Yesterday I picked up a HP Pavilion 15-ec1073dx from Best Buy for $450. Specs nearly identical to the $700 Acer Nitro recommended here. It doesn't seem like a particular Black Friday sale price but the same HP laptop is listed at NewEgg and Walmart for $800+
The only thing about it that's subpar is the display. 1920 x 1080 TN panel at 60Hz. But for the price, I'm willing to make that compromise. I'm sure many of you here are not.
On my desktop I've been using a i7-7700K and I was frankly astounded that this $450-laptop CPU at 45W outperforms my 91W desktop. Of course I'd read all the benchmarks and reviews, but sometimes just reading about something doesn't really cause it to sink in. After a few rounds of Cinebench R23 though, I'm sunk in, all right. My Ryzen 4600H laptop scored 8496, my i7-7700K desktop scored 5863 😐
Just taking a look at those as a male aged over 25 and wondering which one I'd be least embarrassed to be seen in public with. Manufacturers please note, some of us want power, we just don't need dragons and power ranger RGB.
Take a look at the lenovo legion 5 series. The AMD models have basically the same spec and pricing as these, but could pass as thinkpad workstations if you don't look too closely
I took a gaming laptop from https://www.ctens.com/laptops/gaming-laptop. It is one of the best website to see all the details regarding gaming laptops. visit ctens.com for more details
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Ashinjuka - Wednesday, November 25, 2020 - link
Yesterday I picked up a HP Pavilion 15-ec1073dx from Best Buy for $450. Specs nearly identical to the $700 Acer Nitro recommended here. It doesn't seem like a particular Black Friday sale price but the same HP laptop is listed at NewEgg and Walmart for $800+The only thing about it that's subpar is the display. 1920 x 1080 TN panel at 60Hz. But for the price, I'm willing to make that compromise. I'm sure many of you here are not.
On my desktop I've been using a i7-7700K and I was frankly astounded that this $450-laptop CPU at 45W outperforms my 91W desktop. Of course I'd read all the benchmarks and reviews, but sometimes just reading about something doesn't really cause it to sink in. After a few rounds of Cinebench R23 though, I'm sunk in, all right. My Ryzen 4600H laptop scored 8496, my i7-7700K desktop scored 5863 😐
jabber - Saturday, December 5, 2020 - link
You might still be able to push that screen to 70-75Hz.jabber - Friday, December 4, 2020 - link
Just taking a look at those as a male aged over 25 and wondering which one I'd be least embarrassed to be seen in public with. Manufacturers please note, some of us want power, we just don't need dragons and power ranger RGB.Qyygle - Friday, December 4, 2020 - link
Take a look at the lenovo legion 5 series. The AMD models have basically the same spec and pricing as these, but could pass as thinkpad workstations if you don't look too closelyCliff34 - Saturday, December 5, 2020 - link
Asus G14 is pretty good. It doesn't look too gamey.Masospaghetti - Sunday, December 6, 2020 - link
This exactly, the designs are ridiculous. I ended up with the Eluktronics RP-15 for this reason and would highly recommend it.Ethos Evoss - Monday, December 28, 2020 - link
You really think that Acer Predator Triton 500 with 2080 GPu is mid range?? C'omooon anandatechCtens_12 - Thursday, July 14, 2022 - link
I took a gaming laptop from https://www.ctens.com/laptops/gaming-laptop. It is one of the best website to see all the details regarding gaming laptops. visit ctens.com for more details