[Help Wanted] Looking for a Good Replacement Laptop

My budget is around $400-500 for a laptop that can replace the current one I have. If I were want to get something else my budget would be 600-700 but personally all I need atm is something that is better and a great replacement for the current one I have. Personally I don't think I need to send it to the repair shop as I know it is going to have the same issue again after 2 months and given what the repair man said about a "design defect" (read my posts above) I'll most likely purchase another laptop.

I am also aware Cal is lurking around skyblock and happened to see this thread. According to him I should just get $700 laptop lol. That and the laptops I have listed here I am considering to buy around Black Friday (America is great for that hehe ) because the prices of the laptops will plummet so I might be able to score a bargain

 

that gpu isnt the best, and in a laptop thermals would be pretty bad, but the laptop would definitly run mc no prob.
And definetly at least 8gb of ram u need

I would suggest a mini-itx build if u need small form factor pc. They are pretty small and can easily fit in a backpack : Skyreach 4 MINI – SFFLAB
it would give you way better choices and way better cooling and perfomance than a laptop. Still, pretty pricy though. You can find cheaper ones out there but this is the prob most portable one.

 

you should have a look into this The 10 Best Gaming Laptops Under $700 (2019 Guide) | Improb

 

Gaming laptops are nice but I all I need is something that's a great replacement for the current one Feel free to take a look at the specs I have listed here

 

You know if you double your ram, it's like a whole new machine

 

not really as the cpu would still be so slow, as no matter what you do, it is still only just a 2 core processor with a max turbo frequency at 2.7 ghz, which prob it cant even sustain as the thermals would hit max tempretures and so the clock would go down to like 2.0 ghz

 

1) Do you care about looks?
2) Do you need it to be super portable (super thin)?
3) What are you gonna be doing on your laptop (eg high workload video editing, or just normal playing and working on non-stressful stuff like word or something (idk))?
4) If you don't need it to be portable, and you're just gonna really use it in one place all the time, would you consider a budget pc?
5) Do you want it to be more gaming based, more workload based, or all rounder?

 

1) I don't mind long as it doesn't look cheap and something that is going to break or have defects or just looks like a "refurbished" 2001 Thinkpad laptop
2) In terms of portibality yes.
3) the workload is stated at the beginning of the thread but basically an all in one.
4) I have couple custom builds I haves. If you want I can post them here
5) For the most part an all rounder. The laptop I currently use is mainly for school, simply surfing the web, some video editing, and light gaming like minecraft and csgo. I have tried running fortnite. It does work but extremely laggy, terrible fps (10-20 fps we are talking), and the video quality is terrible, almost looks like you're watching a 240p video on youtube

True that, however I still got the (almost) 6 year old processor that by today's standards is really really bad. Same for the graphics card.




Seeing the responses, I am more towards the Lenovo and the first Acer

 

This is a hell of a long post, tldr will be at the bottom

You don't have a graphics card. It's an integrated GPU because if you disassemble your laptop your "graphics card" is more of a chip that sits around your CPU, or integrated into the CPU (hence its name).

Clock speed really doesn't matter that much in a laptop. Like, at all. I had 2 computers, one an old Acer Aspire bought in 2007, and a netbook bought in 2013. The Acer had the better core and an actual GPU that wasn't integrated (NVIDIA GeForce G 105M, we're talking 1st series gpus here) and for speed, the Acer ran a heap of a lot better than this netbook.

They both had 1.8 ghz clockspeed at the time (the acer soon dropped to 1.6 or 1.5, big oofs).

difference: netbook: vanilla 1.8.8 with optifine, 22 fps average. acer: 1.8.8 vanilla no optifine (it would crash if I installed it): 36 fps average.

Buying a computer with a nvidia GPU is more than worth it for the price. ANYTHING marked with Intel HD Graphics or Radeon graphics is an integrated chip in the CPU (or something like that), called an APU or an integrated GPU. In my opinion integrated GPUs are terrible and should never have been invented but that's different for everyone.

If you had more cores, you have more threads meaning your CPU is more effective. The i9-9900K has 24 cores and 48 threads I'm pretty sure. Compared to an i3 which has 2 cores and 4 threads. the newer gen i5s have 4 cores and 8 threads making them more effective than i3s.

[Bard's post] <- this. If you're looking to play a game like Rust, anything below 10 GB RAM is considered as infrerior.

If you wanna open 46 tabs of porn on chrome, you're computer will turn into a f***fest. Literally.

GPUs are good for the reason they have their own VRAM (video or virtual ram) that add to your computer's ram as additional ram. the 1050 Ti has 4 GB of vram, and adding onto the original 8 GB of RAM that you have, it's more than enough.

And hell, you say the GTX 1050 Ti isn't the best? You're probably nutting to the RTX 2080 Ti Super ($7000 in itself). Man wants something cheap and affordable not a NASA supercomputer. GTX 1050 ti can pretty much run any game with at least 120 fps with anything above an i3 5th gen.

And your suggestion of the Mini PC is pretty smart, if it had parts included. Because by doing that you're spending $200 on a case, then $200 on a CPU, $40 on RAM, another $~300+ on a GPU if you say that the 1050 Ti is bad, and then- oh s*** that's right I need to carry a monitor around in my backpack as well

I was like you at first as well, build up on what you know and improve. Because what you're saying is spend $600 on a pc when you only have to spend about $400, and if you spend $400 the specs will be better.

