Hi all,
Having some trouble deciding which gaming laptop to buy.
Most use will be on me in bed for Hearthstone/Youtube/watching sport (on a laptop table over my chest) but I'd like the ability to plug in to a monitor for proper FPS gaming plus playing some more demanding XBOX gamepass games using a controller.
Originally I thought a 14" would be better as I won't be using on a desk much. I had narrowed it down to these two:
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA402RK RX 6800S Gaming Laptop 14" FHD+ 144Hz AMD Ryzen9 6900HS 16GB DDR5 1TB SSD RX6800S 8GB Graphics $3,065
Razer Blade 14 (P8 NT/14 165Hz QHD Matte, 2560 x 1440/ AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX /RTX 3070 Ti 8GB VRAM/16GB DDR5 RAM/1TB PCIe Gen4 SSD $3,279
But then I'd read about how recommended the Legion 5 pro was (screen, performance etc) and realised I wouldn't be resting it on my chest and on a laptop table instead so weight/portability not such an issue so thought I'd go with this one:
Legion 5i Pro Gen 7 16" i7-12700H, 32GB DDR5, 512GB SSD, GeForce RTX™ 3070 Ti 8GB $3,383
It only has a 512GB SSD though and Lenovo said I would void warranty if I added a second SSD.
I then saw the following Prime day specials for Legion 5 Pros:
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro I7-11800H, 32GB(16+16) DDR4, GeForce RTX 3070 8GB, 1TB SSD $2,841
Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16 inch WQXGA 165 Hz i7-12700H RTX 3060 6GB 16GB DDR5 512GB SSD $2,159
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16" AMD Ryzen 7 5800H GeForce RTX 3070 8GB 32GB DDR4 1TB SSD $2,624
I also noticed some deals on HP OMEN laptops - including one of the only ones I'd seen with a 3080 (although I assume 17" screen is probably too big?):
HP OMEN, Core i7-11800H, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 16GB VRAM, 17.3 QHD Antiglare IPS 300 nits 165Hz Narrow Border $3,383
HP OMEN, Core i7-11800H, 32GB RAM, 2 x RAID0 SSD 1TB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB, 16.1 FHD Antiglare IPS 300 nits 144Hz Narrow Border $2,678
If anyone has any suggestions or thoughts it would be really appreciated!
I won't be taking it out of the house much so portability isn't really a concern - will only be used sparingly in a home office connected to a dock but mostly in bed.
Imo, sounds like you need a steam deck… If you can wait that is