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Mainly just posting this because it's an all around better deal than https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/865666 imo
Better cpu
4050 at 95w actually performs better than a 4060 @ 45w
better build quality
cheaper
Waiting for comments on this RTX2050
Would people consider 2050 as decent?
Sorry 2050 is
Trashhhhhhhhhhh
Same with the 3050
4050 is really the bare min for decent gaming
I second this
Would this (Lenovo LOQ 15" i5 16GB 512GB RTX 2050 4GB Gaming Laptop 82XV00RPAU $732) be fine for my non-gaming parents who are looking to replace a 6 year old Dell 15.6" with a failing hard drive?
From what I can tell it has a better screen than similarly priced "everyday" laptops with poor colour reproduction.
They are happy to spend up to $1000.
You say that it's a better deal, but is it msi THIN?
"Thin" is Apple's marketing trick. Usability/repairability/upgradability matters more.
Spec wise Thin is better but for build quality and reliability, Lenovo sure is much better!
No, spec wise this is better the thin has a 45w 4060 which is worse than this, not to mention the cpu is much better
https://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Ryzen-5-7535HS-Processor-B…
vs
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Core-i7-13620H-Processor…
Yes.
As already been mentioned, 4050 at 95w scales better than the 45w in the MSI Thin. That extra 2gb vram doesn't mean much when the card is stretched this thin power wise. The nominal wattage a 4060 mobile needs is ~100w.
13620H is a refreshed 12650H, except it actually comes with small but visible gains to the former, unlike the 7535H which is literally a rebadged 6600H except with tiny updated max boost clock (0.05ghz, identical benchmark scores however), larger 24MB L3 cache also helps in games.
And then you have to consider the MSI Thin have only one ssd slot leaving no room for upgrade, worse cooling and all that.
It is by far the worst budget gaming laptop out there.
Low end MSI (MSI Thin and near identical chassis have been refreshed many times over many years and marketed under different names) < Gigabyte G (rebaged, aged low end Clevo Chassis) / Victus 15 (single ssd slot), Nitro V (lower 75w gpu wattage for most/all of the prior listed) < LOQ/TUF/Nitro 5/Victus 16 (two SSD slot, proper 100w~ gpu wattage, access to decent screen options. etc)
How's the thermals v battery life (non gaming)?
Thermals on neither will be that good.
Normally, zen3+ should provide that battery life advantage, but when both have a small battery, the msi smaller at 53.5wh vs 60wh. You are not looking at a lot for both.
I got the ryzen 7 variant of this laptop it broke 6 months in and a replacement had to be sent
Seems like a weird combo. If they went with a i5 it'd probably cost under 1k and perform about the same.
Very true
$1000 after trs… bargain???
Has thunderbolt 4? Also hdmi is 2.1 or 2.0?
USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (support data transfer, Power Delivery 140W and DisplayPort™ 1.4)
Is that thunderbolt 4? Edit..not.
Is this gonna run EA FC smoothly? and m.2 ssd be added?
yes and yes
Asus TUF Gaming Laptop FA506ICB-HN114W R7 4800H 32GB RAM 512GB SSD 15.6" RTX3050
is it better then what I have now and do you know if i can upgrade to rtx 4060? Thanks
is this Monkey proof?
Ithink so. Medium no problemo
"Product Weight (kg) 264.8". Damn heavy eh
Could a psvr2 be connected up to this and VR games be played?
also: Lenovo LOQ 15" i5 16GB 512GB RTX 2050 4GB Gaming Laptop 82XV00RPAU $732