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Hope this helps someone. Searched gaming laptops like crazy for 4 months before I bought a new one 1 month ago (upgraded from MSI 63thin 1660Ti) to Lenovo Legion slim 5 with 4070 and a Ryzen 7840HS. Screen 2560x1600, (QHD). Reviews said some bad stuff and some good stuff about the CPU and GPU but man let me tell you it runs smooth as butter on every game. Thermal has not been a problem at all. What I want to tell people with this comment is just do the amount of research you want but after a while just go for it. Because someone will still say the comp is bad either way.

I explained to a computer salesman Tip # 4 when I was window shopping 2mos ago, funny thing, he labelled me as too finicky on specs. Did not bother to justify, as he didn’t know most of the specs he was selling. Awesome tips Jarrod! Might use them next year as thinking of finally upgrading my devices.

Love your honest work. Truly a blessing for us all. Less than 10 minute video covers every important point.

Top 1 Tip: Catch the best deal 😁

Hi Jarrod'sTech, I want to emphasize my thankfulness for your KZfaq channel and your through reviews on gaming laptops. I'm looking for a new laptop to replace my problematic Dell Alienware laptop and your YT videos really help me in honing in on deals and what to look out for. After dealing with Dell, I would emphasize to new buyers that reading reviews on the manufacturer and on the product itself is extremely important. Buying an Alienware x15 R2 has been nothing but motherboard issues and my warranty all of sudden was 'not found'. This is my 5th time in 3 months I've had this issue. Also, my previous laptop, I would emphasize more on cooling tech and staying away from plastic chassis'; because omg I promise you if you don't its like your touching a grill while playing games or other GPU-intensive work. Also for battery consumption for work, watching videos, etc. I recommend going into the Windows settings for common apps such as Chrome, Edge, Media Player - switch it to use the Integrated GPU instead of the Dedicated GPU for maximum power-saving. It's literally night and day.

The level of detail you go into is simply amazing !! I have benefitted immensely from your videos. Cannot thank you enough for all the effort and time you go through to get us these tips. Stay blessed and eagerly waiting for the next vid!!

I'm always grateful to this channel as this was the reason why I bought my Legion 5. It's a 2021 model and it is still running as if it is new 2 years later.

I always appreciate and enjoy your videos and advice

This is incredible explanation. My gratitude sir

Only thing I'd like to add is paying attention to heat and noise of the laptop. Overall an easy to digest and useful video. Much appreciated.

Love these, they’ve really helped me out.

Great work bro , Awesome explanation.😍

Love your work, Jarrod !

Thanks for your great videos 🙌🏻

A very informative video 🙌

Thanks for the great tips! Would you consider defining the list of games and target framerates as the tip #1.5? You can easily be willing to play at 1440p everything max out but spend no more than $700. :) (For those who're not into the specs completely)

Great tips like always, reviewers in my country's usually paid sponsorships so It is difficult to find unbiased reviewers that reviews other smaller spec laptops. (Like how they says that the GF63 Thin is a *"good"* laptop)

I still love watching these kinds of videos. I'm still running on i5-11400, 1650, but I'm only playing pokemon GBA/DS games on emulators. Love this channel

Thank you!

my laptop that I recently got has been perfect for me I used to run on a thinkpad x390 which was really slow, so any upgrade was amazing for me. I ended up getting a top specced dell g16 (not the new g16 with the 40 series, but the old one with 30 series. Those 40 series are way too expensive), and it has been amazing. high resolution with 165hz, and 32 whole GB of ram. also for reviews I recommend looking at patterns in the negative reviews, such as people complaining that there was only one ssd slot, and ignoring the one off issues like john doe saying his computer broke after 3 days of use.

I've had my Zephyrus g14 6700s for 10 months, thanks to your advice. It is the perfect laptop for me and I expect to keep it for at least a couple more years to do CAD work in college.

Love your content and also that aaaall of your t-shirts are from amazing metal bands

Just purchased a Lenovo slim 5 16 etc 4060 on sale from Best Buy. Thanks for helping us make smarter purchases. Hope it last a good while.

Thanks jarrod!

I love your Videos! You’ve helped me so much to pick the laptop I ultimately have landed on. I’ve bought and returned a few to Best Buy simply because I didn’t know what I should be looking for. I ended up on the Acer Predator Helios neo 16. Plenty of ports, excellent display, 4060 gpu, and the rgb keyboard for more fps 😁. I’ve already upgraded to a 2tb ssd and 32gb ram. Thanks so much!

i think upgrade option is more important than ports, most of chunky laptop have enought port and slim laptop has enough wide bandwidth usb c to use hub. ram and storage upgrade is very important for customer who work in multimedia and creation field

I purchased a HP Omen 15 with an integrated 10 key layout in early 2021. It was my first ever gaming laptop running a 1660 ti. While I hardly ever game on it, as I utilize my desktop computer for that, the HP Omen means a lot to me emotionally as it's my backup just in case I'm unemployed and my desktop computer crashes. Something I've experienced in the past. So, my gaming laptop means more to me than just playing games.

