Gaming laptop advice for new guy

sparefountain317

sparefountain317

sparefountain317

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Hey guys,


I’m sure there’s a billion trillion threads like this but I don’t really have time right now to seek them out. I’m just looking for advice about what would be a good gaming laptop for someone who has no idea about this stuff and has always played on consoles.


Basically, I need -


- something powerful enough to run games like Skyrim special edition, maybe the outer worlds, fallout and the odd shooter. Also powerful enough for future iterations of these series’ e.g. TES VI, Skywind

- cheap enough that it won’t break the bank. I have no idea what is considered cheap and I heard expensive is like £1100/$1200

- doubles as a normal laptop if possible. I’m not sure if gaming laptops, as opposed to big gaming computers, actually exist.

- can be connected to monitors.

- works with a gaming console controller if possible


While I would appreciate if someone could explain this to me like I’m an idiot, and I won’t know about lots of technical things like what CPUs and GPUs are, please don’t be aggressive in your responses. I find that in many forums, helpful discussion is immediately blown off course by aggressive declarations of ‘you really should know X’/‘how dare you, a new person, post this in this section rather than that one’. I’m just a bit new here and looking for advice and the chance to be part of a helpful community.


Thanks!
 
ExRayTed said:
Well, I'll be the first to welcome you to the forums :)

The second thing I'll do is get this moved across to the relevant sub-forum, simply so you'll get more relevant replies hopefully. Any reason why you need a laptop rather than a desktop?
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Thanks my friend!

It’s simply because I have a laptop at the moment which is a little old and maybe slightly breaking. I might need my laptop for work in the future, who knows. Though tbh maybe a powerful gaming laptop isn’t the best thing to lug around. I also assumed a laptop would be less expensive and you can use it with or without monitors. But I’m open to any suggestions really
 
ExRayTed said:
Do you absolutely need the portability a laptop offers? Because If you have a monitor already you could get a good system with your budget, almost certainly to a higher specification than any laptop at a comparable price.

Would mean building it yourself though, which is an absolute doddle and if you run into any snags during the build we could help you

Here's an idea of what your budget gets you in a self-built desktop. Pick up a Windows 10 key for cheap elsewhere and you've got a very respectable gaming pc :)

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,154.12 (includes shipping: £13.20)
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I don’t need a laptop I guess. I already have one which theoretically i could convert but I’d need to change the core and the graphics card if not more.

Don’t have a proper monitor sadly, unless my slightly old laptop counts.

Don’t get me wrong, your suggestion is very welcome but I’m afraid I can’t afford anything near 1.5k. My target would be £300-500...maybe 300 is optimistic I know, but 1.5k...I’m not sure I’ve spent 1500 on all the consoles, games and DLCs I’ve ever played, and that’s going back a decade and a half. If I just wanted an average gaming PC, how much do you think it might cost? I’ve identified some models on Amazon that look ok, what do you think? I know this one needs an update to the graphics card however:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07P5HC7F9/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_OYj-DbE9CYP2A

Thanks!

(The PC would need to run slightly newer games like elder scrolls online in addition to the games I mentioned however)
 
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