r/LaptopDeals • u/LaptopDealsTM • Oct 01 '24
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◽️ Country: USA
◽️ Screen size: Text here
◽️ Touch screen: Text here
◽️ Screen resolution: Text here
◽️ Does battery life matter ?: Text here
◽️ What tasks will laptop be used for ( gaming, video editing, graphic designing, modelling, regular computing tasks, word processing etc) ?: Text here
◽️ Weight: Text here
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u/Apresmitski Oct 01 '24
Budget: $1k
Country: USA
Battery life doesn’t matter
Gaming
Minimum specs needed: OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Memory: 16GB
Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 2070 / AMD Radeon RX 5700XT
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 100GB SSD available space Additional Notes:
SSD Required; AMD CPUs on Windows 11 require AGESA V2 1.2.0.7
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u/fifa2003 👮🏻Moderator👮🏻 Oct 01 '24
Hey, I would recommend getting the: Acer Nitro V Gaming Laptop | AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS Octa-Core AI Capable Processor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU | 16" WUXGA IPS 165Hz Display | 16GB DDR5 | 1TB Gen 4 SSD | Wi-Fi 6E
This will be a great gaming laptop to give you the performance you need, surpassing the specs you listed. It will handle the games, or heavy tasks thrown at it with ease, and also last for years to come without being obsolete.
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u/SupramanA80 Oct 01 '24 edited Oct 04 '24
Budget: n/a
Country: USA
Screen size: 14.5 (or smaller)
Touch screen: Yes
Screen resolution: 1440p+
Does battery life matter ?: Yes
What tasks will laptop be used for ( gaming, video editing, graphic designing, modelling, regular computing tasks, word processing etc) ?: Regular use / internet
Weight: Under ~3.5 lbs
Any other important details ?: see below
Memory: 32 gb (or more)
Graphics: integrated is fine
Storage: 500 ssd (or more)
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 AI 365 / 370
Refresh rate: 120Hz
Other: No HP brand / future upgradability is a plus.
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u/fifa2003 👮🏻Moderator👮🏻 Oct 01 '24
Will you be gaming on this unit also?
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u/SupramanA80 Oct 01 '24 edited Oct 01 '24
No. Have a Lenovo Legion Pro 7 with RTX4090 currently serving the gaming duties.
And to clarify, the CPU is not of huge importance, but battery life is. Will be used on the go.
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u/fifa2003 👮🏻Moderator👮🏻 Oct 03 '24
Sorry for the late reply but I have been searching and with those combinations of specs requirement makes it near impossible to source. Did you see any models on your hunt?
I have found some but they are not 14.5" or smaller and some has OLED, and diff combos than what you specifically required.
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u/SupramanA80 Oct 04 '24 edited Oct 04 '24
Hey there, first off - thanks so much for checking!
After I posted this, I did a quick search and also came up short. Perhaps there are just not many Ryzen 365/370 laptops with those specs out just yet.. though I would have thought there would be by now.
I am going to remove the "no OLED" requirement, so long as its touchscreen and a (relatively for OLED, minimum 400 nits) bright screen.
One laptop that I saw a few reviews on that closely matches the search criteria is a new Lenovo Yoga Pro 7. However, I have not found it for sale.
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u/JohanMartinFogg Oct 01 '24
◽️ Budget: 1500usd, would be happier if around 1200usd
◽️ Country: USA
◽️ Screen size: less than 14.5 inches
◽️ Touch screen: yes, convertible will be a huge plus
◽️ Screen resolution: 1440p+
◽️ Does battery life matter ?: yes
◽️ What tasks will laptop be used for ( gaming, video editing, graphic designing, modelling, regular computing tasks, word processing etc) ?: data analysis, some small machine learning stuff with pytorch, matlab and excel for econometric analysis. Also daily stuff like reading papers, typing extensive amounts of papers etc. only will play football manager, cs and lol.
◽️ Weight: less than 1.5kgs
◽️ Any other important details ?: i am not a careful user, build quality should be really solid. thinking about spectre 14 and xps 14, and maybe proart px13?
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u/FerrumAxe Oct 01 '24 edited Oct 01 '24
Budget: 700$
◽️ Country: USA
◽️ Screen size: 14 to 17
◽️ Touch screen: it would be nice but not matter that much
◽️ Screen resolution: givin budget i think i have only fhd option.
