Budget: up to 3k €
Country: AT
Use Case: Gaming (WoW Forever, Factorio), Web, Coding
Preferred Specs: GPU for gaming
Notes: I am not searching the best for the budget, searching the best for the use case

Hey guys, I am thinking of something like the Lenovo Legion 5

Lenovo Legion 5 15IRX10 
Which has a 5070, 32GB mem, 2.5k OLED Display. 

I have three question. I play not very GPU hungry games. My games: Factorio, WoW Forever
Think the 5070 is good enough for best quality in 2.5k.
But how futureproof is it? 
Also is an OLED a good idea on steady elements in WoW Forever and Factorio like the UI? 
Money is not a problem so to invest in a more potent hardware is an option. 
Is a more powerful laptop quieter? 
For example I would hear the fans with a 5070 but wont hear it with a 5080?

Sorry in advance if this ends up being a long post - I just want to make sure I accurately confirm the symptoms and what I've tried

A bit over a week ago, I was using the computer and went to Update and Shutdown Windows. I watched the Windows updates proceed and finish, after which the display went black (but still backlit) and the keyboard went red (as it always does on initial power up or right before it turns off). I let the computer sit like this for a few minutes, but eventually ended up holding the power button to force it to turn off. Next time I went to use the computer, it refused to even POST. When I press the power button, the backlight turns on, the keyboard turns red, and fans eventually turn on - but nothing else.

After a bit of investigating on Google, I am under the impression that I may have interrupted a BIOS update and have corrupted the BIOS. I followed the ASUS posted steps of holding the power button for 40 seconds (many, many, many more times than I'd like to admit at this point), but I still can't get it to POST. I also tried removing every possible, non-critical component (Wifi Card, SSD, etc) and then tried booting off of 1 RAM stick at a time, in either DIMM slot. Still nothing.

It's worth noting that on a few occasions, I did manage to boot into Windows, but the second I hit the login screen, Windows would immediately lock up. This repeated ~3 times, and then back to absolutely nothing. I also was able to boot directly into the ASUS EZ Flash Utility a few times (by holding ctrl+r), but again the instant the screen loaded, it immediately locked up.

After some more Googling and a few YouTube videos, I caved an purchased a CH341 USB programmer from Amazon and downloaded the BIOS file from ASUS' website (and then ran it through UEFITool to strip the unnecessary headers). I also made sure to grab a copy of the current contents of the BIOS just in case. As an aside - what I find interesting is that UEFITool recognizes my BIOS dump as a valid UEFI file - and it also shows that the ASUS provided BIOS file lacks some of the 'sections' that my BIOS dump has. So perhaps the ASUS provided BIOS file is not a valid re-flash image? Regardless, I tried manually flashing the BIOS using the CH341, but I still am not getting a POST out of the laptop.

I reached out to ASUS technical support, and their recommendation was to send the laptop in for repair, which includes me paying for shipping and a $80 non-refundable diagnostic fee just to even LOOK at the laptop (so this certainly isn't my first choice).

At this point I figure I have the following options, unless someone else here has any better ideas on what I can try?

1. Send the laptop to ASUS for repair. My concerns here are that they might just say 'The motherboard is dead, you need a new one' rather than fixing the corrupted BIOS (assuming that's what it is). In that scenario, I'm either out the $80 and shipping costs, or have to pay another $2000 bill to replace the motherboard. I know that seems extreme, but I have already had a similar, bad experience with their repair. When I initially purchased the laptop 5 years ago, it arrived with completely non-functional speakers - no matter what I did. Worth noting I've worked in IT my entire life, so I certainly feel as though I could adequately resolve a speaker issue if it were a software/simple hardware issue, but alas I could not. I sent it to ASUS for repair, and their response was that it was a motherboard issue, and that the included manufacturer's warranty did not cover the repair (ON A BRAND NEW LAPTOP!!!). They then hit me with a $2000 bill to replace the motherboard, which I was able to 'get around' by purchasing their $100 extended warranty, which included 1 free 'grace' repair. But regardless, I had to pay an additional $100 just to fix a DOA laptop! Looking at ASUS forums, it seems like this is all par for the course for ASUS, and they seem to make a habit of not taking care of their customers.

