Laptop pc gaming for 400$ or less

[Numide 💎]

Hello
My budget is 400€ . I want good FPS for low specs.. anyone suggest me? Btw im from France si I hope i Can find it in french websites ...

[MoonC A T]

To get any kind of gaming performance you would have to buy used at a severe discount for your budget. You're not paying 400 euro and getting "good FPS"

[76561198343548661]

With Ryzen 5300U , check it . 8GB RAM at least .

i found one with 256GB ssd for 370 euro

[Numide 💎]

I have 500€ now which one is good?

[_I_]

if you have a desktop capable of playing and streaming, you can use almost any laptop for remote play

[76561198343548661]

These extra 100 euro will go only for extra storage - 512GB ssd at least and a slight improvement of the APU . Consider getting a desktop for 500 euro , check Tom s hardware- there is one recommended , and 100 euro for a monitor , and pay in installments . Otherwise , 500 euro will go almost to waste . But if you stlll insist on getting a laptop - Ryzen 5300U and faster would do the job .

[Numide 💎]

Escrito originalmente por smallcat:

These extra 100 euro will go only for extra storage - 512GB ssd at least and a slightly improvement of the APU . Consider getting a desktop for 500 euro , check Tom s hardware- there is one recommended , and 100 euro for a monitor , and pay in installments . Otherwise , 500 euro will go almost to waste . But if you stlll insist on getting a laptop - Ryzen 5300U and faster would do the job .

I found AMD Radeon graphics with ryzen 5500u but in youtube vids it doesnt run 100 FPS on csgo .
A gaming laptop was 650€ now its 799€ in just few hours . Ill just wait until end year sale ...

[76561198343548661]

My PC is i3 and GTX 1650 and it runs everything ! Consider a desktop , Do yourself a favour .

[hackintoshchap]

Cheap laptops never have 2 sticks of RAM for dual channel these days. This reduces performance by a good 30% and results in a lot more drops in FPS.

You need to spend more money to get the same performance with a laptop.

[Numide 💎]

Escrito originalmente por hackintoshchap:

Cheap laptops never have 2 sticks of RAM for dual channel these days. This reduces performance by a good 30% and results in a lot more drops in FPS.

You need to spend more money to get the same performance with a laptop.

dual channels is better man .

[Numide 💎]

I just don't get it how a laptop can be better than desktop pc.. lol

[CZI]

I think Steam Deck may fit better with the budget.

I personally prefer desktop. So if I choose, used desktop PC with upgraded on HDD->SSD and GPU and RAM.

[antoniobennett72]

You can have a laptop.
You can have cheap.
You can have fast frames.

If you are diligent and fairly fortunate with prices you may be able to pick two of the three.

All three? Probably not.
VAT and market conditions may well limit you to one.

One pobably need more like at least 650 to build a desktop that fits the bill at 1080p but that isn't going to fit any monitor and my assumption is a person shopping a laptop may need one.

A laptop with at least 8gb of dual channel RAM (really 16 should be the target but dual channel 8 will usually be okay) and a solid but not spectacular dedicated GPU probably is more like 800 as a floor with some compromising on graphics and resolution likely to be in the cards.

If you must go laptop then you are more likely to find something that works for you used but even that won't be easy and you'd have to deal with no warranty and having to hope it was reasonanly well taken care of.

Other than that, as someone mentioned up the thread if you have a good desktop already and just need mobility then streaming is fairly workable for some games, it is cool being able to play stuff like Control and Spiderman on my old used 4 core/4 thread laptop that I picked up for like $140 and with all the bells and whistles when such wouldn't even run otherwise. I'd guess the latency would be a major concern for esports though and it seems folks most focused on frames are playing those.

Tough spot, best of luck finding something in your "Goldilocks" zone.

[Der tüddelige Fußgänger]

1st. I think the SteamDeck is the best bang for the buck at that price range. (It's also much more portable than a laptop)

2nd. It's already tough to get a somewhat decent desktop PC at that price range for gaming. And you have to remember that laptops are usually more expensive than their desktop counterparts.

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

$190 for used ryzen 2500u dell latop it can play tekken 7 on low settings, killing floor 2 on lowest settings

[Wampum Biskit]

Escrito originalmente por Massi:

Escrito originalmente por hackintoshchap:

Cheap laptops never have 2 sticks of RAM for dual channel these days. This reduces performance by a good 30% and results in a lot more drops in FPS.

You need to spend more money to get the same performance with a laptop.

dual channels is better man .

did you READ what he said ?

he said cheap laptops come with 1 stick , as it's cheaper , however this means you won't have dual channel and it will reduce performance up to 30%.