Jarrod's no 1 tips : always aim for the most RGB!

Laptops were initially manufactured with a CPU socket, just like they are now on motherboards. However, they soon started soldering them, understandably, as it generated more profit. After experiencing significant heating issues with older models, users were told that the CPU had failed and that they needed to buy a new laptop. Meanwhile, companies were refurbishing (CPU reballing) and reselling the same laptops. Today, laptops generate less heat and have fewer breakdowns, but the reballing method remains the same. That's why we don't drive cars on hydrogen but on fuel :). Good video!

Just want to add that sometimes it is possible to change the GPU, of it is the MXM module. It’s like the desktop graphic card which you can remove from motherboard.

This is very helpful. I am in the market for a gaming laptop that can do video and photo editing too.

Could you maybe make a guide on how to properly clean the keyboard / outside of a high end laptop without risk of damage or degradation? I have a ROG Strix G17 and I'd love to give it some good cleaning regularly but don't know how to approach it

ROFL, I have the same Dell Inspiron! It's still going too, got to give it credit for struggling on. As usual, nice video Jarrod!

Jarrod, you reviewed the last year's Asus vivobook pro 16x. Any plans on covering the 2023 model? The specsheet is really impressive.

Hey man, just a question on 4070 laptops. I know you discussed it plenty and it turned out to be basically equal to 3070ti, but in Legion 5 pro 2023 review you published, the 1% low was actually much worse than 3070ti. I wonder if with updated drivers the current scenario for 4070 improved vs a few months back. You are the best!

Surprisingly I love my Aero 15 3060. I love the screen. The 4K Oled is just so nice. Next upgrade will be the Prometheus series when the 5000 Gpus come out.

Already got Jarrod's advice and got my strix g16. Time to send this to anybody that ever asks me about a gaming laptop to buy

Heyy, i just recently came across your channel and i really like ur detailed tests and honest reviews. Just a small suggestion though for real world usage apart from gaming, like in da vinci , adobe premiere etc. it would be more helpful to see results of exporting and editing some high quality footage and even in blender using the classroom scene or something similar as a standard. These would convey more meaningful information as to how capable these machines are and if they are significantly better than our existing system.

+ Additional note : you need to check what kind of software (app) that you want to use daily (you can make a notes), example : as a college student, etc

Also check the wattage of components, especially wattage of graphics cards (TGP). I personally wouldn’t go under 100W graphic card nowadays.

Some feedback for Tip 4. I don’t know what unit measurements you are talking about for brightness and I am sure there are lots of people that do know. But adding the word onto the screen with the unit of measurement helps me identify the values I need to be concerned with.

The price part is actually really tricky, I might find a laptop that reviewers said it costs 1200$ while that's only true in the states, while in other continents that same gaming laptop can go up to 1600$ or even way more.

Thanks Jarrod ! Your videos are awesome, but I would really appreciate if you helped me with choosing one of these laptops, I have a budget anything less than 2000$, The cheaper the better obviously but i still need something powerful should I go with a 4070 or RX 6800M (in the ASUS G15 AE), its hard to choose since the RX 6800M has 12 GB of VRAM and the 4070 only has 8GB, but still i feel like the 4070 might still be better because it has DLSS + FG. Is 8GB of Vram good enough or should i look for a 12gb card, I probably wont upgrade for 3 years or more.... or maybe should i wait for Black Friday and possibly get a 4080 which has both of these things, I could try to stretch the budget a little bit. or maybe wait until Nvidia drops a refresh of the 4070 or AMD drops a new Laptop Card. What do you think ? - EDIT : I know i asked alot of stuff, but could you also do A review on the "Eluktronics Prometheus XVI G2 (2023)" it seems good for 1700$ and a 4080 card

Thank you for the very insightful video. I have plans on getting a replacement laptop for both work and play. Would be nice to have something which is lesser than 2kg, has decent entry level performance that won't break the bank account 😗.

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Please do a video on best laptops on every price range during Black Friday sales..Thank you!

Hey J - I gan get a 2023 HP Victus with a Ryzen 7 7840HS CPU, RTX 4060 GPU and 16gb RAM. However, I cant find any reviews of the Victus with these specs, most have RTX 30 series or RTX 4050 with slower CPUs. Would you consider this a good buy for entry level to mid range gaming laptop?