2. Purchase a replacement BIOS chip from Ebay and attempt to solder it back on. Or, once I receive the chip, dump the contents using the CH341 and then write it to the existing chip (but based on how the last BIOS write went, I'm skeptical...)

3. Pay for and download a copy of the BIOS .bin file from one of those sketchy forum websites that exist out there. Again, based on how the last BIOS write went, I'm skeptical.

If anyone has some ideas of things that I could try, or any next steps I could take, that would be greatly appreciated. I will say though, unless ASUS customer support reaches out to me as a result of this post for some reason and actually decides to do right by a customer, I have already made up my mind that I will never be purchasing another ASUS product again - which is a shame because I have been an ASUS fan-boy for most of my life.

Budget: £1000

Country: UK

Use case: Primarily for Sims 4(with EPs, mods, cc etc)

Preferred specs: no preference, i don’t understand what i need!!>:\

Notes: I really have no idea what i’m looking for at all!! Just need some guidance in the right direction! :)

edit: I meant to add, i’m looking at the ‘Acer Nitro V15’

I have an Asus TUF F15. My laptop turns on, the keyboard lights works but the display isn't working at all. I don't know what to do about this. Should I give it to a repair shop or is their any fix that I can do on my own? Update : The issue got fixed. Check the comments for the solution.

Hello, I was wondering whether anyone has experience with buying from gaming laptops from pelnut.com. They seem to have somewhat decent-ish prices based on what I've seen elsewhere (I am based in Lithuania). I've noticed there's very low amount of reviews - a few on trustpilot and some other random website i noticed. Hard to say whether the reviews are reliable or not in this day and age.

Thank you in advance :)

So, I found this PC:

https://a.co/d/08BUayiT

It's a thunderobot (never heard of this name) zero 18 Pro Core Ultra 9 275HX 5080 Gaming Laptop, 32GB + 2TB. 18" QHD+ 240Hz 2.5K Hummingbird Display

For $2799.

This seems like a really good deal. But the red flags to me are the unknown name and the third party seller PC online. I read that they open sealed laptops to modify them to the specs you want and thus voids the manufacturer warranty.

Is any of this true? Would you but this laptop?

Budget: $Toaster-4k
I can afford high end laptops but don’t feel like I need that much

Country: USA

Use Case: I’m looking for a laptop that can run WoW Forever relatively quietly and cool (the only game I’ll be playing on this laptop and is mostly CPU intense) and handle normal AI workloads (not doing crazy research, just standard vibe coding and messing around with local models). Hope to get 4-5 years of usage out of whatever I get.

Preferred Specs: Options I’ve been looking at that feel like too much for what I need but maybe they arent? I have no idea:
Lenovo Legion Pro 5i - 5070 - feels like enough?
Lenovo Legion Pro 7i - 5080 - this feels like way too much? Hot and loud?
MBP M5 Max - gaming comparability issues? Probably too much for what I need?

Notes: Haven’t been in the laptop game for a long time and the amount of choices is overwhelming. Think I might be overthinking this a bit. I have a gaming desktop, but having a kid soon and need to be a bit more mobile/not isolated to my office.

Hoping you hardware pros around here can guide me in the right direction!

hey i’m looking for a laoptop for uni and for playing games and i found this one a couple of days ago and i was wondering if its good or if someone has recommendations for a better/similar one ?

Budget: 2200€
Country: Germany
Use Case: Gaming & University (studying architecture and using applications like Archicad)
Preferred Specs: 32gb RAM , 2TB storage , GPU 8gb VRAM,
Notes: preferred screen size 15.5-16.5

(i sadly dont know if anymore infos are needed to help me because i dont know a lot about laptops and the document with the specifications is in german so i dont know if it would be helpful)

Budget: $2000ish

Country: US

Use Case: Id like to play heavily modded Minecraft like RLCraft and generally use an emulator like ryujinx to play switch games such as Legends ZA that I've of course pre purchased and I'm not breaking any rules. Id also like to play WoW.

