Son wants a laptop for games

wilson2002

wilson2002

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Hi people my son wants a laptop for games as his present laptop wont play many of his games as it's not very powerful a lot of them stutter,although to be honest he doesn't play any graphic intensive games to my knowledge I think most of them are free,the game that wouldn't play was called Black desert online.

Is it possible to buy a laptop more suitable for games without breaking the bank?Does it need to be a gaming laptop to play a game like Black desert online?Would a decent spec laptop from the Dell outlet suffice?
Are gaming laptops unreliable,he sits for hours on end on his laptop,do they have many problems and would it have a short life?
Who makes/sells a reliable laptop that doesn't cost the earth?
Is buying second hand a daft idea as they may well have issues?
I'm new to this so thanks in advance for your help
 
No way you can move him into a desktop ?
Amy now make a very good CPU with decent enough on board grpagics to cover his needs
Ryzen 2200/2400g - As well as being easily upgeable to suit his needs as he grows - like every kid with age come more intense gaming
 
Hi in an ideal world the desktop would be a better idea but he lives in 2 homes 50/50 split between his mums and my house,and he loves the nature of the laptop being able to take it away to his grandparents etc,thanks anyway
 
I saw an Asus at £599 reduced from £830,650 £700 would be my limit I'm a carer so I couldn't justify spending any more than that,maybe I'm being unrealistic
 
Shame Smach Z isn't launching till September time , pretty much a neat little hand held Gaming device the size of a Switch .
Worth a quick look but laptops would be more powerful in general .
Also seems OEM have signed on to Ryzen APU for laptops so might take a little time but would keep costs down etc
 
As long as the CPU isn't hideously underpowered go for one with the fastest GPU you can afford even if it means making a little compromise on the CPU specs - laptop GPUs become far more quickly obsolete, often aren't easily upgraded and laptop CPUs these days are more than upto the task and don't quickly become irrelevant.

Something a little bit specialised is a good use of money in this context as a cheap Acer, etc. even if it has reasonable specs will not last long term under actual gaming use, etc. due to the heat cycles.

Personally I've had fairly good results with Dell products.
 
Rroff said:
As long as the CPU isn't hideously underpowered go for one with the fastest GPU you can afford even if it means making a little compromise on the CPU specs - laptop GPUs become far more quickly obsolete, often aren't easily upgraded and laptop CPUs these days are more than upto the task and don't quickly become irrelevant.

Something a little bit specialised is a good use of money in this context as a cheap Acer, etc. even if it has reasonable specs will not last long term under actual gaming use, etc. due to the heat cycles.

Personally I've had fairly good results with Dell products.
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Could you provide an example by any chance of what would be suitable at a minimum requirement please from the Dell website or other place,would it need to be one marketed as a Dell gaming laptop or would they have a powerful general purpose laptop and perhaps a reduced price open box unit from the Dell outlet?
 
Paid about 750 for my 17” ASUS lappy with a 1060 6GB, i5 from Amazon a month ago.

Only a 1080P screen, which is fine for my usage and has gsync too.
 
jamiehavok said:
Depending how much more it is to get a 1060 (Usually its quite a bit) Thats not a bad deal. It will run most games on low/med 1080p depending on how sensitive you are to frame rate. Browsing web/load times will be a bit slow due to lack of ssd.
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I'd have thought it would have been better at 1080p but, been out of the game awhile. OP may decide to upgrade to a SSD. Not sure if the laptop I linked has 2 bays?
 
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