Gaming Laptop £1100 budget max

Poppy · 2 Mar 2022 at 07:36

Hi all,

Looking at getting a gaming laptop for myself, budget £1100 max.

What is the best bang for buck i can get? I've seen an Acer Nitro 5 with an i7 and RTX3060 but during my research have come across that not all RTX3060's are "created equal" and that some dependant on laptop manufacturer will be more powerful.

Whats the best gaming laptop i can get for my money?

Thanks all

Minstadave · 2 Mar 2022 at 08:20

Legion 5 with a 3060 or a 3070 would be a pretty solid bet. Both GPUs are full power variants and there's regularly discount codes available.

Poppy · 2 Mar 2022 at 08:29

Thank you! I've seen both of these on OCUK as "B Grade", both are the same price, the Erazer seems to have a slightly faster TGP for the gfx card.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/-b-g...z-qhd-amd-r7-5800h-gaming-lapt-bg-068-md.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/-b-g...44hz-ryzen-7-5800h-g-lt-01x-lv-bg-006-lv.html

Which would you go for?

mickyflinn · 2 Mar 2022 at 11:52

Poppy said:
Thank you! I've seen both of these on OCUK as "B Grade", both are the same price, the Erazer seems to have a slightly faster TGP for the gfx card.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/-b-g...z-qhd-amd-r7-5800h-gaming-lapt-bg-068-md.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/-b-g...44hz-ryzen-7-5800h-g-lt-01x-lv-bg-006-lv.html

Which would you go for?

Also The Erazor is 1440p 165hz while the Legion is 1080p 144hz.

Minstadave · 2 Mar 2022 at 12:24

mickyflinn said:
Also The Erazor is 1440p 165hz while the Legion is 1080p 144hz.

Both full power GPUs. Thr Erazor would probably be my first choice, having said that I've got the Legion 5 Pro and the 3060 and QHD can be a little tricky to get good performance in in intensive titles. Warzone for instance really doesn't like QHD and 6GB of VRAM even using DLSS.

It should be better with the 8GB of the 3070 but if purely for gaming it might be easier to pair the 3070 with a FHD panel.

Defy Belief · 2 Mar 2022 at 12:55

Legion 5 3060 owner here too, honestly when I looked into all different laptops between 3060 vs 3070, the 3070 on average looked around 10-15% faster depending on title, some the difference was minimal, the main difference seemed to be down to the VRAM. Look at some Youtube vids to see.

I got my Legion 5 3060 with 17" 300nits FHD 144hz IPS screen and a 5600h for £790, the 3070 versions (Albeit with a better 5800h) are around £1150, to me it was just not worth the £350+ premium to have the 3070.

It runs really cool and quiet for a laptop too, been hammering Horizon ZD on it and it runs beautifully!

Minstadave · 2 Mar 2022 at 13:02

Defy Belief said:
Legion 5 3060 owner here too, honestly when I looked into all different laptops between 3060 vs 3070, the 3070 on average looked around 10-15% faster depending on title, some the difference was minimal, the main difference seemed to be down to the VRAM. Look at some Youtube vids to see.

I got my Legion 5 3060 with 17" 300nits FHD 144hz IPS screen and a 5600h for £790, the 3070 versions (Albeit with a better 5800h) are around £1150, to me it was just not worth the £350+ premium to have the 3070.

It runs really cool and quiet for a laptop too, been hammering Horizon ZD on it and it runs beautifully!

Have you tried GPU undervolting? Got some decent results on my 5 Pro. Higher GPU boosts, lower power use and 10 degrees cooler.

Defy Belief · 2 Mar 2022 at 13:08

Minstadave said:
Have you tried GPU undervolting? Got some decent results on my 5 Pro. Higher GPU boosts, lower power use and 10 degrees cooler.

