good is their cooling system on their gaming laptops?
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Pants 10:27 PM 11-12-2021
Originally Posted by Dartgod:
I've got my eye on this one, but nervous to pull the trigger.

https://deals.dell.com/en-us/productdetail/bhpx
You will be able to basically max out all of the newest games with that rig at 1080p.

IDK how far you are from a MicroCenter but they have great deals on gaming laptops from time to time.

Of all places, Amazon has them on sale quite a bit as well.

Can you wait till Black Friday/Cyber Monday?
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jd1020 10:29 PM 11-12-2021
Originally Posted by Pants:
Can you wait till Black Friday/Cyber Monday?
That appears to be a black friday preview deal. It's probably not going to get cheaper.
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Dartgod 10:31 PM 11-12-2021
Yeah, I've looked at other laptops with those specs and they are a few $100 morre expensive.

I was planning on waiting, but this looks like a pretty good deal.
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Dartgod 10:33 PM 11-12-2021
I see MSI in a few places. Is that a good brand?
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Pants 10:34 PM 11-12-2021
The only thing that bothers me is the 1080p. 2K is just so much better.

Something to be said about butter smooth framerates at the highest settings, though.

It's a tough call.
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Pants 10:34 PM 11-12-2021
Originally Posted by Dartgod:
I see MSI in a few places. Is that a good brand?
It's a major and reputable brand.

Expect a lot of RGB, though.
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jd1020 10:36 PM 11-12-2021
https://www.reddit.com/r/LaptopDeals/

Couple Lenovo deals in there with a 3070 for under $1500. Not sure how good their gaming laptops are but their thinkpads are an industry standard. Worth keeping an eye out on that reddit regardless.
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Dartgod 10:41 PM 11-12-2021
Originally Posted by Pants:
Expect a lot of RGB, though.
What does this mean?
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