hello! looking to buy sub 1K laptop, general suggestions?
I am planning to buy a laptop around ~900$ (equivalent) budget. But I am not sure to recognize good deals. I currently have my eyes locked on a gigabyte one with 3060/11400H.
Anyone have any suggestions as to what to look for? Also gigabyte good at making laptops?
Looks like there’s Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 units that are below $900. I’ve heard good things about that line. Make sure to watch/read plenty of reviews before pulling the trigger though
Should probably try to set a few more parameters to narrow your search, like RAM and storage. I’d recommend an SSD and if you like large games opt for 1 TB or more
I literally just bought this laptop for $1k, Eluktronics RP-15 15.6" RTX 4060 Gaming Laptop AMD R7 7840HS 16GB RAM 512GB SSD. It just arrived yesterday, so haven’t had much time to test it out yet.
Can be done, but the timing has to be right. My buddy got a midrange gaming laptop during prime days (from a different retailer) that was regular priced around $1500 at the time for $850. I don’t like the one he got but I understand his reasoning.
If OP is looking to buy today, maybe. If they can hold off another couple of weeks then there’s a smaller “big sale” going on that they may be able to game to get something sub $1k that would normally be more.
If they don’t care about playing the very latest at 4k high then they’ll likely be able to get 5 years out of it.
I had a gigabyte gaming laptop and overall it was a great value… after I fixed the graphics card drivers and updated the motherboard bios. Nothing worked right out of the box new.
If you’re just using the laptop as a browser/ ms office machine for school or something I can’t recommend the Microsoft surface tablet line enough. I’ve used a surface 3 for years for that purpose.
Small tips: Look at the gpu. Also make sure the laptop have unused slots for ram so you can upgrade down the road if needed. Placement of fans/airflow matters.
I usually look at price history on anything I buy and see where the one I’m interested in place among those. What’s the lowest ever price, etc. You can research this a lot. Eventually you will get a feeling what’s good and what’s not. Black Friday coming up as well. Never a bad idea to see what happens. Only rarely do prices raise after compared to before.
Rule number one when buying tech is your always get ripped off. There is always a better deal two weeks from now. You just have to get a feeling when timing is good enough for what you want.
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