Which laptops are best for content creation?

i ordered my laptop like just 10 hours ago and am glad i checked all these tips

I found this video just after I purchased a gaming laptop. Thankfully the loq 15 is really good.

I feel like a 18 inch would suit me well but not sure. I'm a truck driver and can't carry my desktop on the road for weeks but I feel a larger laptop would be fine but I don't know if it affects performance

I have a dilemma. Buying my very first gaming laptop and stuck between two options - 1) Lenovo Legion S5 and 2) Lenovo LOQ 15. Both have the same price and share most of the specs, but one - S5 has better 2K screen and slower R5 CPU, while LOQ has better i7 processor and not very good FullHD screen. Which one do I choose? Better screen and colors or better CPU performance? Would really appreciate your advice

Depends what you need and want. I feel I want one to bring up north and plug on my living 4k tv... My big pc 2080 ti 19, is still great does the job on 1440p ultra on most games today, but it's loud and I rather put it in my pc room, so I will only do that and not run around doing other stuff.

What's the best laptop for graphic design and gaming?

Hello Jarrod. Thank you for this awesome video. I'm from Iran and I ordered Legion slim 5i i7 13700H+4060 125W 16GB DDR5 5200 1TB nvme 16" 1600p 100% srgb. Will get it in a couple days. Jumping from Intel HD Graphics 520 Asus vivobook to this laptop. Dunno if I'll feel the differnce. I'm so excited!!!! Keep up the good work and thank you.

Man i ordered a Lenovo Legion Slim 5 14" and after watching this video i think i couldn't pick a better deal! Thanks for the tips :)

I got a msi stealth 16 studio for around £1599 here in the UK which is a fantastic deal for Black Friday ! Lucky in the USA where all technology is cheaper compared to here .

Jarrod please do a review on the tuf f15 2023? Its pretty different than the a15 you reviewed.

build quality and charger size is important to me, thats why ill recommend lenovo and asus in gaming laptop

Got a 4060 lenovo legion 5 slim for 900 dollars from black Friday sales on best buy. Well we'll well worth it

Holy cow, another Insomnium fan. That's rad af! \m/

​​@JarrodsTech i hope you get this i tried to reach you out as a experinced guy + and i between two choices that i am confused about do you recommend a HP victus rtx 2050 (2023 version) or Asus tuf f15 2050 rtx with same cpu and ram ?? i have heard that there is a wattage limit for each laptop i guees tdp or tgp in order to have higher performance. thanks in advance

Specs I'm looking for in my dream gaming laptop: i7 or i9, early rtx 40 series or late 30 series, 1tb SSD, 16gb or 32gb RAM, weighing less than 2kg and low to no fan noise (but that doesn't matter much to me because I'm willing to play all my games on low settings).

Very nice

Hey, I'm going to buy a laptop for black friday now and I'm choosing between asus rog strix g17 (2022) with ryzen 9 6900HX and rtx 3070 ti or asus zephyrus g16 with an i9-13900H and an rtx 4060, which of those two do you think is better? They're both going for the same price right now in Bulgaria.

Thank you, this was very helpful.

Is Acer predator Helios neo 16 is a good laptop for a starter?

Jar you didn't mention that frame generation helps with ageing . External gpu ? m.2 connection or thunderbolt ?

Should i get a Lenovo LOQ 15 RTX 3050 i7? Or the Asus TUF A15 Rhyzen 7 RTX 4060? Im mostly going to use it to run low end games

Hi Jarrod's Tech I wanted to ask if Aorus 17 BSF with i7 13700H cpu and 4070 gpu is good gaming laptop or if u have some better recomendation

i use two laptops , portability and other serious works on macbook air, and another gaming laptop weight 2.5kg for gaming.

Just bought myself a Lenovo Legion Pro 5i with max specs. I can't wait to replace my Thinkpad x250! I love my Thinkpad 'cause it's very sturdy and got through years of hardships with it but it's no longer reliable in doing my content creation work. I'm always like in a matrix like the slo-mo fight scenes whenever I use it and then Windows 10 just randomly stops. I bought my Thinkpad x250 2nd hand and it cost around 240usd while the Legion Pro 5i (max specs) cost 1,400usd in B&H due to the upcoming black friday or holiday sale. I wanted the Legion Pro 7i for its 4080 graphics and 99.9w-hr battery but I'm 600usd to 700usd short with my budget.

