I'm willing to spend up to $1300-$1500 Aus dollars for it. My preffered specs would be a laptop with a gtx 1060, 5-6 hours battery life, Good screen for watching movies and a decent camera. I definitely would prefer it if it could handle multiple chrome tabs open at once as I tend to have several open and by several I mean in excess of 40+ at any one time. Please provide suggestions. I'm thinking of going with a elektronic laptop as most of the mainstream laptops tend to be more expensive. I've been told to stay away from HP laptops as well for some reason. I will be using this laptop for a variety of purposes from gaming to studying to watching movies and maybe even skyping if I don't look terribly bad haha. Last thing I should mention is I hope the laptop will also last me a few years as I'm pretty poor right now and dont make a lot of money.
Starting Uni in Semester 2 I Need a Laptop with a Good Battery Life and Graphics Card?
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What about dell inspiron gaming laptops? They go on special every so often (eBay 20% off sales mainly). i5 8gb GTX1060 at $1349 at the moment
I know about the Dell inspiron gaming series. The screens on the laptop are really poor though but they were my first choice until I heard about elektronic laptops. I was after the Dell 7577 which has an i7 in it and a 1060 but after thinking about it I thought perhaps maybe theres a better laptop out there in the $1300 - $1500 price range that could be better because thats a lot of money to me. Honestly battery life is very important to me. I want to be able to take this laptop without having to charge it very often.
Shame the 1060 version of the dell inspiron has a smaller battery compare to the 1050 TI ones.
Also I've never heard of this elektronic brand. This page is the third result when googling 'elektronic laptops'. Where they sold?
5 - 6 hours of battery life on a 1060 or
5 - 6 hours of battery life on integrated graphics?1060 on dedicated graphics please. Integrated graphics are on average less better for gaming.
I don't think its possible to run a 1060 on battery for 5 - 6 hours. It would either have to be a 1060 Max Q card or a metabox underclocked variant but even then you would probably only get around 2 hours of use unless you can carry a car battery around.
But there are already laptops out there that can manage 4 hours unplugged regularly. 5 hours is possible if you reduce things in settings. I should mention that I wont be gaming on this rig for hours I understand that. But basic web surfing, youtube, microsoft shouldn't be too demanding for a high spec rig. When the machine isn't using it's dedicated gpu it will automtically switch to integrated. I don't mind a Max-Q variant as it will help with the cooling side of things.
Here are some benchmarks from my laptop
Using a 99 Whr battery, Full 1060 GPU and 6700HQ (With Full CPU Performance turned off)
Running at 1080p with max brightness (Max brightness settings is only for High-performance mode and balance mode.)On high-performance mode, you will only get around 1 hour and 30min of use.
On balance you can get around 3 hours and on power saver maybe 4 hoursWith intergrated graphics enabled:
High performance = 2 hours
Balanced = 3 hours
Power saving = 4 - 5 hoursThese results are from using just using chrome, watching youtube, Netflix and using Spotify.
@No Username: Well thats strange given those specs. All I can say is there are plenty of remarkably well designed laptops in this price range that can give you a good power while also being efficient. For instance even the Acer Helios 300 which is full 1060 can run for 4 hours with light to moderate usage. Unless you're putting your machine under severe load or if its not built optimally for efficiency as is the case with the full 1060 variant than it will have a reduced battery life. But of the laptops that currently do have a 1060 max Q they'll do 4-5 hours with battery sizes of 56 wh.
You're not getting 5-6hr on dedicated graphics even with screen brightness at 'candlelit' setting.
Just to be clear, you can have dedicated graphics but use integrated for none graphic intense tasks using NVIDIA Optimus or whatever they call it nowadays.
Afaik i would say it's very hard to even get 2 hours of usage from a dedicated GPU on a laptop. Think about it this way, the GPU it self has a TDP of around 120-150w depending on variant. Assume 80% load on average while gaming, this means around 100w power uses just for the GPU, a 100whr battery will run this GPU for 1 hour. You need a 400whr battery to run it for 4 hour and that's assuming nothing else is consuming any power (screen, CPU, RAM, fans…). A 400whr battery will weight around 5 kilos.
5-6 Hours on a 1060 would seem difficult I'd imagine
It doesn't have to be a full 1060 card a 1060 max Q gpu will do. It should however be able to run demanding games available right now on medium to high settings and be future proof for at least a few years with setting turned down if need be.
All other things being equal look into the generous discounts offered to Uni. students by most hardware and software manufacturers.
Where can I find these generous discounts? University's try to milk me for a macbook with specs that are subpar for what they're asking for.
Just go to the manufacturers web sites and do some hunting
Have to plug my son. Heres a good article on how to calculate the battery life of a laptop. He has an 15in Dell Inspiron. He was after a cheap laptop that he didnt have to worry about getting scratched. About $900 was $1200 at start of the year.
https://www.guidingtech.com/estimate-laptop-battery-life-bef…
Don't most unis have powerpoints at just about every desk, meaning the battery life is really not that important?
I've only seen a few GTX 1060 laptops under $1500, they're quite rare unless you're buying one second-hand.
The Acer Predator Helios 300 seems to tick all your boxes: https://www.harveynorman.com.au/acer-predator-helios-300-15-…
It's at $1,700 now but HN often discounts it to about $1,400.
There's also the Asus ROG Strix Hero, though it's a little over-budget: https://www.newegg.com/global/au/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N…
If you feel like it, you could also try to win this auction for a Razer Blade: https://www.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F142829135079
Good luck in your hunt for the perfect laptop :)
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