New Gaming Laptop 5k
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At that budget then just take your pick from here.
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My main thought would be more on warranty & support at this budget rather than spec as you can get the top spec machines.
Think out of those, i'd get this as it looks like the only OLED one. Although it does say its power limited compared to some due to it being quite slim-line.
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ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 NVIDIA RTX 4090 32GB 16.0 WQXGA OLED 240Hz Intel Ultra 9 185H Gaming Laptop
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Think out of those, i'd get this as it looks like the only OLED one. Although it does say its power limited compared to some due to it being quite slim-line.
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 NVIDIA RTX 4090 32GB 16.0 WQXGA OLED 240Hz Intel Ultra 9 185H Gaming Laptop
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Even in 16" guise the Zephyrus are Ultra Books so super slim, long battery life, productivity focused and don't have a full power GPU. The i9 185h CPU isn't as powerful as the i9 14900HX in say the Razer Blade 18 either.
For desktop replacement, The Razer Blade 18 would be my pick and you can upgrade to the Elite Warranty. Some would prefer the Mini LED screen to OLED.
The Zephyrus is a great machine though but designed with a very different purpose and would also be my pick for overall balanced use. However, I value portability, battery life and productivity over raw power and screen size.
Razer Blade 18 NVIDIA RTX 4090, 32GB, 18” QHD+ 300Hz Mini-LED, Intel Core i9-14900HX Gaming Laptop
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myself I wanted a quite a compact desktop replacement for when I am away and wanted to buy the Zephyrus 16 duo 4090 64GB but in the end decided just to skip and wait for the 2024 version with OLED screen if ASUS ever release one. Its gorgeous machine( obviously in the eye of the beholder). If portability is not something you desire, then pick an 18" version better thermals and noise. You also cant go wrong with either MSI or Razer.
I believe its ram is also upgradable
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I believe its ram is also upgradable
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myself I wanted a quite a compact desktop replacement for when I am away and wanted to buy the Zephyrus 16 duo 4090 64GB but in the end decided just to skip and wait for the 2024 version with OLED screen if ASUS ever release one. Its gorgeous machine( obviously in the eye of the beholder). If portability is not something you desire, then pick an 18" version better thermals and noise. You also cant go wrong with either MSI or Razer.
I believe its ram is also upgradable
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That looks like the one to me, how do you get the better warrantee dont see any options as its only 1 year!Even in 16" guise the Zephyrus are Ultra Books so super slim, long battery life, productivity focused and don't have a full power GPU. The i9 185h CPU isn't as powerful as the i9 14900HX in say the Razer Blade 18 either.
For desktop replacement, The Razer Blade 18 would be my pick and you can upgrade to the Elite Warranty. Some would prefer the Mini LED screen to OLED.
The Zephyrus is a great machine though but designed with a very different purpose and would also be my pick for overall balanced use. However, I value portability, battery life and productivity over raw power and screen size.
Razer Blade 18 NVIDIA RTX 4090, 32GB, 18” QHD+ 300Hz Mini-LED, Intel Core i9-14900HX Gaming Laptop
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I'd be wary of buying a 14th Gen Intel whilst the saga about them degrading/crashing plays out.
Unless there's clear evidence mobile chips are definitively free of defects the desktop chips have I wouldn't be buying one.
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That's a hard pass from me.
Unless there's clear evidence mobile chips are definitively free of defects the desktop chips have I wouldn't be buying one.
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Intel says 13th and 14th Gen mobile CPUs are crashing, but not due to the same bug as desktop chips — chipmaker blames common software and hardware issues
Not the same instability that's affecting desktop Raptor Lake and Raptor Lake Refresh processors.
That's a hard pass from me.
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You can pay for the elite warranty upgrade direct from Razer
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I might be an outlier here, but I'd say with that level of budget, you'd be better spending around 2.5-3K on a decent 4080 with high refresh rate QHD screen laptop, put the other 2.5K aside and upgrade in a couple of years.
The 4080, as long as you get a decent machine with good TGP, should still be around desktop 4070-4070TI level, so on par or if not better than a desktop 3080, which'll push QHD framerates really nicely.
Then, upgrade a generation or two down the line; there's a rather huge amount of enthusiast tax at the top end, and given a laptop GPU is usually at LEAST a step down from the desktop equivalent so you'll get WAY more out of your money getting 2 high end machines that are a bit more mainstream (and sell a truck ton more and therefore have volume to get discounted a bit), over a couple of generations, than one ultra high end (with high enthusiast tax), which is very likely to get beaten soundly by the second machine you could get in a couple of years, now that AMD and Intel are at each others throats again.
Something like this. Unfortunately high end AMD gaming laptops are harder to find in the UK.
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If you're going to push the budget, something like this:
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3.3K and would happily last you, just make sure to install all the AMD stuff so the system puts games on the x3d vcache cores - its an added layer of complication, but it does come with a 4090 laptop GPU too.
I think if you look around, Asus do a few variants of these X3D AMD Gaming Rogs, I BELIEVE they got exclusivity on the x3D laptop chips last generation, but they're available with differing prices and specs from around the £2700 mark.
Honestly, I wouldn't spend more than the above 3.3K at most, put the rest aside for an upgrade in a few years
The 4080, as long as you get a decent machine with good TGP, should still be around desktop 4070-4070TI level, so on par or if not better than a desktop 3080, which'll push QHD framerates really nicely.
Then, upgrade a generation or two down the line; there's a rather huge amount of enthusiast tax at the top end, and given a laptop GPU is usually at LEAST a step down from the desktop equivalent so you'll get WAY more out of your money getting 2 high end machines that are a bit more mainstream (and sell a truck ton more and therefore have volume to get discounted a bit), over a couple of generations, than one ultra high end (with high enthusiast tax), which is very likely to get beaten soundly by the second machine you could get in a couple of years, now that AMD and Intel are at each others throats again.
Something like this. Unfortunately high end AMD gaming laptops are harder to find in the UK.
Acer Predator Helios 18 NVIDIA RTX 4080 32GB 18 WQXGA 240Hz Intel i9-14900HX Gaming Laptop
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If you're going to push the budget, something like this:
ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 17 NVIDIA RTX 4090 32GB 17.3 WQHD 240Hz AMD R9-7945HX3D Gaming Laptop
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I think if you look around, Asus do a few variants of these X3D AMD Gaming Rogs, I BELIEVE they got exclusivity on the x3D laptop chips last generation, but they're available with differing prices and specs from around the £2700 mark.
Honestly, I wouldn't spend more than the above 3.3K at most, put the rest aside for an upgrade in a few years
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Curve ball....how about an egpu?
Would allow for a more portable laptop.
Would allow for a more portable laptop.
Soldato
Yeah, not usually a HUGE dell fan. I think for the current releases/newest kit laptop wise, the alienware m18 r2 is probably rather on point (especially monster screen size). It's a MUCH better chassis than the last few years of dell stuff. £2700ish on outlet for em.
There is better as far as cooling goes (MSI Titan) but most of the 4090 laptops will sit and trade blows with all but the very best desktops (4090 laptop being about a 4070ti desktop).
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