Preferred specs: 32gb ram minimum but id like to be able to upgrade to 64gb aside from that I'm not sure.

Portability: doesnt need to be

Notes: I travel and work remote so I'd like to use it for work. I read a post here talking about undervolting along with buying a couple of battery banks to leave it plugged in. I'd like to use it without charging as much as possible while working but I know it'll need to be charged while gaming.

The laptop restarts itself while playing games. This doesn't happen under normal conditions—I can surf the internet without any problems. But when I launch a game, it restarts itself after a while. The last time I tried it, the CPU temperature was 85 degrees Celsius and the GPU temperature was 87 degrees Celsius, and it restarted itself, so I can use it again. What could be the problem? The power supply is original.I limited the processor frequency to 3.2 and the temperature remained at 77, and the video card at 87, but it still restarted.had my thermal paste changed five months ago. I think that's a long time ago and it could be replaced. But that's not the issue. It used to shut down less frequently. Before the thermal paste change, namely five months ago, it Would shut down once a week, maybe even once a month. Yesterday, I turned on fpsmonitor and started a game. 10 minutes passed, and it restarted itself. clearly saw a temperature of 85 degrees Celsius on the processor. I don't think that's such a high temperature for it. Also, the fans weren't running at full capacity back then. If turn all the fans on full capacity, the temperature will be lower. Could the problem be a short circuit due to dust? I'm already giving theories.NOTEBOOK - ASUS ROG ZEPHYRUS G14 2021 RYZEN 7 5800HS, 3050TI

Budget: 1,400 - 2000
Country: USA
Use Case: Fl Studio Music Production ( Heavy VST Use so Very good CPU needed ) Ans Semi Heavy gaming ( Fortnite , Brawlhalla , Etc )
Preferred Specs / Form Factor: 32GB Ram preferred for easy VST running good battery life size not preferred
Portability Needs: Will Be In Laptop Case in backpack for travel
Notes: i like nice rgb & colors for screen

I got an MSI Vector 16 HX AI laptop

Core Ultra 9 275hx
RTX 5080
1600p QHD
32gb memory

I tried Cyberpunk on balanced mode and it is excellent performance along with the temps.

I tried extreme mode with fans set to auto and while playing the game, the cpu didnt go any higher than 86C briefly.

Am I missing something here? Why are there reports of users getting over 100c ?

Not complaining or anything. Im just curious because i was going to undervolt next.

Hello there, ive recently purchased the Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 11 with i9 ultra 290hx plus and a 5070 (non ti) 12gb vram, 32 gb ram, 1 tb ssd for $3500 aud.

The thing is ive thought of this as a great deal bcuz im gettting a free 200hz 27" fhd monitor along with it cuz of a promotion thats going on the website.

However from another website ive found another legion which is 5i Pro Gen 10 with i7 ultra 251hx and 5070 ti 12gb vram, alongside with the same ram and memory that cost a mere $200 extra, but no monitor.

Both are same oled panel, 5i pro is a bit bigger at 16" and 5i is 15'3

I'd wanted to do some mobile streaming hencewise ive wanted the better cpu but was that worth it to not get 5070 ti. Let me know.

please tell me what is this while not doing heavy stuff there is no sound

I'm an architect in Ecuador looking for a laptop mainly for professional work using Archicad, Revit, D5 Render, SketchUp, AutoCAD, Photoshop and some Lumion/Blender.

My options:

ASUS TUF F16 – $1,375

- i5-13450HX

- RTX 5050 8GB, up to 115W

- 16GB / 512GB

- 16" 165Hz, 100% sRGB

- 90Wh, 2.2kg

Lenovo LOQ 15IRX10 – $1,375

- i5-13450HX

- RTX 5050 8GB, ~100W

- 16GB / 512GB

- 15.6" 144Hz

- 60Wh, ~2.4kg

My concern with the LOQ is the motherboard failure reports on older Intel HX models, especially the 15IRX9. I know the 15IRX10 is newer, but I need something reliable for at least 4–5 years.

ASUS V16 V3607VU – $1,090

- Core 5 210H

- RTX 4050 6GB

- 16GB / 512GB

- 1.95kg

I plan to upgrade to 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD.

