It died last year but my old acer predator 300 from 2017 really survived everything I give it in the covid. that 1060 was a warrior one day the motherboard died and well now is on my shelf as a memory really. good laptop it was

For $700 I got this ASUS ROG Zephyrus G15 2021 with a Ryzen 9 5900HS, 8GB soldered DDR4-, upgraded with a 16GB stick of DDR4 to make 24GB total (planning on buying a 32GB stick soon), an RTX 3070, and 2TB of NVMe storage. Very good condition, LCD bezel needs replacing, battery getting replaced as well. Parts for this laptop aren’t as expensive as I thought they would be.

Currently running a single stick of ram 16gb DDR5 at 5600mhz in my Acer Nitro V15 at this point I might just have to get an 8gb stick to make it 24gb dual channel

For context I am looking at financing to purchase either of these, the 7 pro has a lower upfront cost I can afford right now. The 9i has a much higher upfront cost and it will take me a month to save for it.

What I want to know is what are the big differences between the models and 5080 vs 5090 in these specific models.

Something I notice is the 7 has DDR5 listed as the ram whereas the 9i doesn’t have that label anywhere on the page, is it safe to assume it is?

I couldn’t find a 32gb version of the 7 pro that was on this financing deal otherwise the price difference would’ve made me pull the trigger - but the 9i is about £1000 more.

Any owners who have issues with either would be a blessing to hear from. Sorry if it seems like a stupid question I am new to the heavy duty laptop space.

I think I accidentally stood on it? It’s a windows 11, is this able to be fixed and if it can, how much will it cost?

Saw this on FB marketplace wondering if it’s a good deal, wanting to upgrade my current gaming laptop. Thanks!

Edit: I got it! Ended up paying $920 for it, factory resetting it now. OLED, 1TB SSD. I think I scored!

Behold... hiding gold in my laptop experiment.

Hello.

Recently, I purchased, well, my wife purchased this gaming laptop for me.

IT HAD BEEN 6 long years since I bought a laptop. The upgrade was from an hp omen 2019 with the 1660ti 6gb h9750.

How did the wifey do? Is it future proof?

Currently very happy.

Budget: $2,000
Country: USA
Use Case: Gaming, coding, and watching videos
Preferred Specs: RTX 5070 Ti, 12 GB VRAM, 1 TB SSD, and 32 GB RAM

Pretty much the title, my laptop is a Nitro 5 AN515-58

I’ll obviously need audio, WiFi, gpu drivers. Any other necessary drivers i should have?

Budget: Sub 600$ CAD used preferably
Country: Canada
Use Case: School and gaming, Modded Minecraft, geometry dash, marvel rivals other relatively low demanding games nothing crazy
Preferred Specs: 16g of ram. I don’t know much about specs
Notes: just want something light that I can take around pretty easily and won’t break the bank for a used laptop. Thanks

Managed to snag this beauty for £2400! 2 years warranty left with MSI, came with the box and original receipt also! Over the moon with this purchase, the guy just wanted rid of it. Specs:

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU (24GB GDDR7)

Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX

RAM: 32GB DDR5

Display: 16-inch IPS, 2560 × 1600, 240Hz

Graphics power: Up to 175W

I've got my Legion pro 7i and for those 2 years since I bought it and I pretty much use it plugged in like a desktop replacement. I always wonder what if I got a desktop instead. People always say it's a waste of money because desktops tend to beat laptops with the same configs. But for me the space saving factor is big. I also like that laptops produce less heat in my bedroom in the summer. In case i want to move mine out of my room it'd be much easier (though it hasnt happened much). I could be wrong but in 2026 I can't seem to find a desktop that's much cheaper than a laptop with the same configs.

I've seen it's usually 144hz and 60hz, but my laptop shows 48hz, it's a new one acer aspire7 intel core 5 210h. Is this normal?

Budget: <2500usd Country: Australia Use Case: Mixed Preferred Specs: Varied Notes: Considering a Legion Pro 5i Gen 10, primarily for trading, but mulling over JUST how excessive the specs are and whether they're justified as a longer term, future proof purchase. So its a 2 part discussion - trading requirements plus future proof evaluation.

Specs: Intel Ultra 9 290HX, RTX 5070 12GB, 32GB DDR5 RAM (2x16), 1TB SSD for just under ~$2,100usd

I'll be running the usual set of software/programs - broker platform, multiple charts of multiple timeframes across multiple external monitors, scanners, and other applications simultaneously.

