QUESTION: Laptop Ryzen 5 4500 + GTX 1660Ti under £750?
So I’ve been doing extensive research Over the last month.
I’ve learned quite a bit.
I’ve decided to buy a cheaper laptop for home use and playing RTS games.
It will be like a filler — I plan to wait to buy a 30 Series Laptop. No rush. But when the right time comes I’m willing to drop more money.
I recently bought an HP HP 14s-fq0000na Laptop - AMD Ryzen™ 5. £499
I’ve been impressed with it. Runs Medieval 2 Total War, Empire Total War.... very smooth. I was surprised! Not even a dedicated graphics card!
However the screen was too small and a bit naff.
So I thought why not upgrade to HP PAVILLION same spec only it includes GTX 1650 and bigger screen 15.6.
Only £649.
SPEC:
But you know how it goes....
You then see another laptop namely Asus TUF Gaming A15 15.6 - which has a better screen 144hz and larger SSD 512 GB only £100 more!
This pattern can be a slippery slope, you see something else a little better, slightly more expensive.
But that said I’ve noted with gaming laptops that around a certain price range e.g £600-900 you are largely getting the same components.
It’s around £1000 mark and over that you start to hit the higher mid range Processors like Ryzen 7 and more recent gen graphics cards like the RTX 2060.
However, I’ve realised it would be foolish to spend that kind of money when I’ve seen new 30 series laptops starting for under £1000 !
For example,
ASUS TUF Gaming A15 15.6" 144Hz IPS Ryzen 7 RTX 3060 Gaming Laptop £998
https://www.**********/products/156-asus-tuf-gaming-a15-fa506im-fhd-144hz-ryzen-7-4800h-8gb-ddr4-512gb-nvme-ssd-6gb-rtx-3060-win10-h
So I thought no hold fire.
But I thought if I could get a slightly beefier laptop in the interim. So I could comfortably run Warhammer and 3 Kingdoms Total War - that would be good.
So to my question — is it possible to find a laptop with better specs than HP Pavilion 15-ec1001na 15.6"? At the same price point or £100 more (max)?
So finding better specs below £700-750 — I myself have not been able to find it.
It seems for that price point these are the best specs you can get..?
Even laptops with RTX 1660Ti mostly adds another £200 to the price from what I’ve seen! And I’m not prepared to drop a lot of money on a laptop with soon to be quite outdated parts.
Any views on this??
So I’ve been doing extensive research Over the last month.
I’ve learned quite a bit.
I’ve decided to buy a cheaper laptop for home use and playing RTS games.
It will be like a filler — I plan to wait to buy a 30 Series Laptop. No rush. But when the right time comes I’m willing to drop more money.
I recently bought an HP HP 14s-fq0000na Laptop - AMD Ryzen™ 5. £499
I’ve been impressed with it. Runs Medieval 2 Total War, Empire Total War.... very smooth. I was surprised! Not even a dedicated graphics card!
However the screen was too small and a bit naff.
So I thought why not upgrade to HP PAVILLION same spec only it includes GTX 1650 and bigger screen 15.6.
Only £649.
SPEC:
- Dedicated GeForce® GTX 1650 4GB graphics
- AMD Ryzen 5 4600H hexa core processor
- 8GB of DDR4 RAM delivers seamless multitasking
- 256GB SSD offers plenty of storage & super-fast loading
But you know how it goes....
You then see another laptop namely Asus TUF Gaming A15 15.6 - which has a better screen 144hz and larger SSD 512 GB only £100 more!
This pattern can be a slippery slope, you see something else a little better, slightly more expensive.
But that said I’ve noted with gaming laptops that around a certain price range e.g £600-900 you are largely getting the same components.
It’s around £1000 mark and over that you start to hit the higher mid range Processors like Ryzen 7 and more recent gen graphics cards like the RTX 2060.
However, I’ve realised it would be foolish to spend that kind of money when I’ve seen new 30 series laptops starting for under £1000 !
For example,
ASUS TUF Gaming A15 15.6" 144Hz IPS Ryzen 7 RTX 3060 Gaming Laptop £998
https://www.**********/products/156-asus-tuf-gaming-a15-fa506im-fhd-144hz-ryzen-7-4800h-8gb-ddr4-512gb-nvme-ssd-6gb-rtx-3060-win10-h
So I thought no hold fire.
But I thought if I could get a slightly beefier laptop in the interim. So I could comfortably run Warhammer and 3 Kingdoms Total War - that would be good.
So to my question — is it possible to find a laptop with better specs than HP Pavilion 15-ec1001na 15.6"? At the same price point or £100 more (max)?
So finding better specs below £700-750 — I myself have not been able to find it.
It seems for that price point these are the best specs you can get..?
Even laptops with RTX 1660Ti mostly adds another £200 to the price from what I’ve seen! And I’m not prepared to drop a lot of money on a laptop with soon to be quite outdated parts.
Any views on this??
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