Looking for gaming laptop.

Digital X

Digital X

Digital X

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After for a gaming laptop when out and about or chilling downstairs etc.

Max budget around £800,

Have my eyes on a couple.

I should note I do not need a huge amount of space, currently my Laptop with 256GB SSD is more than enough.

An Acer Nitro AN515-44 for £799.99

Specs:

Ryzen 5 4600H
8GB DDR4 RAM
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1650Ti
15.6" 1080p 144Hz
512GB SSD (cannot see if this is NVME or M.2 whatever it is now.)
Also comes with a Headset, Mouse and Mouse Pad (which I could sell, no use for them)

OR

Asus TUF FX505 for £749.

Specs:

i5 9300H
8GB RAM (Assuming DDR4)
512GB NVME SSD
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1650
15.6" 60Hz
Marvel Avengers Game Code (can be sold)


Looking around I think it would be best to pay the extra and get the Acer, any thoughts?
 
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OK cheers, my knowledge of laptops aside from the screen and RAM and HDD/SSD is nearly zero, especially on the cpu/gpu side, will have a butchers.
 
As axeboy says the 1650ti is about 5 - 15% faster depending on the game.

Its the same card but with 12gbs memory instead of 8gbs memory, it's faster but doesn't take it into the next tier level of performance.

What kind of games do you play ? And what else are you going to be using the laptop for ?

The nitro 5 with a 10300h and 1660ti (1660ti can be 40 - 50% faster than the 1650ti depending on the game) is available for £840 and if it is purely for gaming would be better i feel as no matter wether you have a 1650 or 1650ti the gpu would be the bottleneck in gaming.
 
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Have you had a look at the MSi Bravo 15. You get a 6 core cpu and 4GB RX 5500m graphics. I had one for a while and it was a decent machine.
 
If you can stretch to 899 you could get the Dell G5 15 Se 4600h with 5600m. It has 8gb ram 256gb storage and a 144hz panel. The main thing is the 5600 smokes the 1650 or 1650ti.
If you've read that the processor runs super hot in the G5 the issue was fixed after bios update so don't worry.
 
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G5 SE Will literally smoke the competition when it catches fire.... lol... Dells fix was to lower the throttle threshold so it throttles sooner to lower temps. Not a very well designed laptop tbh great internals just re-using the G3 chassis was not the best solution. Mine ended up with yellowing on the screen due to the hot air blown onto the screen.
 
MOOGLEYS said:
G5 SE Will literally smoke the competition when it catches fire.... lol... Dells fix was to lower the throttle threshold so it throttles sooner to lower temps. Not a very well designed laptop tbh.
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So why is it I'm getting consistent temps of 70c during long periods of gaming?
 
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So why is it I'm getting consistent temps of 70c during long periods of gaming?
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Dell lowered the throttle temp so the cpu runs at a lower frequency so it runs cooler. Mine was the 8 core so might be different now. Keep an eye on the corners of the screen....
 
MOOGLEYS said:
Dell lowered the throttle temp so the cpu runs at a lower frequency so it runs cooler. Mine was the 8 core so might be different now. Keep an eye on the corners of the screen....
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I understand you had a bad experience with yours that would put you off but I think yours was faulty out the box. Mine is also the 8 core. All I know is the temperature is definitely lower even to the touch. I remember when you mentioned about the corners so I started checking them a lot and sure enough they were scorching. Honestly now they dont get hot I'm not bsing.
 
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