A Gaming Laptop

[Finest]

Using my girlfriend's MacBook Pro (mid-2014) which isn't terrible, but as you can imagine Macs aren't exactly great for gaming & even OSRS on a 3rd party client & trying to record preps or weekends, I can't. Laptop just gets way too hot & loud.

 

I've been looking for a good gaming laptop for awhile now & I'm looking for suggestions. Not trying to spend a ton of money either, I know that may be difficult. Reason I'm going for a laptop instead of a PC is because I prefer the portability.

 

I saw somewhere on a forum that now is probably the best time to buy a gaming laptop, so if that's true I'd like to capitalize on that.

 

Now... Suggestions?

 

Price range is around $500-$800 I'd say.

[A2D]

goodluck

[Dominic]

lost me at your budget

[Thanos]

Don't buy a gaming laptop at that budget it'll be a hot flaming pile of garbage

 

Find an all-purpose laptop but tbh it will be difficult finding an actually solid one at that $

[Finest]

1 minute ago, Paul said:

Don't buy a gaming laptop at that budget it'll be a hot flaming pile of garbage

 

Find an all-purpose laptop but tbh it will be difficult finding an actually solid one at that $

Even if it's just for OSRS? Hmm.. How about a $1k budget?

[Thanos]

Just now, Finest said:

Even if it's just for OSRS? Hmm.. How about a $1k budget?

Haven't been in the loop actively but the thing is with a gaming laptop that either the battery is gonna be garbage, the screen is gonna be garbage, or it's gonna be heavy as shit. It's a trifecta of quality, performance and money and you can only pick one unless you're shilling out like 1500-2000$ realistically.

 

I'd still go for an all-purpose laptop. Biggest difference between "gaming" laptops and normal laptops are usually a big upgrade GPU wise which you don't need for OSRS. Idk whether clients use hyperthreading properly but it's not worth the hundred(s) of dollars jump from an i5 to an i7.

 

1k$ will get you a better machine though for sure, just look for a random new gen i5, any basic video card, 256GB SSD, full HD screen, 8GB+ RAM

[amen]

Laptops are fucking trash for gaming

 

i'd just go for a desktop, gl

[Jaimy]

3 minutes ago, Paul said:

Haven't been in the loop actively but the thing is with a gaming laptop that either the battery is gonna be garbage, the screen is gonna be garbage, or it's gonna be heavy as shit. It's a trifecta of quality, performance and money and you can only pick one unless you're shilling out like 1500-2000$ realistically.

 

I'd still go for an all-purpose laptop. Biggest difference between "gaming" laptops and normal laptops are usually a big upgrade GPU wise which you don't need for OSRS. Idk whether clients use hyperthreading properly but it's not worth the hundred(s) of dollars jump from an i5 to an i7.

 

1k$ will get you a better machine though for sure, just look for a random new gen i5, any basic video card, 256GB SSD, full HD screen, 8GB+ RAM

Thats my leader

[Chief]

ask hanumen

[Brad]

weak budget for a laptop.

 

i'd steer towards a desktop if i were you

[J P]

Lenovo Yoga x25

[Brap]

56 minutes ago, Paul said:

Haven't been in the loop actively but the thing is with a gaming laptop that either the battery is gonna be garbage, the screen is gonna be garbage, or it's gonna be heavy as shit. It's a trifecta of quality, performance and money and you can only pick one unless you're shilling out like 1500-2000$ realistically.

 

I'd still go for an all-purpose laptop. Biggest difference between "gaming" laptops and normal laptops are usually a big upgrade GPU wise which you don't need for OSRS. Idk whether clients use hyperthreading properly but it's not worth the hundred(s) of dollars jump from an i5 to an i7.

 

1k$ will get you a better machine though for sure, just look for a random new gen i5, any basic video card, 256GB SSD, full HD screen, 8GB+ RAM

Pretty much this if your dead set on a laptop.

[Parm]

1 hour ago, amenti said:

Laptops are fucking trash for gaming

 

i'd just go for a desktop, gl

 

[Gibbo]

gl

[crims]

ur not gnna find a gaming laptop with that budget

[T O B Y]

get a HP Probook.

 

It cost me £200. It has 8GB Ram, i5 proccessor and 250gb hdd along with a 15.6 inch screen, super slim laptop. I could run ANYTHING and mutiple things and it never overheats or make noise.

[Finest]

1 hour ago, Paul said:

Haven't been in the loop actively but the thing is with a gaming laptop that either the battery is gonna be garbage, the screen is gonna be garbage, or it's gonna be heavy as shit. It's a trifecta of quality, performance and money and you can only pick one unless you're shilling out like 1500-2000$ realistically.

 

I'd still go for an all-purpose laptop. Biggest difference between "gaming" laptops and normal laptops are usually a big upgrade GPU wise which you don't need for OSRS. Idk whether clients use hyperthreading properly but it's not worth the hundred(s) of dollars jump from an i5 to an i7.

 

1k$ will get you a better machine though for sure, just look for a random new gen i5, any basic video card, 256GB SSD, full HD screen, 8GB+ RAM

Thanks!

 

1 hour ago, amenti said:

Laptops are fucking trash for gaming

 

i'd just go for a desktop, gl

 

13 minutes ago, crims said:

ur not gnna find a gaming laptop with that budget

After a'bit of research, seems there's quite a few pretty good options.

Dell 7577, Dell 7576, Acer Aspire E 15, & Acer Predator Helios 300.

[Finest]

11 minutes ago, T O B Y said:

get a HP Probook.

 

It cost me £200. It has 8GB Ram, i5 proccessor and 250gb hdd along with a 15.6 inch screen, super slim laptop. I could run ANYTHING and mutiple things and it never overheats or make noise.

I'd prefer something with a SSD

[Levi]

44 minutes ago, T O B Y said:

get a HP Probook.

 

It cost me £200. It has 8GB Ram, i5 proccessor and 250gb hdd along with a 15.6 inch screen, super slim laptop. I could run ANYTHING and mutiple things and it never overheats or make noise.

 Yeah you ain't getting that for ~$200.

[Roofis]

gl

[hanu]

For the top of your budget you can get some decent laptops that will easily run RS and some less hard to run games like fortnite etc pretty well as long as you dont try to play at max settings.

 

Something like this is actually pretty solid for what you want https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=1TS-000X-00S36

 

[T O B Y]

1 hour ago, Levi said:

 Yeah you ain't getting that for ~$200.

400$

[Levi]

4 minutes ago, T O B Y said:

400$

$800+

 

256gb ssd = 250+

i5 = 200+

8gb ram = 80+

[T O B Y]

4 minutes ago, Levi said:

$800+

 

256gb ssd = 250+

i5 = 200+

8gb ram = 80+

no lol. i have the exact laptop , cost me 200.

[Levi]

2 minutes ago, T O B Y said:

no lol. i have the exact laptop , cost me 200.

then you didn't buy it new.