So I'm accepted to a scholarship program in USA and now I gave up on holding a pc to buy a gaming laptop however every single brand and model seems to have an issue, the one I'm recommended the most is Auss Tuf F15 with a 4060, but that might change, I came here to get unadulterated opinions fromong time gaming laptop users, please help me out anons. Also I wanna learn how well your laptops can render because I'm also planning on doing some hobby renders.
>>719865986Whatever you do, don't buy Ass-sus. I can't recommend what to get but not their shit.
>>719866049Really? Tons of people recommended it, what's wrong with it?
>>719865986>Auss Tufnot even once. Shit thermals, shit plastic chassis, planned obsolescence components.Don't buy store brand shit, research chink Clevo chinkbooks. I've been running one for the past 5+ years without a single hardware issue or even replacing thermal paste, although it could sure use it now
Laptop are inherently bad.Tethering the screen of a computer to its keyboard is bad.They cannot dissipate heat efficiently.They are overpriced.Whatever you pick, you will end up disappointed.
>>719866784Had a razer blade from 2017 that I used for some pretty heavy shit (black desert online, modded skyrim, and some other AAAs) that I bought for like 1.200 euro second hand. 2 years in the battery went out and had to replace it (with a shitty chinese one that I got from amazon) along with the charger, it still chugs along to this day with literally 0 problems and Its my work computer
>>719866449Any recommendations?>>719866784At this point I don't have much options anons, there's no fucking way I'm handing a desktop pc to the baggage crew of an airport>>719867079I'm mostly gonna play older or not that heavy on the system games games on it
>>719867384Why aren't you just building a new desktop while in the US?When I moved back from Africa this summer, I just pulled out the GPU and SSD from my old conf, and put them in my luggage.Then I stitched it back for less than 400€ in France.(I'll put it in a proper casing eventually)
>>719867384>Any recommendations?I already made the recommendation, you're gonna have to search out the best deal and configuration. There are different "brands" that act as local distributors of these chinkbooks
Buy an used Lenovo and install OpenTTD
>>719866784that's okay anon, nobody is forcing (you) to have a laptop. Your whining however will not make the industry stop producing laptops
>>719867847Please leave the shitty chink propaganda inside its containment board... (/g/)
>>719867564>just buy a second PC bro just get a new stationary setup at the new place>and when you have to move again just buy a new desk and a new PC bro what you don't have money?not a solution
>>719865986Buy a $400 refurbished office laptop.I have an HP Probook 445 G7 that I bought refurbished from 'The Computer Cellar' a stone's toss away, and I literally use it more than my desktop that's about four or five times the price. Yes it can't do things like heavy gaming, and definitely can't do any encoding or things like that, but you can play everything that's worth playing. You can even play fighting games at locals and stuff.This thing has been kicking for like two or three years now, and its more than exceeded my expectations.
>>719865986Gaming laptops suck. If you must have one, get an office laptop and pick up some older games you've never played instead.
>>719865986The problem with gaming laptop is that they are way more expensive than desktop of equivalent performance and won't survive long with heat issues and just wear from constant travel.Gaming Laptop is more for people who travel constantly (every few months) like Consultants. If you are semi-rooted like in dorm in Uni, just buy a desktop and be prepared to take the loss on the case when you move, keeping the gpu and mobo.Or invest in a portable eGPU setup, the technology is getting better now with Thunderbolt 5 and OcuLink.If you still want to buy a laptop, buy one of the better quality with metal cases and nicer cooling. You're spending a premium to have something the lasts longer and is durable.
I'd unironically consider a Switch 2 or Steam Deck unless you're gone for more than a few years. I'm leaving for Japan for work in a few years and will most certainly take my work Macbook and Switch 1. If they haven't shat out an OLED version of 2 by then that is.
>>719867921It was for me.Spared me roughly a thousand bucks.And I didn't even had to reinstall Windows or anything.
>>719865986>Auss Tuf F15get a legion 5 with a 4060
>>719865986I didn't buy it for gaming, but I got a Framework laptop so that I could fix it myself if/when it breaks
Just remember to also get noise isolating headphones to block the jet engine fan noise of gaming laptops
>>719867564Because my stay is temporary, I will be there for like 2 or 3 years and my country has ridiculous tax rates for goods I brought back from abroad but especially the tech products
>>719865986Why not just build a pc over there? And then take all the expensive components out when you have to leave.
>>719865986I've been using an Acer Nitro 17 (AN17-41) and that's served me fine for ~7 months now. It isn't nearly as powerful as a desktop version but I got it with a third knocked off the price around Black Friday sales, and I don't tend to play a lot of UE5 games.
I have an Acer Nitro 16 with a 4060 and a 7840S I bought in 2023. Never had any thermal issues, I actually bought one of those cooling pads expecting it to get hot but it never does. The performance is roughly equivalent to a desktop 4060, which is to say it will run everything at up to 1440p, including ray tracing, if you're willing to leverage DLSS. Laptops are a great option price and performance wise for the lower tier of GPUs(60s series and below), they are usually within 5-10% of the desktop equivalent hardware in performance and can be even cheaper if you come across a sale. Anything above that and TDP and thermals kneecap the performance
>get laptop>install throttlestop>get better performance and lower tempsremarkable how cheap gaming laptops are nowadays, compared to where they were in ~2011 or so. yeah, 14 years, whatever, but if you wait for amazon sales/newegg black friday, the deals are genuinely really fucking good.
>>719869006Refer to this, >>719869003I don't want to leave "non expensive" components behind when my stay ends
just buy the latest and best gpu one you can afford nothing else matters
>>719869180I got a new legion 5 i714650hx/4060 for $500 lol
>>719869295>>719869180Will look into it, also I'm planning to sell it when I come back and build my self a proper desktop pc. I'm very well aware laptops are mostly a worse choice than a desktop. I'm just looking for a temperory solution
>>719869447That's an insane deal. 4060 laptops were getting really cheap before the tariffs and Blackwell generation came out, then they kind of went awayAlso, anyone who is suggesting getting a Steam Deck as a laptop equivalent is out of their minds
>>719869469yeah they're worse, but assuming you aren't talking about ultra high-end desktops, there's diminishing returns if you're sticking with 1080p. if you are fine with 1080p/60fps on modern titles, you don't really need to get the best laptop. i'm on a 3060 i7 and with undervolting + oc i'm able to play most 2025 stuff on medium/high at stable 60fps, albeit with temps hovering around 85C but thats because im lazy with my repaste and getting a new one soon anyways.main point - shop around, figure out what you plan on playing, read proper reviews (youtube, etc.), see when deals are upcoming. nothing too complex, have fun anon.
>>719869003>my country has ridiculous tax rates for goods I brought back from abroad I'm pretty sure it would only apply to brand new products.Used ones wouldn't be taxed.
>>719867079Thinking about getting a used 14" blade myself. Hate large laptops, simple as. Shame you can't run any games on a mac, that would be a dream come true.
>>719870196Just looked into my country's tax policies in products brought from abroad an apparently you indeed don't need to pay taxes if it's a used tech, but I've just learned than no matter how used it is you have to register a phone you bought from a different country for roughly 750 dollars, I hate living in a 3rd world shit hole, I wish I could fuck off from here permanently
>>719871965Problem solved, then. Keep using a desktop.
>>719865986I've been rocking a Lenovo LOQ for about 2 years now and it's really fucking good.For 1100€ I got an RTX 3060, an i7-13620H, and 16GB of RAM. That's enough for anything, don't fall for the -80 or even -90 meme.
>>719872679Cool story, Chang.You can go back to /g/ now.