I haven't actually, used to do this on all my desktops, didn't think about doing it on a laptop! Will give it a go

Minstadave · 2 Mar 2022 at 13:12

Defy Belief said:
I haven't actually, used to do this on all my desktops, didn't think about doing it on a laptop! Will give it a go

Takes a couple of minutes using the voltage curve on Afterburner. Well worth a try.

Poppy · 3 Mar 2022 at 11:55

Cheers guys, went with the Erazer. Looking forward to trying it out

Poppy · 4 Apr 2022 at 09:17

So my wife bought me the Erazer. Was given to me on Thursday for my birthday. Out of the box noticed an issue immediately that you'd need to hold down the power button for about 10 seconds to get it to power on (i assumed this to be a "quirky feature".

Played some games, performance was lovely, especially coming from a 12 year old laptop with no dedicated GFX. Amazing gfx with high FPS. After about 6 hours use, a thin blue line and white vertical line across the screen was present on the screen as well as a separate dead pixel near the enter of the screen, "oh dear" i thought. Removed GFX drivers and reinstalled just incase and rebooted laptop. Laptop now fails to POST and just constantly restarts (doesnt get to windows etc, no BIOS screen). So after 6 hours use its going back as DOA and the wife has requested a full refund. Its a shame because when it worked it seemed good.

Wife is now ordering me an equivalent HP Omen 17 and she has more faith in the HPE brand than Medion.

Loxa · 4 Apr 2022 at 17:23

Poppy said:
So my wife bought me the Erazer. Was given to me on Thursday for my birthday. Out of the box noticed an issue immediately that you'd need to hold down the power button for about 10 seconds to get it to power on (i assumed this to be a "quirky feature".

Played some games, performance was lovely, especially coming from a 12 year old laptop with no dedicated GFX. Amazing gfx with high FPS. After about 6 hours use, a thin blue line and white vertical line across the screen was present on the screen as well as a separate dead pixel near the enter of the screen, "oh dear" i thought. Removed GFX drivers and reinstalled just incase and rebooted laptop. Laptop now fails to POST and just constantly restarts (doesnt get to windows etc, no BIOS screen). So after 6 hours use its going back as DOA and the wife has requested a full refund. Its a shame because when it worked it seemed good.

Wife is now ordering me an equivalent HP Omen 17 and she has more faith in the HPE brand than Medion.

Was it B-Grade?

Poppy · 5 Apr 2022 at 10:52

Loxa said:
Was it B-Grade?

It was brand new. For clarity, not purchased from OCUK.

Poppy · 13 Apr 2022 at 12:28

Received my HP Omen 17. Fab bit of kit. Generally a much better feel of quality than the Medion.

throwaway4372 · 13 Apr 2022 at 12:35

Poppy said:
Received my HP Omen 17. Fab bit of kit. Generally a much better feel of quality than the Medion.

I've been considering one of those, can you tell me if the build quality is solid, does the screen wobble at all when you type?

Poppy · 14 Apr 2022 at 09:29

throwaway4372 said:
I've been considering one of those, can you tell me if the build quality is solid, does the screen wobble at all when you type?

Maybe a tiny bit but i have massive fat clown hands

GadgetTechMan · 15 Jun 2022 at 17:03

Poppy said:
Hi all,

Looking at getting a gaming laptop for myself, budget £1100 max.

What is the best bang for buck i can get? I've seen an Acer Nitro 5 with an i7 and RTX3060 but during my research have come across that not all RTX3060's are "created equal" and that some dependant on laptop manufacturer will be more powerful.

Whats the best gaming laptop i can get for my money?

Thanks all

I got the ACER Nitro 5 AN517-54 for under £1100. It's more than I would normally spend, and it doesn't help that I wanted a product that had self updated driver app. Acer's Care Center doesn't do that on mine.

stu.artd · 28 Jun 2022 at 15:21

Poppy said:
Received my HP Omen 17. Fab bit of kit. Generally a much better feel of quality than the Medion.

How are you getting on with the Omen 17 (screen quality, thermals and noise) ? I’m looking to get a new gaming laptop and that’s near the top of my list.