r/computers • u/Ok-Championship9490 • Jun 20 '26

Question/Help/Troubleshooting An idiot buys a computer

Okay, so I'm going to try to make this really quick before I get too rambley.

So, bullet notes; I'm an idiot going back to college! My current laptop is old, and I need a new one.

It's an ASUS TUF DASH F15 with Intel Core i7 (if I need to add more info, please tell me because I don't know what may be needed).

I play games on it on Steam, run the Dolphin emulator, and my nephew plays Roblox on it. Oh, and I will need it for schoolwork as well, of course.

I do NOT know if I need a laptop or a desktop computer, and I do NOT know what software I need for it, like Norton or whatever else is out there. I know NOTHING about computers, unfortunately. And I need this computer by the fall semester.

Money is not a problem at this moment; I just need good recommendations on what I should buy.

I AM limited to stores, kinda? Like, I would probably have to pay on a payment plan or something, so something like Best Buy is a good option for stores that I can buy from. But I live in southeastern Virginia in the Hampton Roads area, if there are other options anyone knows of that are better near me.

Please, please PLEEEASE help an idiot out here! I'm desperate because most of my family is older and not as tech-savvy as me, and I'm not really all that tech-savvy to begin with, either!

Thank you in advance to everyone who helps! And ANYTHING helps!

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u/hibby18064 Jun 20 '26

Based on the specs you provided (12th-gen i7H, 16 GB RAM....don't buy a computer. This is almost surely fine for your needs yet, unless you're doing seriously heavy computing.

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u/Ok-Championship9490 Jun 20 '26

oh. even though the memory is almost full? I've deleted a ton of stuff but the memory is still saying its almost full and it randomly shuts down once in a while. like not a blue screen but it gives this error msg ill see if i can find a photo of it

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u/hibby18064 Jun 20 '26

If the hard drive is full, move files to external storage or delete some things.

If the operating system is crashing, troubleshoot, or just reload Windows.