Gaming laptop recommendations - around £1500?

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17" ideally...I'm not sure if any brands are better than other brands for doing better cooling etc...

I recently upgraded my son's PC (desktop) with a GTX1660 Super and a Ryzen 5 - that handles pretty much everything he is throwing at it (1080p). I see you can get at least those specs or better in laptop format for £1200-1500 but I struggle to understand how they manage to achieve that...surely the laptop hardware can't be as efficient as the desktop equivalent. I can't see how they would even fit that in, never mind cool it properly. I don't really want something that sounds like a jet fighter taking off...like my PS4 Pro, which is really loud, despite being very big and heavy!
 
Sirrel Squirrel said:
Only 15" but this Asus is getting good reviews, mainly for the Ryzen processor but a solid laptop for a good price compared to Intel offerings if you're prepared to wait til June.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...4800h-metal-grey-gaming-laptop-lt-2a2-as.html
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I will probably get this for my son; it’s the best value RTX2060 with that spec.The only downside is the display response time is slower than most and the colour space is lacking a little. He will be using it with the main screen as an external monitor for 80% of the time so shouldn’t be too much of an issue.
 
What's the issue with Intel CPUs in gaming laptops? I've always been an AMD user but are the Intel chips inferior somehow? Why are the AMD chips not used more? Looking just for Athlon chips does limit the choice a lot atm. This would be for my daughter's birthday, which is in May, so hanging on until June isn't ideal...but not impossible if I'm going to get a much better system.
 
Colin MacDougall said:
What's the issue with Intel CPUs in gaming laptops? I've always been an AMD user but are the Intel chips inferior somehow? Why are the AMD chips not used more? Looking just for Athlon chips does limit the choice a lot atm. This would be for my daughter's birthday, which is in May, so hanging on until June isn't ideal...but not impossible if I'm going to get a much better system.
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The new AMD Ryzen 4000 series CPUs for laptops are getting great reviews, they're cheaper than the Intel counterparts and have low power consumption, meaning you get hours of battery life.

Don't look at any other AMD CPUs, only the latest 4000 series.

Intel gaming laptops are good, nothing wrong with them and at the moment can be paired with more powerful graphics than AMD, which only seems to offer up to an RTX 2060. I think that's down to the manufacturers not going all in on AMD yet (or Intel paid them off)

Intel are just a bit slow on making their chips better over iterations, the 10th gen chips are only marginally better than the 9th gen chips whereas reviews are saying the Ryzen 4000 chips are a game changer.
 
Ah - cool, that makes sense.

In terms of current options, the Lenovo Legion Y540 looks like a decent compromise - you can get that in a 17" version with a RTX 2060...although I can't find it in that spec anywhere atm! I know the battery isn't great but that's probably not such an issue on a 17" laptop, which will mostly be on a desk. It sounds like it is one of the quieter and cooler options with a decent screen.
 
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Colin MacDougall said:
I see a few options with the Ryzen 7 4800 and the 1660ti...is it worth holding on for a system with the RTX2060?
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Honestly the 1660TI for £1k is a brilliant buy. I have the older Ryzen 7 TUF laptop with an RTX2060 and I can't use any of the RTX features the card is too slow. Not much in it between these two in the Mobile variant. I think they have the 2060 with the new Ryzen posted above but it's £300 more.


Saying that the TUF A15 with an 1660Ti is meant to be £999RRP cheapest I have found is £1199. Prices of stuff is mental atm.
 
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