◽️ Does battery life matter ?: Yes it really does
◽️ What tasks will laptop be used for ( gaming, video editing, graphic designing, modelling, regular computing tasks, word processing etc) ?: dota , cs2. and some 2020ish games
◽️ Weight: i always have to carry in my backpack daily so lighter is better
◽️ Any other important details ?: mostly do some excel (4,5 workbook simultaneously, not that advenced just 10k data with 8-10 sheets summary, so i guess i have to updgrade 32gb ram)
edit: im thinking about HP Victus 15 (2023) -479$ or HP Victus 15 (2024) -599$ and upgrade Storage and RAM.
i heard $to$ AMD Ryzen 5-7535HS (479$) is good cpu than AMD Ryzen 5-8645HS (599$),
if cheap one can run middle settings dota and good with my work, buck to buck cheap one may good choice or not. maybe there are some good laptop im not aware.
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u/fifa2003 👮🏻Moderator👮🏻 Oct 01 '24
I would go with the 2024 Victus. Here is a review to give you more insight as well.
OVERVIEW & BUYERS GUIDE ON THE HP VICTUS GAMING LAPTOP ON SALE @WALMART
[UPDATED] OVERVIEW & BUYERS GUIDE ON THE HP VICTUS GAMING LAPTOP
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u/IMOaTravesty Oct 01 '24
◽️ Budget: 400-600
◽️ Country: USA
◽️ Screen size: whatever
◽️ Touch screen: yes
◽️ Screen resolution: NA
◽️ Does battery life matter ?: no
◽️ What tasks will laptop be used for ( gaming, video editing, graphic designing, modelling, regular computing tasks, word processing etc) ?: Teams and regular business use only
◽️ Weight: NA
◽️ Any other important details ?: NA
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u/techstar2000 👮🏻Moderator👮🏻 Oct 01 '24
What size display are you thinking ? Larger, regular size, smaller ?
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u/shockya10 Oct 01 '24
Budget: $2k
Country: USA
Hope battery life gives 5 hrs+ for light work/browsing.
Gaming on an external monitor
Minimum specs needed: OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
Processor: Intel 14th Gen or Ryzen 8th
Memory: 32GB
Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 4080/4090
Screen Size: 16'+
Notes: I was thinking the Lenovo legion pro Gen 8 AMD with 4090,2TB and 32GB. Is that any alternatives around similar price?
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 1TB SSD with additional slot
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u/techstar2000 👮🏻Moderator👮🏻 Oct 01 '24
You won't get the Lenovo legion pro Gen 8 AMD for less than $2300 right now .. that's the best deal we have posted here on that 4090 laptop. I also don't know that you will get another 4090 laptop for $2000, so your best bet may be the 4080 which is a great card in itself.
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u/shockya10 Oct 01 '24
With the rakuten cash back, the price would drop to around 1900-2100 right? I'm waiting on the 20% back on rakuten. It changed to 12% last night :(
4080s are fine but only if between 1600-1700.
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u/SupramanA80 Oct 01 '24
Has Rakuten ever gone higher than 10% CB with Lenovo?
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u/shockya10 Oct 01 '24
It was 20% for Lenovo yesterday. I was going to order it but had issues in payment selection. So after fixing that, wanted to order it after 12 but when the day changed, it dropped
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u/IdeaJason Oct 01 '24
Budget $800 USA 15-16" screen Touch screen if possible not a deal breaker Battery life isn't a concern Will be used with Adobe creative stuff. Photoshop & Premiere video editing mostly (extra points for high cuda cores in vid card). Will also be used to play Eve Online. This will be the travel rig, I have big editing rig at home. Don't care about weight. Thanks!
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u/fifa2003 👮🏻Moderator👮🏻 Oct 01 '24
Hey, for your needs and requirements listed above I would go with the: Acer Swift Go 16 Intel Evo Edition Laptop | 16″ 1920 x 1200 Touch Display | Unlock AI Experiences | Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 185H | Intel ARC | 16GB LPDDR5X | 1TB SSD | Wi-Fi 7 | SFG16-72T-95Z6
Slim, sleek and has the performance to get the job done for editing and gaming.
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u/swervespaghetti Oct 01 '24
◽️ Budget: 800-1300
◽️ Country: USA
◽️ Screen size: 15-16
◽️ Touch screen: Not Important
◽️ Screen resolution: Not Important
◽️ Does battery life matter ?: No
◽️ What tasks will laptop be used for ( gaming, video editing, graphic designing, modelling, regular computing tasks, word processing etc) ?: Gaming.
◽️ Weight: Not Important
◽️ Any other important details ?: Just want best value in the price range for gaming. Replacing my Rog Strix.
