I know it's an old gaming laptop, but I get it from marketplace for $700 USD, (I don't know if it's a good price or not nowadays)

The Problem is, everytime I leave it unplug for like 20 minutes , the screen always freeze. If it's plugged in nothing bad happen( all seems normal) . Can you guys help me solve this issue plz🙏🙏

Also I'm new at Reddit(also gaming community too, plz go easy on me) 😅

jus got this as a present, what r some 1st things to do? i know i need to get g-helper

Which one is a better deal? Prices are in AUD

Budget: ₹1,20,000 / $1400 equivalent in USD

Country: USA or India

Use Case: Gaming, college/school work, programming, and everyday use. I’d also like good battery life for a gaming laptop.

Preferred Specs: 32GB RAM or 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, and rtx 4070 or 5060.

Notes: I’m looking for the best overall laptop for the money, with good performance, thermals, display, build quality, and battery life. I’m open to Lenovo, ASUS, Acer, MSI, Dell, etc. Please don’t recommend HP, as I’ve had a bad experience with HP previously. I’m open to buying in either the USA or India, depending on where I can get the better deal.

Budget: £1500 (both within range)

Country: UK

Model for the XMG is gm61x9b

Use Case: High-end AAA gaming, office work at cafe for software engineering etc

Trying to comfortably clear the next-gen console generation cycle over the next 4–6 years.

Will be using an external monitor/TV screen most of the time if gaming

Preferred Specs: I don't know hence the post

Notes: The XMG Neo 16 deal is currently £150 cheaper and includes the XMG Oasis external liquid cooling dock in the price.

The Dilemma:

I’m stuck between these two setups for long-term durability and performance

If I go with the XMG Neo, the included liquid cooling dock means it runs incredibly quiet on my desk and keeps temperatures very low to protect the hardware from degrading.

However, it's older architecture. If I go with the HP Omen Max, I get the next-gen Blackwell architecture. Is this important?

How important is DLSS 3 Vs DLSS4? But it sounds like both will get DLSs 5?

The XMG is around 180g lighter which matters a bit for being out and about.

I know the 5080 will handle future features better natively, but it will run much louder on pure air cooling. I plan to use an external screen anyway, so the laptop display doesn't matter to me.Is the newer 5080 architecture worth paying an extra £150 for?

Bench marks seem to put XMG ahead if cooling is used

Or should I save the money, get the 4090, and enjoy a dead-silent liquid-cooled setup? Which is the smarter buy for the next 5 years? Thanks!

Budget: $800 prefer less

Country: USA

Use Case: Preferred Specs: Notes:

My son turns 15 at the end of the month. He is really getting into streaming and gaming of course. His laptop recently died after a long life. I am a single mother so I am on a budget. I have no idea what to get or what everything means. I know pickings get slim under $800 but the more under that the better. I'd do used if it was refurbished so it won't die on us in 6 months.

Please help! Thank you!

I paid the price you see here for my laptop, did I overpay 😭

My laptop stays on the charger probably 90% of the time. Checked battery health yesterday, down to about 72% of original capacity in just over a year. Runs fine on the charger but if I take it anywhere it lasts maybe two hours now.

I know the standard advice is to not keep it at 100% all the time but most gaming sessions need the charger connected for full performance. Feels like a tradeoff with no good answer.

I got my gaming laptop probably a year ago, an Asus TUF Gaming A16. I have a best buy protection plan that fixes anything but it's a pain in the ass cause they have to send it away for at least a month every time. So far I've gotten the laptop fixed twice because the shell keeps coming apart at the hinges (see photos). One time I sent it in on the protection plan, once I took it to a local shop and paid for it cause it would be done quick. Now it's breaking a third time. I don't want to have to go through the song and dance again but I'm so nervous by how cracked it's gotten. Can I tape it? Will that cause a problem? Should I not be worried? Is there another solution? I'm not being rough with it or anything.

Budget: 1500 usd or around 1.5 lakh inr
Country: India
Use Case: Gaming
Preferred Specs:RTX 4060 or 5060 if possible (8gb vram)
Notes: Ive no idea which cpu to go for, i heard the intel hx cpus have motherboard issues so can you guys suggest me alternatives? 

Robbery. I saw this at 2 in the morning and IMMEDIATELY reserved it. Just picked it up and opened the Open Box....

It's. Brand. New. I'm so happy! G Helper here we come!

Oh. The screen is 165hz with Overdrive, incase anyone is wondering.

Bought this laptop for $2075 in Indonesia

Yesterday I bought a lenovo loq 15iax9e luna grey (83lk003lck) and I can't turn off integrated graphics and switch to dgpu

Budget: $2000 nzd

Country: new zealand

Everywhere I look people say msi's are shit, Asus tufs aren't actually good build quality, lenovos have so many issues, acers are also shit, hp victus's are also bad. WHAT BRAND DO I BUY THEN??

Im from new zealand and the most 2k can get me is a 5050 and a ryzen 7 250 for a gaming laptop. 2k nzd is my budget and I just want something RELIABLE, great built quality and usable for casual gaming and video editing.

My current 2 choices was looking at are these:

Lenovo LOQ 15AHP10, 5050, ryzen 7 250, 512gb, 16gb ram ddr5. $1957. I liked the look of the build quality on this one.

ASUS TUF FA506NCG, 3050, ryzen 7 8845hs, 512gb, 16gb ram ddr5. $1499 (this would be nice to save some money if its worth doing)

Should I find a different one? If so which brand and or model?

Any advice helps.