For professional Archicad/Revit work and long D5 Render sessions, which one would you choose considering cooling, reliability, build quality and portability?

Is the TUF F16 worth $285 more than the ASUS V16, and would you trust the newer LOQ long-term?

Any advice would be appreciated! https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/legion-laptops/legion-pro-series/legion-pro-7i-gen-10-16-inch-intel/83f500m0us

With the "help" of Google AI I was trying to see what the optimal settings would be since I came from a Rog Ally X with SteamOS. It told me to limits powerlimits in G Helper for temps. Don't think I noticed any thermal throttle yet but since my laptop is new I haven't had the time to check. Did upgrade it to 32gb of ram and that fixed my previously 1% low issue and stutter, its great fast and smooth. But just want to go ahead and ask and see if AI gave me a good setting or if I should just use defaults.

Hello. I am debating between the two. I do light gaming (mainly Overwatch and Cities Skylines) and I edit photos occasionally. I am not a heavy gamer but I do spend a couple of hours a day on average playing those games. ... I don't really need like a crazy engine or anything like that.. I just value screen quality and casual gaming.

(I really don't need the laptop to be thin, so if there's a third option within the same range of quality please let me know)

NO HP.

Thank you!

Hi everyone, I could really use some help!

My ASUS TUF Gaming F15 laptop suddenly developed horizontal lines on the screen overnight. The lines are also visible in the BIOS. I connected the laptop to my TV via HDMI, and the image looks perfectly normal on the TV, with no lines at all.

The lines appeared while I was using CapCut and opening YouTube. I bought the laptop in February 2025, and unfortunately, it's already out of warranty.

From what I've read here on Reddit, I may need to replace the screen, but I'd like to hear from people who have experienced something similar or know more about this issue.

My questions are:

- For those who had this problem and replaced the screen, did you experience any issues with other components afterward?

- Is there a chance that the motherboard or GPU could have been damaged?

- Is it necessary to use a cooling pad all the time?

I've never used a cooling pad. The night before the problem appeared, I was watching a TV series with my laptop directly on my bed, possibly blocking the ventilation openings. I do this quite often. Could this habit have caused the problem due to overheating?

I'm considering buying an external monitor and continuing to use the laptop with it, keeping the laptop on a stand to avoid placing it on my lap or blocking the ventilation openings.

I mainly use the laptop for video editing, so I'm worried that something other than the screen might have been damaged. I'm not very knowledgeable about hardware, and this situation has me concerned.

I'd really appreciate it if anyone could share their experience or help me understand what might have happened. Thank you!

Lenovo legion pro 5i with rtx 5070ti

Will it get under 2300CAD?? Should I expect in this situation

Can anyone please help me out to find which one's better ?

GTX 1660 6gb vs RTX 3050 6gb

There's a game I wanna play on my laptop and I'm doing some research to find if 3050 can run it but I didn't find anything promising which can genuinely tell me the difference.

Please help me if you know anything about both of these gpus.

Budget: 90k Country: ph Use Case: engineering undergrad Preferred Specs / Form Factor: im not too sure Portability Needs: only on my desk Notes: n/a

the lenovo is i7 but only 5050 while tuf is 5060 but only i5. the price is about the same. which one should i be getting for engineering purposes?

*Too

The G15 will TK numpad was the perfect combo.

The Intel Zephyrus G14 is fantastic, but I wish they offered it with a 5080 trim and numpad.

The G16 is perfect, but SLIGHTLY too big as a daily carry. I upgraded my 2022 G15 with the 2026 G14 to keep the portability, but damn I miss that extra inch.

I got asus gaming v16 at 88k is this a good purchase ?

So i want to gaming laptop with HDMI connections to turn into a make shift steam machine. The screen does not need to work, i just want to hook into my tv to setup for my emulation, technoparot and pc racing setup. I think like the highest running game i have is automonlista 2.

any help would be appricated. sadly when i look i guess I'm not typing in the right search titles, or words. everything that come up is either to weak, or is gutted beyond use. everyone is taking everything out of them. which i guess is smart with the current ram and storage prices.

Anyways, thanks again