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?
“Gaming”
“Sub $1,000”
My gut reaction is “choose one”.
You might be able to get a gaming laptop under $1K but get ready to replace it in 2 years.
The vast majority of games, even the best ones, won’t require a top-of-the-line spec, so there’s very little that the OP would be barred from playing.
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 would google model number to look at a few reviews just in case there are glaring problems, especially in regards to heat.
So far the gigabyte is ok. My concern is if it’s a ripoff or good one for the price.
Check sold ebay listing for used prices. Use camel camel camel to check Amazon price history.
I know it’s never fun to wait, but black Friday is typically the lost price of the year for tech
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.
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.
But gaming is also important
At that price point I’d recommend looking at used or refurbished units that are still in good condition. I like using Swappa for used devices
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
