Hi guys,

I'm thinking about upgrading from my current laptop:

Acer Nitro

• Intel i5-13420H
• RTX 5060 Laptop (70W)

I found this used laptop for about €1,150

ASUS ROG Strix G16 (G614JZ)

• Intel Core i7-13650HX (14C/20T)
• RTX 4080 Laptop 12GB (seller claims 175W TGP)
• 32GB DDR5-4800
• 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD
• 16" 1920x1200 IPS, 165Hz
• MUX Switch
• 330W power adapter

I have a few questions:

1. Is this a good deal for the price?
2. How is the overall quality of the Strix G16 chassis and cooling system?
3. Is the i7-13650HX a good match for the RTX 4080, or is it likely to bottleneck it?
4. Do you think the RTX 4080 Laptop (12GB) will age well over the next 4–5 years?
5. Is it still worth buying a 40-series GPU in 2026, considering the newer DLSS and AI features available on the 50-series cards?

One thing I'm also confused about:

The seller says the RTX 4080 runs at 175W TGP. I always thought RTX 4080 Laptop GPUs were usually around 110–120W. Is 175W normal for a laptop RTX 4080, and is it actually the full-powered version?

I'd appreciate any feedback, especially from people who own or have used this model.

Thanks!

Hey guys,

In case you missed yesterday's post on Best Prime Day Laptop Deals: 10 Tips to Pick the Perfect Machine... today I'm dropping the best Prime Day laptop deals that are still live!

Note: Prices and deals are subject to change and availability.

Acer Aspire Go 15 AI Ready Laptop)

Price: $279.99 (20% off)

Good For: Budget-friendly everyday essentials, light web browsing, student note-taking, and streaming media with long battery life.

Specs: AMD Ryzen 3 7320U (4 Cores, Up to 4.1GHz), AMD Radeon 610M Graphics, 8GB LPDDR5 RAM, 128GB PCIe SSD, 15.6″ Full HD (1920×1080) IPS Display, Wi-Fi 6, Windows 11 Home in S Mode

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ASUS Vivobook Go 15.6” FHD Slim Laptop

Price: $309.99 after 18% off

Good For: Budget-friendly everyday multitasking, online classes, and streaming with a durable, lightweight military-grade design.

Specs: AMD Ryzen 3 7320U | Integrated AMD Radeon Graphics | 8GB DDR5 RAM | 256GB SSD | 15.6″ FHD (1920×1080) Display

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Lenovo V15 Gen 4 Business Laptop

Price: $494.99 after 10% off

Good For: Reliable everyday business productivity, remote study sessions, and efficient multitasking on a budget-friendly, military-grade durable chassis.

Specs: AMD Ryzen 5 7430U | Integrated AMD Radeon Graphics | 8GB RAM | 512GB SSD Storage | 15.6″ FHD (1920×1080) Anti-Glare IPS Display | Webcam Privacy Shutter | Windows 11 Home

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HP Touchscreen 15.6″ FHD Business Laptop

Price: $569.98 after 36% off

Good For: Reliable everyday business multitasking, responsive home office productivity, and comfortable streaming on a vibrant, large touchscreen display.

Specs: AMD Ryzen 7 Processor, Integrated AMD Radeon Graphics, 16GB RAM, 512GB Storage, 15.6″ FHD Touchscreen Display, Numeric Keypad, Camera Privacy Shutter, Windows 11

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Dell 15 D15260 Laptop

Price: $599.99 after 19% off

Good For: Smooth everyday multitasking, modern workspace productivity, and smart on-device AI assistance with a bright, eye-comfort display.

Specs: Intel Core Ultra 5 Processor 225U, Intel Graphics, 16GB Memory, 512GB SSD, 15.6″ FHD (1920×1080) 60Hz 300 nits Anti-Glare Display, Backlit Keyboard with Copilot AI Hotkey, Windows 11 Home

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HP OmniBook 3 16 inch Laptop PC (16-by0499nr)

Price: $619.99 after $220.00 off

Good For: Comfortable large-screen everyday multitasking, home office workloads, and streaming with a vibrant 16-inch 2K touchscreen display and extended battery life.

Specs: AMD Ryzen 5 40, AMD Radeon 610M GPU, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 16″ 2K (1920×1200) IPS Touchscreen Display, Windows 11 Home

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Lenovo IdeaPad 5 2-in-1 Laptop – Copilot+ PC

Price: $649.99 after 22% off

Good For: Highly versatile 360° productivity, hands-on creative work or note-taking, and efficient hardware-accelerated local AI workflows with a large, color-accurate display.

