Gaming Laptop advice

[🔥Astral Rage🔥]

Hey folks I'm looking forward to buy new laptop

My requirement is it should have 16 GB RAM and decent graphics to run games with good thermals
Lemme know what should i go for.

I want it primarily to play Age of Mythology Retold which is demanding as it is a RTS

[raystevens73]

Never used a Laptop myself, not sure about pricing in your country, but I bought this last year for my daughter and it was the best priced in US at the time. She loves it it.

HP Victus 15.6" Full HD 144Hz Gaming Laptop | AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 | 16GB RAM DDR5| 512GB SSD | Backlit | Windows 11 Home

[Wichtelman]

age of mythology retold system requirements:

Processor: Intel® i3-4130 or AMD FX 4350 at 2.4GHZ+ with 2 cores / 4 threads and AVX support
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 645 or AMD Radeon™ Vega 8 or Intel® Iris Graphics 550 or better

id say any modern laptop would be enough for this game... i think thermals are the greatest bottleneck for laptops...

[Electric Cupcake]

Framework 16 is the best laptop I ever owned, but it gets pretty warm.

They really didn't have to make the shell quite so thin.

[Iron Knights]

Gaming Laptop is an Oxymoron, sure, you can try it, for a short period of time before something burns somewhere. The New Compact designs are not the same as the 2009 & Before Alienware & MSI suitcase built laptops. Any reason you don't want a Desktop ?

[andreasaspenberg575]

you need something that is not too thin. whn the laptop gets thin, then the cooler gets thin too. these days you should have 32 gigabytes of ram. anything less might cause a bottleneck. i actually had to upgrade my ram from 16 to 32, because my system was bottlrnecked by having just 16.

[r.linder]

If you want a portable gaming machine specifically for steam, just get a steam deck

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Publicado originalmente por Electric Cupcake:

Framework 16 is the best laptop I ever owned, but it gets pretty warm.

They really didn't have to make the shell quite so thin.

All Laptops are going to hit around 85-90*C while gaming; it's normal.

Overall I wouldn't waste money on any Laptop unless you MUST be on the go with school + work + gaming like that all the time. Otherwise put the money into a modern-era Desktop, something you can actually upgrade. And something that won't be obsolete in 1-3 years like these sub-par Laptops, unless you spend at least $1500+ minimum

Steam Deck OLED is a great option and you can hook that up to a big screen TV or Monitor if you would ever want to.

[Philco7a]

Acer Predator Helios 16. cheap/works

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Frameworks or Sager

[MonkehMaster]

if you are set on a laptop, look to keeping it cooled by forcing air through its vents, also setting an aggressive fan curve.

you will also want to make sure it stays free of dust (blocks air flow and helps overheat it, which can cause performance issues and/or hardware failure), also replacing thermal paste maybe every 2 years when doing a cleaning.

imo, too expensive to let it get dirty and fail.

as for laptop brands, I'm not sure as I haven't bought on since 2013, but if I was to buy one, I would support a good brand like framework ( not sure if there are others), who are making upgradable/fixable laptops, or simply buying a steam deck.

that said, imho building a desktop is a much better option, easier to maintain, clean, fix, upgrade and has much better performance.

[Andrius227]

Do you really need a laptop? Im asking because a lot of people who buy them, put them on their desks and never ever move them…