I'm going to buy a new laptop and I'm undecided which one, there is the Acer nitro 5 with i5 12gen with rtx4050 at $750 and the Acer Predator Helios neo 16 with an i5 13gen with rtx4050 at $800, apart from the best processor, the Acer Does Predator have anything else that justifies the price? Which one has a better finish, better materials, which one do you recommend? Thank you very much for your videos and website, they are very helpful

I see that the Eluktronics Promethius XVI G2 is on your deals list website but I am struggling to find any reviews on it, I was kind of surprised to see you promoting something you has not reviewed. Is there a review somewhere and I am just missing it?

I have zephyrus m16 with only one 16gb and I want to add another one, which 16gb’s sticks do you recommend?

How much better is a 4060 with a i5 (Acer nitro 5) $1300AUD vs a 4050 with a i7 (Lenovo Loq 15) for $1400AUD? I have watched both videos on the builds and they both look quite good however I have no direct comparisons with data of a 4050 loq and 4060 nitro 5. Which one do you guys recommend? Also anyone in Australia do you have recommendations on gaming laptops that will last at least 4 years?

for a second i thought he was serious about rgb and fps , love your video

JARROD any thoughts on the 2023 ZEPHYRUS G16

You should update the card recommendation in the end of your latest vid to this one!

I'm buying an loq ryzen confused between 7640hs or 7840hs as I would love to get into some vedio editing also in future along with gaming 6 or 8 cores between these two ryzen chips which to choose. How much performance will I loose opting for the 6 cores instead of 8

I have purchased Acer Nitro 16 R7 4050 for 1199 euros. This is my first gaming laptop. Coming from an i3 laptop of 2017 i hope it is good. I am just a little nervous as no one on KZfaq talks about it.😅

Jarrod, i dont get it, why should I aim for a higher screen with a refresh rate if modern games would fall below 60 prompting me to reduce the resolution in the first place?

I was thinking either msis vetor gp 68, asus strix g 18 with 4080, or legion pro 7i with 4080 as well, what do you recco?

Hi. So the LOQ AMD and LOQ Intel is the same price in Denmark, and I dont know enough about laptops to decide which model is the best?

hi can anyone attest to the reliability of the gaming laptop site? Are these second hands or PCs with a particular problem? and is it possible to have it delivered internationally or is it only in the USA? thank you in advance🙏🏽

Prices in europe are pretty wild rn. My budget is 1700 or so, and from what i've seen that's either a 4070 with qhd or 4060 with oled, with some flavors of cpu and ram. 4070 doesnt seem enough to handle games in qhd at a good stable framerate with 8gb vram, and since 4080 is 1k more and unreachable, i was wondering if 4060 with led is the better choice if you're gonna downscale to fhd anyway? I can't use externals...

What about eGPU? Do You have some video about it?

I got the Legion Slim 5 16" 7840HS and 4060 and 96GB RAM. Few things that i wish i had put more consideration into. BIOS upgradability methods. You can't upgrade bios from inside bios, from USB stick. For example on my asus desktop i can update mobo bios even without monitor, RAM, CPU, GPU, keyboard, mouse. Lenovo for this product segment only gives BIOS update from Windows. The other problem is that with official Nvidia driver, the 4060 can't fully power down even in iGPU 780M mode. This is extra 15W an hour doing nothing (if i had known that from beginning, i had gone with 780M only laptop, because the Nouveau driver, that can fully power down 4060, this does not have Optix and Cuda compute).

Something that I can’t seem to figure out is the legion i7 4090 worth the extra 500 over the 4080? What would your honest assessment be? I do want a laptop that will last as long as possible, but I don’t want to waist money on diminishing returns. What’s your professional opinion? Thank you for the great videos!!

I'm really conflicted on which to buy, currently B&H has the legion pro 5i i9 4070 32gb 1TB for $1399 and BBY has the asus zephyrus m16 i9 4070 16gb 1TB 4070 for $1499. I like the smaller size of the asus for portability.

i was paying my full attention 😂 6:24

Sir can you please tell me the Difference between Lenovo legion pro 82JQ00JCIN vs 82JQ011 FIN

im looking for laptop with rtx 3050 and 100% srgb display, is there any good recommendation? i dont choose rtx 40 series because my budget is even lower than those with rtx 40series. in my country all those laptops are imported so the price listed anywhere in the video link will get marked up to 30% from the original

Should i buy 2023 laptop or wait for 2024 laptop with windows 12 al support device?

First tip: Actually have money

Yeah , sweetspot. 4080 / 4090 makes sense with a huge 4k screen plugged in. But in that cases, you can also aim for a desktop

Jarrod are you recomend acer nitro v15 rtx 4050 in 2024 for me?

There is a way to reduce latency on laptops?

Can’t wait for the tier list 🤤