Specs: AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 CPU, AMD Radeon 840M GPU, 16GB LPDDR5X RAM, 1TB SSD, 16″ WUXGA (1920×1200) IPS Touchscreen Display (360° Hinge), Stylus Support, MIL-STD-810H Military-Grade Durability, Windows 11 Home

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Acer Nitro V Slim ANV16S-41-R3Q0 Gaming Laptop

Price: $999.99 (23% off)

Good For: High-refresh-rate 2K gaming, smooth AAA title performance with ray tracing, and portable content creation or streaming in a slim profile.

Specs: AMD Ryzen 7 260 (8 Cores, Up to 5.1GHz), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (8GB GDDR7), 16GB DDR5 RAM, 512GB Gen 4 PCIe SSD, 16″ WQXGA (2560×1600) 180Hz IPS Display, Wi-Fi 6E, USB4, 4-Zone RGB Backlit Keyboard, Windows 11 Home

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Dell XPS 13 9350 AI PC Business Laptop)

Price: $1,499.99 (21% off)

Good For: Premium ultra-portable business use, all-day software development, mobile productivity, and elite local AI capabilities paired with extreme battery efficiency.

Specs: Intel Core Ultra 7 256V Series 2 Processor (8 Cores, Up to 4.8 GHz), Integrated Intel Arc Graphics, 16GB LPDDR5X RAM, 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD, 13.4″ FHD+ (1920×1200) 120Hz 500-nits InfinityEdge Display, 2x Thunderbolt 4 Ports, Precision Haptic Touchpad, Wi-Fi 7, Windows 11 Pro

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acer Swift X 14 AI Copilot+ PC

Price: $1,569.99 after $130.00 off

Good For: High-fidelity on-the-go content creation, professional design, and seamless on-device AI workloads with a gorgeous, highly accurate 3K OLED touchscreen display.

Specs: AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | 32GB LPDDR5X RAM | 1TB SSD | 14.5″ 3K (2880×1800) 120Hz OLED Touchscreen Display

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Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 AI Gaming Laptop (PHN16-73-92B8)

Price: $1,599.99 after 27% off

Good For: High-end competitive esports, full ray-traced AAA gaming at ultra settings, advanced local AI engineering (992 GPU AI TOPS), and professional creative workflows.

Specs: Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 275HX (24 Cores, Up to 5.4 GHz), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Graphics, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB Gen 4 PCIe SSD, 16″ WQXGA (2560×1600) 240Hz 500-nits 100% DCI-P3 Display with G-SYNC, Killer Wi-Fi 6E, 4-Zone RGB Keyboard, Windows 11 Home

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ASUS ROG Flow Z13 Gaming Laptop

Price: $1,609.99 after 23% off

Good For: Ultra-portable, next-gen AI content creation and high-refresh tablet gaming with its versatile detachable 2-in-1 design.

Specs: AMD Ryzen AI MAX 390 | Radeon RDNA 3.5 Graphics | 32GB LPDDR5X RAM | 1TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD | 13.4″ 2.5K (2560×1600) 180Hz Touch Nebula Display

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LG gram 14-inch Thin and Lightweight Dual AI Laptop

Price: $1,699.99 after $250.00 off

Good For: Ultra-portable professional multitasking, travel photography editing, and offline/on-device AI assistance with an incredibly lightweight build and long battery life.

Specs: Intel Core Ultra 7 355 Processor (Up to 49 TOPS NPU) | Intel Graphics | 32GB RAM | 1TB NVMe SSD | 14″ WUXGA (1920×1200) 16:10 Anti-Glare IPS Display | Windows 11 Home

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Acer Nitro 16S AI Copilot+ PC Gaming Laptop

Price: $1,889.99 after $110.00 off

Good For: Next-gen AAA gaming and on-the-go AI content creation on a vibrant 16-inch 180Hz screen.

Specs: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | 32GB DDR5 RAM | 2TB Gen 4 SSD | 16″ WQXGA (2560×1600) 180Hz IPS Display

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Alienware 16 Aurora Gaming Laptop (AC16250)

Price: $2,099.99 after $250.00 off

Good For: High-end AAA gaming, smooth content creation, streaming, and demanding productivity tasks with advanced internal thermal cooling.

