hello! looking to buy sub 1K laptop, general suggestions?
I am planning to buy a laptop around ~900$ (equivalent) budget. But I am not sure to recognize good deals. I currently have my eyes locked on a gigabyte one with 3060/11400H.
Anyone have any suggestions as to what to look for? Also gigabyte good at making laptops?
Can be done, but the timing has to be right. My buddy got a midrange gaming laptop during prime days (from a different retailer) that was regular priced around $1500 at the time for $850. I don't like the one he got but I understand his reasoning.
If OP is looking to buy today, maybe. If they can hold off another couple of weeks then there's a smaller "big sale" going on that they may be able to game to get something sub $1k that would normally be more.
If they don't care about playing the very latest at 4k high then they'll likely be able to get 5 years out of it.
Rule number one when buying tech is your always get ripped off. There is always a better deal two weeks from now. You just have to get a feeling when timing is good enough for what you want.
I literally just bought this laptop for $1k, Eluktronics RP-15 15.6" RTX 4060 Gaming Laptop AMD R7 7840HS 16GB RAM 512GB SSD. It just arrived yesterday, so haven't had much time to test it out yet.
Small tips: Look at the gpu. Also make sure the laptop have unused slots for ram so you can upgrade down the road if needed. Placement of fans/airflow matters.
I usually look at price history on anything I buy and see where the one I'm interested in place among those. What's the lowest ever price, etc. You can research this a lot. Eventually you will get a feeling what's good and what's not. Black Friday coming up as well. Never a bad idea to see what happens. Only rarely do prices raise after compared to before.
Looks like there's Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 units that are below $900. I've heard good things about that line. Make sure to watch/read plenty of reviews before pulling the trigger though
Should probably try to set a few more parameters to narrow your search, like RAM and storage. I'd recommend an SSD and if you like large games opt for 1 TB or more
I had a gigabyte gaming laptop and overall it was a great value... after I fixed the graphics card drivers and updated the motherboard bios. Nothing worked right out of the box new.
If you're just using the laptop as a browser/ ms office machine for school or something I can't recommend the Microsoft surface tablet line enough. I've used a surface 3 for years for that purpose.