Last Suggestion for archer: If your computer has an i7 and no GPU, it'll be fine as well. Surface Pro i7 edition runs Minecraft and CS:GO fire as hell (hot 90fps on both) but don't buy a surface pro buy something different. I can't search through american stores but send me a link and I'll check it out



TL;DR: GTX 1050 Ti is fire as hell because it's extra power with extra 4 GB of RAM. You need at least 8 GB of RAM, and if you get a 1050 Ti on top of it you basically have 12 GB of RAM. Mini PC not that good. Clock speeds don't matter much. Cores matter more as they handle work. Higher cores and threads the better. barebones i7 and 8gb of ram can tolerate most games fairly effectively.

 

well yea, the laptop I have rn has a integrated gpu. I have seen laptops with a dedicated gpus. They're great however for the price I wouldn't buy it unless I won a lottery or it's on sale at a deep discount.

I won't be buying any laptop now and will just wait till Black Friday (end of November for Americans) as I can get the most bang for my buck.

 

U have a few cutom builds? plz send a few pics is it like hardline cutom watercooling or just aio

 

haha no I wish tho. Really expensive. I'll make a thread about my custom builds later
or if you want I can PM you all 4 of my builds I made

 

He’s been using a $250 laptop that he got at best buy for 6 years. Do you think he has money for watercooling lmao

 

Oh yeah.

archerexpert777 do you have any performance boosters or large programs that are likely to f*** with your memory?

perf boosters: decent power plans, unparking CPUs, removing thermal and power throttles, ect

perf reducers: Razer Synapse is really good when it works, however in the background it takes a dump on your memory and more. Discord, Adobe CC, chrome ect.

 

actually its a laptop around $499 retail value from Microsoft in 2013 lol. I got it at a discount at $399 (425 total including tax)

As far as I know, I keep my laptop plugged in cause the charging cable has a hard time connecting to the laptop properly. I often get a message saying the charger isn't plugged in correctly and my laptop won't charge. This slows down my laptop for sure. And I am not aware about power throttles on my Inspirion 15 lol

I don't have Razer Synapse however I have Adobe CC, which I use sometimes, but Chrome I use often.

 

Im sorry but im doing my gcse year so I don't have time to research and help , but this might be helpful: good luck in getting your laptop!

 

just to let people know, i9 9900k only has 8 cores as 16 threads, and a more cheaper version of i7 9700k with 8corse and 8 threads is way more cheap at less than a hundred punds.
also, and rtx 2080ti super is only about 1000 pounds
and also, the case I showed was one of the most portable out there, there are slightly bigger ones for 100-60 bucks as well. I myself made a 700 pound mitx parts list, if anyone wants please message me. And there is actually a super thin monitor Dell S2718D Review: The World&#039;s Thinnest Monitor that is barely 3 mm wide and only 100 pounds so quite affordable if u need. And pcs and with no gpus run fine with Minecraft and sometimes even fortnite (at lowest settings) but anything even remotely more demanding would make the cpu throttle and declock.
A gtx 1050 should fit in a 600 pound build and is pretty good for the budget, but try to fit a gtx 1060 if you can to help with fps

 

Thanks for correcting me, I was looking at the i9-7980xe from like last year not the 9900k, I knew I wasn't right. and the GTX 1050 Ti and 1060 are very similar, you're only looking at a 10-30fps boost which isn't a lot.

and waaw I looked at the wrong graphics card. Leadtech Quadro RTX 6000. 24 GB VRAM. ok, $6900 AUD

and another problem with the PC is that if you go to school, you're going to have to set your entire PC up in a class (pull out pc, monitor, need to say some classrooms might not have a lot of powerpoints in them) and that the entire thing's pretty bulky in a bag.

On my i5 6th gen I haven't been able to run Fortnite at above 20 fps. The only time I got 30~ fps was when I was staring at a wall at some gas station in like s7 or something. I made an account in s1. (20 oct 2017)

btw the surface series sucks more a** than any pornstar

 

I advise you to do the following:
1) keep your taskbar free of any s*** that could clog up your memory Screenshot by Lightshot
2) open task manager and close more s***
(I didn't even know I had this much open)
3) Disable things from running on startup by Screenshot by Lightshot
4) stop some things from bitcoin mining in the background Screenshot by Lightshot

and install Synapse and CCleaner to free up space on your hard drive and stop unneeded apps from clogging up your memory (close synapse from task manager after your done with it, it clogs memory itself in the background)

But if you're very inexperienced with computers I advise you not to do the following but if you're willing go ahead:
1) go to power options by right-clicking on your battery icon
2) might not be the case for you, but if just Balanced shows up like so Screenshot by Lightshot do the following. Open Registry Editor by holding Windows Key and pressing R, to open Run, then type Regedit ( Screenshot by Lightshot ). Once in Regedit follow this: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Power and disable CsEnabled (set value to 0, Screenshot by Lightshot ). Now restart your computer.
3) Create a power plan or set it to High Performance if it's there.

there's a few more things but I can't be bothered atm

 

tbh i wasn't planning the pc to be for class or something, just a portable pc that you can take with you if you gonna visit ur gran or something and you still can use it to work/game. And the main reason i reccommended this is cuz building ur own pc give u much more flexibility and normally, pc and laptop producers normally rip you off most of the time at least 50 pounds and up to 500 pounds (tho rare for it to b this high)