Yes, I realise these specs are probably BEYOND my immediate needs, but I'm looking for something that will comfortably last several years with plenty of headroom. My thinking is that buying something merely sufficient today could be a false economy if I outgrow it and need to replace it sooner. I'd rather invest in a capable machine upfront than potentially spend a similar amount buying twice.

That said, I don't want to spend unnecessarily on performance I'll never use even with the headroom. Something thats immediate off the top of my head is the dedicated gpu always taking some power. Definitely am overlooking more things.

Is this genuinely overkill, or does spending more upfront make sense for longevity? What would you consider a sensible middle ground?

does a prebuilt desktop seem more practical then with this price range?

I'll ask this question to the guys on the trading subreddit but wanted to ask this here too.

Thank guys

Budget: 600€ (second hand)
Country: Germany
Uses: Gaming and digital art , possibly 3D modelling
Preferred specs: 16"+ and 144hz would be awesome and without overheating issues?
Notes: yeah i know i'm asking for a lot. but it doesn't need to be the most fancy high end shit with 400TB of RAM and RTX 9472 Moonwalk edition or whatnot lmao. the most graphic intense shit i play is WoW and maybe some Assasin's Creed n stuff.

First deal I've found on a legion. Should I pull the trigger or just wait to see what happens on black Friday?

some people say cooling pads sometimes go to cold form to warm and shit and create condensation, i got rog strix 16 g614fr 2025 amd version , and Strix has that liquid metal colling stuff ,i dont know if this makes sense but i wanted to say.

From what I see it’s a 20% single core performance bump.

Although I’m not sure which one will make up for the other in this case. I know unoptimized games will eat gpu and esports will favor the cpu.

if both are with 200 dollars of each other, what’s the best bet?

It does seem like at 2k the difference dwindles by a great degree vs 1080p

Budget: 1000 USD
Country: Colombia
Use Case: Gaming and School
Preferred Specs: 14” inch, mostly no idea but open to anything that fits good on a backpack
Notes: Zero experience on PC gaming before

Hey! So, as the title says, I'm looking for a laptop that's good for both uni work and gaming. I've never had a laptop before and since I moved to study abroad I don't have a desktoo so I thought it would be nice to tackle both my student requirements and gaming pleasure at the same time. Regarding uni, I mostly needed for apps like word, canva and for presentations, I'm studying a social science so I don't need something heavy on specs, and I highly doubt I will fill the space with just papers, books and such.
I prefer something small, like 14 inch or something that can fit well in my backpack. A good battery would be good but not a must, I'm okay if it gives me just a couple hours of life in case I can't use it plugged. My budget is around 1000 USD.
I'm thinking on playing mostly indie games like Disco Elysium, Dispatch, The Precinct; also games like XCOM EW, Minecraft, Civ., Football Manager; and while I would like to have the chance to play something like Baldur's Gate 3, the new Spider-Man games or the Persona saga, 1 get that those are more demanding games and might increase the cost of the laptop so is not a must.
Now, th, I have no idea about PC gaming at all since I've been a console gamer for my whole life so honestly any advice or suggestions you could give me would be great. I just got my eyes set on a Acer Nitro Core i5 CI5 13420H 16GB RAM SSD 512GB RTX 3050 6GB
15.6 (I just copied and pasted the full name because I have no idea which details are relevant) that due to a discount is right on my budget so I would like to know if this is something good or if you have any other suggestions.
I would love to read your thoughts and suggestions. Thanks for reading me too. Take care :D

This has to be a scam-the retail price is easily £2.5k to £3k. I was looking to upgrade my laptop and stumbled upon this, but it's way too cheap, so there's definitely a catch. The seller has terrible reviews, and the description even says "32GB DDR5 Memory | PCIE Solid State Drive (Boot SSD), Original Factory Box will be opened and resealed for Upgrade."What's the deal with that? Am I right in thinking this is a total scam, or is it actually the deal of a lifetime?🫪

I do software dev during the day and game at night on the same machine. Lately I've been running local LLMs for coding help, and they chew through VRAM fast. My current laptop has an RTX 4070 with 8GB VRAM. Games run fine, but loading even a 7B model while keeping a game paused in the background usually triggers out of memory errors.