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Gaming laptop
Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:26 am
Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:26 am
My daughter wants a gaming laptop, but she is using her own money. I don't know anything about them. What are some good entry laptops that are pretty reasonable in price? Thanks.
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Posted on 10/24/25 at 10:14 am to TDTOM
I can't answer your question, but in order to help those who can, what kind of games does she play? What's her budget?
Posted on 10/24/25 at 10:14 am to TDTOM
Get a Lenovo
Posted on 10/24/25 at 10:24 am to TDTOM
As Sl0thstronautEsq said, we need to know her budget and what types of games she's wanting to play.
A remastered, older, niche game like Pharoah is going to have different recommended specs from something current but made for a wide range of machines like Fortnite which is going to be different from something new and resource intensive like being one of the 5 players of Pax Dei.
A remastered, older, niche game like Pharoah is going to have different recommended specs from something current but made for a wide range of machines like Fortnite which is going to be different from something new and resource intensive like being one of the 5 players of Pax Dei.
Posted on 10/24/25 at 11:14 am to Bard
I am not sure what she wants to play. The budget is $1k or less, but closer to $500-$600 would be preferable. Thanks.
Posted on 10/24/25 at 11:35 am to TDTOM
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I am not sure what she wants to play. The budget is $1k or less, but closer to $500-$600 would be preferable. Thanks.
You can potentially find decent deals on low end gaming laptops if you live near a microcenter. $500-600 is quite low end though. What games does she actually play?
You may also want to look at something like a Steam deck hand held if she just wants this for gaming and not also use it for school or something else.
Posted on 10/24/25 at 12:08 pm to Carson123987
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Get a Lenovo
I highly recommend. I've owned 2 Legions, and they have worked flawlessly. They usually run some pretty good sales especially around black friday. Check slickdeals.net often for good deals.
This post was edited on 10/24/25 at 12:14 pm
Posted on 10/24/25 at 12:55 pm to TDTOM
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I am not sure what she wants to play. The budget is $1k or less, but closer to $500-$600 would be preferable. Thanks.
At that price point, it's actually really important that we know what she's planning to play. She can either have a good CPU or a good GPU, but not both. Knowing whether the games she plays is more CPU or GPU bound would be very helpful.
Posted on 10/25/25 at 12:10 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq
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what kind of games does she play?
I asked her. Her answer was Hogwarts Legacy and Batman.
How is this one?
This post was edited on 10/25/25 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 10/25/25 at 12:56 pm to TDTOM
Check out the Newegg MSI laptops. I bought a $1k laptop with a 4060 that came with a $300 rebate.
Posted on 10/25/25 at 4:40 pm to TDTOM
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I asked her. Her answer was Hogwarts Legacy and Batman. How is this one?
A laptop 3050 isn’t going to provide a good experience in those kinds of games.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 7:05 am to Ace Midnight
Especially for a laptop, I think I would want to wait at least for the early Black Friday sales before pulling the trigger on anything.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 3:39 pm to Joshjrn
Best Buy had some open box ASUS gaming laptops that were a pretty good deal. I picked up a ROG Strix G16" AMD Ryzen 9 HX, 16 GB RAM (upgradeable), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, 1 TB SSD (upgradeable). The only downside was the screen was a FHD, not their super duper one. If she uses another monitor then she can get around that. For the games I play, the screen isn't a big deal. Not bad for $1,300.
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