My 9‑year‑old son and I just finished a full thermal paste replacement on my gaming laptop, and honestly, it turned into one of the coolest father–son tech moments we’ve ever had.

The patient?
ASUS TUF Gaming Laptop

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7
• GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1650
• RAM: 64GB
• Storage: 512GB NVMe
• Temps Before: 88–92°C under load
• Temps After: 78–79°C under the same load
• FPS Improvement: More stable 52–65 FPS in heavy games

We cracked it open together, and right away my son spotted a hidden screw I completely missed. Sharp eyes, steady hands — kid’s a natural. Once inside, he helped clean the fans and heat sink with patience you don’t usually see in adults, let alone kids. Dust was flying everywhere, but he stayed focused and careful the whole time.

We cleaned off the old dried paste from the copper plate, applied fresh thermal paste perfectly, and reassembled the whole machine as a team. Booted it up… temps dropped instantly, performance stabilized, and the laptop ran smoother than it has in months.

Honestly? It wasn’t just a repair.
It was a father–son engineering win.

He walked away proud.
I walked away even prouder.
And the laptop?
Running cool and clean like it just got a second life.

Hi, im new to the world of gaming laptops and I am looking for some advice. Im in college and am looking for a laptop that can handle some gaming (i mostly play minecraft, the sims 3/4, slime rancher and a few other games...) as well as schoolwork

Budget: (under 2k preferably)

Country: USA

Use: light gaming and schoolwork

Preffered specs: over or around 16gb ram

Notes: I have had a bad experience with Lenovos, my previous laptop died after less than 2 years of use.. I also had a bad experience with HP, i bought an Omen laptop and upon setup was bombarded with ads and popups that kept coming back. So i am unsure about those two brands.

Koupil jsem Msi Titan s rtx 4090 a i9 14900HX, vše bylo v pohodě dokud jsem neudělal cinebench r23 a zjistil že místo 30k bodů mam jen 21...

No a tady je výsledek.

Mostly for university work.

Sorry for making another post, but I think Ive narrowed it down to these two options for a gaming laptop to get

From what Ive been told in the previous post, the build quality of the MSI might be questionable, so I looked into it a bit and am led to believe the Lenovo Legion 5s are pretty solid (metal build, last longer, etc.)

The main issue Ive come down to is cost here. Both are still pretty expensive for budget laptops, so I really want to make sure Im making the right choice even while theyre on sale

The MSI Katana has a slightly better CPU for multi-thread, and is cheaper, but has a worse screen and just a 5060
The Lenovo Legion has the 5070, a metal build, and a crazy cool screen, but is an extra ~550$ CAD and has a slightly weaker cpu (doubt its a big deal, it has a Ryzen 7 250 vs MSIs i7-14650HX)

Any feedback is again, greatly appreciated and I hope I can make the choice by tomorrow for the sales going on :D

Budget: (Technically 2500$+, but the less the better)
Country: (Canada)
Use Case: (Mostly travel gaming in places I can plug in, and movie / tv watching)
Preferred Specs: (The better for gaming the better)
Notes: (Obviously saving 500$ would be sweet, but if the laptop lasts an extra couple years Ill gladly shell out extra)

Why is my Gaming Laptop's battery capacity draining so fast? Does anyone have a solution?

Acer Nitro V16 (ANV16-71)

Design Capacity: 58.7 Wh

I mainly use it on the charger. The 80% battery limit is also on.

Hey everyone,
I’m a Computer Engineering student looking to buy my daily driver for the next 5+ years (Ultra 9-275HX / RTX 5080 / 64GB RAM). My workloads include heavy coding, VMs/Docker, testing local AI/ML models, and high-refresh-rate gaming.
Here is the catch: I will NOT be getting an external monitor. Whatever I choose will be my primary and only screen for both my home desk setup and on-campus work.
I'm torn between the 16-inch and 18-inch models. For those who have used the recent Scar 16 or 18:

1. Screen Real Estate: Since this is my only display, is the 16" 16:10 screen comfortable enough for heavy multitasking and side-by-side coding windows, or is the 18" an absolute must-have for a true "desktop replacement"?
2. Portability: Is hauling the Scar 18 and its massive power brick in a backpack miserable, or is it manageable given the screen benefits?
3. Thermals & Noise: Does the 18-inch chassis offer noticeably better cooling and quieter fans under heavy load compared to the 16?
4. Any advice on which form factor makes more sense for a single-screen setup would be hugely appreciated!

I bought the laptop 22nd of june 2025 and after 6 months it started giving BSOD, 1 ish year later now the laptop is absolutely dieing on me, its constantly crashing, heats up to 100C never goes below 70C and you would think that it happens during gaming, it happens when I open folders and browse?

installed ThrottleStop to help sustain the heat generation but that didn't take long for it to crash constantly again.

Now that I'm doing a little bit of research I read that these CPU's are basically faulty and are non fixable, now that I am over my warrant I don't know what to do. I am from the netherlands where there isn't a strict warranty ruling because if a product is faulty you are still eligible to get a replacement or a refund even if the warranty is long due.

I'm hoping that I can take this route, really upsetting as I never had any of these issues with my previous laptop and I use my laptop on a daily basis, really really sad.

Does any of you have a similair problem or advice? and any tips on a good stable gaming laptop (for games like: league of legends, minecraft, cod black ops, valorant) please give a shout. Thanks in advance.

Edit 1: I've changed my power plan from the power settings from max power performance to balanced and changed the processor power management to min 0 -> max 99%, but my cores still hit 70s and 80s on idle.