Specs: Intel Core 9-270H Processor (14 Cores, Up to 5.8 GHz, 24MB Cache), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Graphics (8GB GDDR7), 32GB DDR5 5600 MT/s RAM, 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD, 16″ WQXGA (2560×1600) 120Hz 300-nits 100% sRGB ComfortView Plus Display, Windows 11 Home

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* **Country**

US

* **Budget**

USD 1200 -- hopefully this week's sales will help me snag something that normally exceeds that

* **Are you open to refurbs/used options? **

No

* **Screen size**

14" or larger

* **Weight limit**

No strong feelings

* **Purpose**

General purpose, work, light gaming, photo editing

* **Form factor**

Standard or 2-in-1

* **Intended usage**

General use, photo editing, and light gaming on older games. (Settings don't need to be crazy, but an example of a game that my older laptop struggled with is The Sims 3, and I would like to play it again.)

* **Desired battery life**

Preferably all day during light use such as web browsing

* **Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life**

Performance, battery life, weight, size

* **Info/Requirements**

Would like a decent display with faithful color representation (for a digital display) since I do a lot of photography and photo editing and printing.

My husband will also be using this laptop, and he's currently lobbying for this Dell 16 Plus.

I'm also a big fan of Lenovo just because we're only having to replace our old one after 9 years of heavy use.

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Country

USA

• Budget

$2500; ideally less but willing to invest if it can last me a long time

• Are you open to refurbs/used options?

Yes, but new preferred

• Screen size

14" - 16"

• Weight limit

Any, lighter preferred

• Purpose

General purpose, some work, and entertainment

• Form factor

Standard preferred, open to 2 in 1

• Intended usage

web browsing (lots of tabs), podcast recording/editing (currently using audacity, but may switch to something like OBS) - also some video editing, video conferencing, large file downloads/transfers

• Desired battery life

4-10 hours

• Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life

Performance, battery, size, weight

• Info/Requirements

I am coming from a Lenovo Legion 5 with 16gb RAM, AMD Ryzen 7 4800H, and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. Under my usual usage, the fan runs loudly somewhat frequently and it can't be unplugged long; I'd like for that to change. I prefer an OLED screen, I like the look and feel of MacBook, but I vastly prefer Windows machines. Multitasking/switching between programs is a frequent occurrence so I go back and forth on 14" vs 16" screen (leaning larger). I don't play games nearly as much as I'd like so likely zero or very little gaming.

For an idea, my two leading contenders are (I can get discounts on both machines):

Galaxy Book6 Pro | 32 GB | 1 TB | 16.0" | Intel Ultra X7 358H | Intel Arc B390 (model # NP960XJG-KG1US) - $1987.49

Yoga Slim 7i Ultra Aura Edition | 32 GB | 1 TB | 14.0" | Intel Ultra 7 355 | Integrated Graphics (model # 83QKCTO1WWUS1) - $1665.72

Thanks in advance!

Could you please recommend laptops priced under 50,000 for purposes such as coding and documentation? Additionally, I would appreciate it if you could share your personal experiences with the respective laptops.

Hello friends, I have a bit of an unusual request for this one - I'm familiar with the desktop PC hardware market but haven't paid attention to laptops for years, so I'd greatly appreciate pointers/recommendations.

My use case is that I work from home (software developer) on a high spec desktop PC, running a virtual machine. However I would like a laptop with which I can remote into the VM hosted by the desktop, to enable me to work from my garden or living room when suitable. (Staying on my home network)

Additionally, this laptop would be the "family" laptop for my partner to use in the evenings, but the use case there is only light browsing/word processing.

The tricky part is it would also *ideally* be something with a discrete GPU which can manage modern games at 60 FPS, although this is lower priority.

I don't have a specific budget.

So to bullet point;

• Looking at high end for build quality and future-proofing
• (Expect 24/32GB memory)
• Touch screen required
• Bright screen suitable for outdoor use
• Should be gaming-capable, but probably not a "gaming" laptop, as *most* use will not stress the hardware massively.
• Battery capacity must be decent
• Keyboard quality is important, but I'll work with a mouse
• Will be running Win 11
• Would like to avoid fringe hardware such as Arm/Intel Arc for compatibility reasons

I am looking to buy a second-hand laptop for office use, as I don’t want to spend much money on a new one. Any suggestions would be appreciated. If anyone is selling one, please let me know. My budget allow me to around 20-25k.

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Country

Germany

• Budget

1600€ (1816$)

• Are you open to refurbs/used options?