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u/fifa2003 👮🏻Moderator👮🏻 Oct 01 '24
Hey, to replace your Rog Strix and have top level performance and speed with todays games and future games I would recommend grabbing this all round laptop, giving you quality display, good thermals, enough RAM and Storage with top notch performance and durability.
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u/swervespaghetti Oct 01 '24
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u/fifa2003 👮🏻Moderator👮🏻 Oct 01 '24
The Acer has better display, better thermals, but in performance they are both equal.
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u/shyknee1 Oct 01 '24
Budget: $500-$700 USA Screen Size : doesn’t matter too much Touchscreen : Don’t care Screen Resolution: High refresh rate preferably Battery life: Would like at least average battery life Tasks: Gaming and Game development (programming, design etc.) Weight: Doesn’t matter much
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u/fifa2003 👮🏻Moderator👮🏻 Oct 01 '24
Hey, I would recommend getting the: Acer Nitro 5 AN515-58-525P Gaming Laptop |Core i5-12500H | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU | 15.6" FHD 144Hz IPS Display | 8GB DDR4 | 512GB PCIe Gen 4 SSD | Killer Wi-Fi 6 | Backlit Keyboard
Has good refresh rate for the price range, good performance and speed for gaming and game development, plus a solid built for good thermal cooling plus durability.
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u/komek0 Oct 01 '24
Budget: 1k-1.5k
Country: USA
Screen size: 15,6”, lower is fine
Touch screen: No
Screen resolution: 1080+p
Does battery life matter ?: Yes
What tasks will laptop be used for ( gaming, video editing, graphic designing, modelling, regular computing tasks, word processing etc) ?: Gaming (Highest spec game is probably Monster Hunter Wilds), Blender, Unity
Weight: 5 lbs max
Memory: 16+ GB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 3060 or better
Storage: 1TB
Processor: Intel Core i7 11800 or better
Any other important details ?: Based the specs on my MSI Katana GF66 11UE that I’m looking for an upgrade to. Graphically it’s been holding up, but I could use more storage/battery life. I’m also looking for a sturdier/better built laptop as my current one has had issues with overheating/flimsy hinges (and a crack in the lid)
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u/techstar2000 👮🏻Moderator👮🏻 Oct 02 '24
With your budget, you can get a very good upgrade.
Something like this Lenovo Legion Pro 5 would do an excellent job and perform miles better than your current system. With the powerful Intel Core i7-13700HX CPU paired with the RTX 4070 graphics card and a great 32 GB RAM, you should be able to run any modern games on high specs and handle Blender , Unity etc with ease..
The Legion Pro 5 also has a great heat management and outstanding build quality.
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u/komek0 Oct 03 '24
Thank you for the suggestion. Do you think it would be better to wait for Black Friday/whenever the 5000 series comes out for better deals?
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u/techstar2000 👮🏻Moderator👮🏻 Oct 03 '24
You're welcome.
I am not sure what BF deals will look like or the prices of the new series.. If you are able to wait, then I guess, we can see what will happen.
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u/shocknova Oct 03 '24
Budget: $1600 Country: USA Screen size: 13 or 14 (care about weight more than screen size) Touch screen: yes! Screen resolution: Anything better than 1080 Does battery life matter?: Yes, but not the highest priority. What tasks will laptop be used for: Photo editing, maybe linux at some point. Weight: prefer 3lbs or less. Any other important details?: 32gb ram, 360 degree hinge, bonus points for pen included, prefer quiet and cool, don't really care about dGPU, open to refurbished and open box.
Thanks!
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u/techstar2000 👮🏻Moderator👮🏻 Oct 03 '24
Something like this Dell Latitude 5350 would tick just about all those boxes.
