Is gaming laptop worth it

[Media Persuasive]

I have a second laptop i use to borrow it has amd ryzen 7 but the gpu sucks (amd radeon r3) my main laptop is from 2015 it runs gmod bit slow sometimes struck at 20 fps, but im planning to buy in the main future. Whats your opinion and is anyone here using gaming laptops as their main?

[SenMithrarin85]

unless you absolutely need portability, then no. The cost to performance ratio isn't justified

[desertdogrex]

I use a MSI stealth 17 studio A13V and it works great for everything especially gaming

[Andrius227]

You pay double for portability alone. You should only buy a laptop if you absolutely need to carry it around, otherwise a desktop is superior in every way.

[Electric Cupcake]

Originally posted by Andrius227:

otherwise a desktop is superior in every way.

Repairable laptops are a thing and deserve support.

The Framework 16 is the best laptop I've ever owned, but cost a pretty penny.

[Corona Scurrae]

I don't like laptops and it's mostly due to the questionable qc. Even my gf who got a high end ultrabook has had issues with overheating until I opened it up and noticed they didn't bother to cover the entire ihs with thermal paste.
Furthermore on the low end - 500 to 1000$ rane - there are countless issues in regards to build quality.

I would suggest you build - or let someone build it for you - sff PC.

[AmaiAmai]

Laptops are worth it over towers if...

1. You can find a laptop that lets you upgrade RAM and other devices like SSDs

2. You can find a laptop on sale that can compete with a desktop in performance at the mid-upper level (this is not too hard in America)

3. The laptop has a good display and not a bad one put in to keep the price down, if you aren't going to be using a monitor

4. You don't care about Linux support if your laptop has Nvidia and an unsupported switch or custom switch/logic implementation that veers from the standard. Unless you have the skill to add this support yourself it means you won't be using Linux if you run into an issue.

5. You aren't going to use the laptop for compute tasks. Seriously don't do this because most of them cannot handle it or the battery degrades fast. If you need to do anything outside gaming like programming, then think twice if you will be doing any of that kind of work that causes temps to rise on hardware.

Not only will it cause a heat issue and throttle, but it can damage components over time making the investment a waste.

6. You don't care about upgradeability or experimentation with the hardware