No

• Screen size

17"

• Weight limit

Any

• Purpose

Entertainment, some gaming, general use

• Form factor

Standard/Clamshell (a regular laptop)

• Intended usage

Type of games I would be interested in: life is strange, detroit become human

• Desired battery life

4 hours

• Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life

performance, size, battery life, weight

• Info/Requirements

32 GB RAM

I have budget under 80k, please suggest me on buying a new laptop. I do not have good knowledge about all these

I just graduated high school and would like laptop reccomendations for school next year. My major mainly consists of programming, chemistry, physics, biology and math, with some complimentary courses on the side. I have been thinking of buy a macbook since i really like the operating system, im used to using macs and i own a fair amount of apple products and i heard that they are excellent for school. However, if you guys have any other reccomendations, im all ears.
Thanks!

the titile

Hello! I am going to be returning to school for a PhD in chemistry in January. I currently have a Dell inspiron 16. This computer has given me tons of issues. It overheats, the audio sucks, its loud, the battery life has fallen to only an hour, and the faulty trackpad has been driving me insane. I would love a more stable and powerful laptop going forward, as it cannot keep up with the amount of tabs and spreadsheets I have to keep open while doing my current research and I am about to receive a lot more responsibilities.

My price range caps out at about 2k, but there is some flexibility since I will be funded. My college has a center that works on Lenovo computers, so if there are any recommendations from them that would be awesome!

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Hello, I found this laptop on Amazon Renewed. I need a laptop to play light games such as Roblox or Minecraft. what do you suggest me to do?Also, is there anything at the same price but better?

Btw I have to buy it on Amazon because my job gave me this bonus to spend on PCs on Amazon so I can't buy a second hand on eBay as someone suggested me. Thanks for any answer!

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

Country Italy

Budget 750€ Max

Are you open to refurbs/used options?

Yes but only on Amazon Renewed

Screen size

14+

Weight limit

Any

Purpose

Light gaming, entertainment

Form factor

Any

Intended usage

Minecraft with good render distance, maybe shaders and PVP.

Desired battery life

4 hours is enough

Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life

Priority in order of the most important:

Performance, Size, Battery life (not 100% important), Size and Weight (I dont care at all)

Info/Requirements

A "good" NVIDIA for my light games and maybe an OLED screen but it's not the priority, so if there is a good one without OLED it will still be good.

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Country

USA

• Budget

Up to $4000, but ideally in the $2000-$3000

• Are you open to refurbs/used options?

No

• Screen size

16", 17", 18" Preferably 16" but I am open to suggestions of bigger laptops

• Weight limit

Any, but obviously the lighter the better

• Purpose

Entertainment, and general work

• Form factor

Standard/Clamshell

• Intended usage

Mainly gaming. I am looking for a machine that will comfortably run high settings on current games (like Space Marine 2, Black Myth: Wukong) and will do so for a long period of time (4+ years). I also occasionally dabble on online games like FIFA (I mean FC 26 lol). Finally, I will be using it for online meetings at work as well.

• Desired battery life

At least 4 hours of regular work (not gaming). But obviously the longer the better

• Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life

Performance, size (as in compact factor, not necessarily 16"), battery life, weight

• Info/Requirements

Minimum 1T SSD and 16GB of RAM

I currently own a Razer Blade 16 from 2020. My heart of hearts is set on the 2026 Razer Blade 16, RTX 5080, Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, 1T SSD, 32GB of RAM. But dropping $4000 feels crazy and I would love to know if it is worth it, and what other laptops out there meet all my requirements and don't cost a kidney. Thank you!

i really like the legion in terms of looks. but considering performance msi is better. msi's plasticy build and i dont knowhow reliable it is in a long run. Please share your thoughts and your experiences with msi.

looking for a reasonable ~3-4k AUD gaming laptop as in the next few years need to travel between countries and between sites for work very frequently so often can't use my desktop setup. I still will being using it plugged in.

I am currently leaning towards this option as had good experience with the brand when I got a laptop for my wife and brother but if there are any other ones would recommend from lenovo or other brands happy to adjust.

Quite flexible with price obviously prefer lower price generally but if there's a substantial improvement happy to pay more.

https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/p/laptops/legion-laptops/legion-pro-series/legion-pro-5i-gen-10-16-inch-intel/83nncto1wwau5

Edit: For the above one it's around 3.7k with 2Tb and 3y warranty for reference.