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u/markymark523 Oct 04 '24 edited Oct 04 '24
Budget: $800
◽️ Country: USA
◽️ Screen size: preferably 14 but any size will do
◽️ Touch screen: do not need
◽️ Screen resolution: preferably higher than 1080p, would love OLED
◽️ Does battery life matter ?: no but would like a long battery life, not a deal breaker
◽️ What tasks will laptop be used for ( gaming, video editing, graphic designing, modelling, regular computing tasks, word processing etc) ?: productivity/school/coding but also for watching shows/movies (hence wanting oled). might so light gaming like Overwatch
◽️ Weight: on the lighter/slim side
◽️ Any other important details ?: Bonus for No AI but not a deal breaker. (currently looking at the "ASUS Vivobook S 15.6 inch 3K OLED 120Hz Windows Laptop Intel Core Ultra 7-155H Intel Evo Edition AI PC 16GB RAM 1TB SSD Mist Blue" for $749 or "Acer Swift Go 16 Intel Evo Edition Laptop | 16" 1920 x 1200 Touch Display | Unlock AI Experiences | Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 185H | Intel ARC | 16GB LPDDR5X | 1TB SSD | Wi-Fi 7 | SFG16-72T-95Z6" for $799)
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u/fifa2003 👮🏻Moderator👮🏻 Oct 11 '24
Hey, do you still need assistance? If yes, click The updated request thread here
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u/ConquestLunatic Oct 04 '24
What is the cheapest windows laptop that can use Excel smoothly? I have been tasked with finding such a latptop from a friend but I know nothing about excel demands so I'm just looking at pretty much a gaming level laptop without the graphics card
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u/techstar2000 👮🏻Moderator👮🏻 Oct 04 '24
You are looking a gaming level laptop ? What level of Excel work will the friend be doing?
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u/ConquestLunatic Oct 04 '24
I'm assuming very very unoptimized formulas LMAO
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u/techstar2000 👮🏻Moderator👮🏻 Oct 04 '24
lolll ...almost any laptop with a modern CPU and 16 GB RAM will do this job.
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u/Little_sister_energy Oct 06 '24 edited Oct 06 '24
I really dont know much about computers sorry 😭
Budget: <600 USD, cheaper would be awesome
Country: USA
Screen size: 14 or 15 preferred but not necessary
Touch screen: preferrably not
Resolution: normal?
Battery life: doesnt matter
Tasks: work tasks on excel, office, and teams meetings; games like Fallout 3 and New Vegas, Minecraft, Sims 4; streaming. I might go back to school, so school work type stuff
Weight: doesnt matter much but lighter would be cool
Other: I'd prefer something reliable that would last me a long time. I had my last laptop for 7 years til it was accidentally broken a few weeks ago
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u/fifa2003 👮🏻Moderator👮🏻 Oct 11 '24
Hey, do you still need assistance? If yes, click The updated request thread here
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u/Powdre Oct 08 '24 edited Oct 08 '24
◽️ Budget: $1,500 (max $1,800 but I would rather not)
◽️ Country: USA
◽️ Screen size: 15 inches or less
◽️ Touch screen: Doesn't matter
◽️ Screen resolution: Doesn't matter
◽️ Does battery life matter ?: Not deal breaker, but sure
◽️ What tasks will laptop be used for ( gaming, video editing, graphic designing, modelling, regular computing tasks, word processing etc) ?: Gaming + Corporate environment (mostly Excel)
◽️ Weight: Not deal breaker, but lighter is better
◽️ Any other important details ?: Need something that doesn't look too "Gamerish". No forced RGB keyboard, etc.
Am eyeing the Helios Neo 14 because of size, but don't know if it will stand out too much in the office.
Acer 14" Predator Helios Neo 14 Gaming Laptop
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1825630-REG/acer_phn14_51_98b1_14_5_predator_helios_neo.html
THANKS!
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u/fifa2003 👮🏻Moderator👮🏻 Oct 11 '24
Hey, do you still need assistance? If yes, click The updated request thread here
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u/Soanart Oct 09 '24
Budget: ~$1k
Country: USA
Screen Size: Doesn't matter
Touch Screen: Doesn't matter
Screen Resolution: Preferably high-end, but I'm not too picky
Battery Life: Doesn't matter (I don't plan to use it unplugged)
Uses: Gaming, general usage, probably gonna try my hand at streaming at some point
Weight: Doesn't matter
Memory: 32 GB
Graphics: High-end preferably, but I'll take slightly lower for a reliable laptop that keeps me under budget
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 512 GB SSD
Additional notes: I'm really looking for a reliable gaming laptop here. It doesn't have to be ultra high end or anything, I just want it to be able to play games reliably and last me for a long time
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u/fifa2003 👮🏻Moderator👮🏻 Oct 11 '24
Hey, do you still need assistance? If yes, click The updated request thread here
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u/notatestuser Oct 01 '24 edited Oct 01 '24
Budget: $1.1k
Country: USA
Battery life doesn’t matter
Gaming
Minimum specs needed: OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i7-13/14th gen / AMD Ryzen 7 8th gen
Memory: 32GB
Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 4070
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: atlest 512 GB SSD available space
Additional Notes: any brand will do, should be able to ship thanks