Here's your gaming laptop bro.

>gaming laptop
lmfao

>>713068989 (OP)
Why are you buying laptops with already broken hinges? Retarded OP

that doesn't look that hard to fix.

>>713068989 (OP)
easy to fix, 50 bucks at most

>>713068989 (OP)
Here's your gaming handheld bro.

>>713068989 (OP)
Why don’t they just fucking loc-tite the hinge plate screws god damnit. The amount of floppy screens I’ve fixed at work is insane, literally almost every corporate laptop that hits our department needs to have the hinges tightened, I don’t understand how it is such a prevalent problem in 2025

>>713068989 (OP)
As with all laptops, open the screen by the middle and this wont happen. Literally all laptops have a tiny rubber handle at the middle indicating you should open it there. Opening it by the sides stresses the hinges and causes them to snap eventually.
Maybe dont be stupid

>>713068989 (OP)
Not my problem

>>713068989 (OP)
The 'w' key on my gaming laptop died so now I have to paste the letter in whenever I'm typing, and I need a USB keyboard over the built-in one to actually play games. Some of the nearby keys seem to be on their last legs as well

>>713070715
You have my condolences.

>>713069559
Planned obsolescence and competency crisis.

>>713070165
shit design

>>713069494
>OP BTFO
>will post this thread again tomorrow
Mods!

>>713069041
Yeah bro, nothing screams epic gamer like throttling to 70°C in a coffee shop while your battery dies in 45 minutes. Enjoy that 3070M running at toaster-tier wattage.

>>713068989 (OP)
I have had my alienware for 6 years now and it's just starting to show it's age.

>>713068989 (OP)
>be me
>the only pc literate guy in my friend group
>for the past 10 years, I've seen all my friends shit on gayming laptops and still at the end of the day buying one
>I sat down with every single one of them, talked about budget and specs for a desktop, and at the last moment, they come up with a bullshit excuse to buy a laptop
>"I will save money by not buying a monitor" said the guy who spent 1.5k Euros on a laptop with a 1050 gpu
>"It's easier when I will change apartment" said the guy who hasn't moved for the past 10 years
>"it's really portable around the house" said the guy who can't move the laptop from his cooling pad and external keyboard
>you are exaggerating about the temperature and maintenance issues" said the guy whose laptop thermal throttles after 2 matches of LoL or 30 minutes of Rocket League, and has to clean it and reapply thermal paste every 2 months
At this point I gave up and told them I won't bother with their shitboxes. Helping a friend is one thing, being used for unpaid labour to fix their mistakes after warning them not to do them is another. Especially after I saw them how they treat them.

>>713069494
Those first ds were so easy to break.

One time I was at this girl's house and her friend had an Alienware he was using on his lap. My immediate thought was how dangerous it is for prostate health. Shit you not, that same night she started talking to him about how someone sucked his dick at a party and said his testicle was enormous and that he should really get it checked out. Fast forward like not even a month and he was diagnosed with stage 4 testicular cancer and had to get both removed. He's still alive and I see him around sometimes, always fucked with my head though.

>>713069494
>parents buy me phat ds around launch
>was told to basically care for that thing with my life as a kid since they would not buy me another if it broke
>accidentally dropped it like twice the entire time i used it and nothing ever broke from it (granted my floor was carpet at the time)
>was even in the hands of some rowdy friends but ultimately was unharmed just some screen scratches that just come with the passage of time
>eventually shelved it when i started working and buying better things
>find my old ds again play it for a bit get some nostalgia out of my system and sell it
>2 days later the guy messages me to tell me that he broke the hinge
im convinced these people manhandle these things like fucking apes on steroids how the fuck do you accomplish that in 2 days that i not once managed to do in the 20 fucking years i had that ds man

>>713073763
>Was at My GF house
>her friend had an alienware on his lap
BVLLchad please...

>>713073763
Stuff like that is why avoid putting my cellphones so close to my body.

>>713069494
the real issue with the phat DS was that the shoulder buttons broke pretty fucking easily
same with all GBAs but especially the lite, I learned how to pop those things open when I was 11 just to fix the fucking L button being broken

>>713073868
Lol no she was a drug den mama type. That same night I smoked DMT for the first time, only so I could have a slice of shrooms which I ending up peaking on in a Denny's at 3am

>>713073421
>reapplying thermal paste every 2 months
>failing to understand basic thermodynamics
you sound just as massively stupid as your "friends". if a game doesn't run on a business laptop it's not worth playing btw

>>713074045
>you sound just as massively stupid as your "friends"
His MSI laptop was overheating constantly and the cheap thermal paste he was using always dried within 2 months. How is that my fault?

>>713068989 (OP)
>>713071460
Gaming laptops are a scam.
>pay more than you would for a comparable PC
>shit airflow so you're always carrying around a mini thermobaric explosive
>fans shit themselves the second a component comes under load so good luck hearing anything
>GPU kills the battery faster than Nestle can drain the entire African continent's water supply
>keeping it plugged in eventually bricks powerpack
>unable to upgrade without violating warranty

>>713068989 (OP)
My one last 10 years before I finally retired it and gave it to my parents

I move to a new state every months for work. Taking a PC apart, packing it in a car, then reassembling it in a day or so is a huge hassle Id rather not deal with
Plus, you can’t bring a desktop on a plane

>>713069559
My problem is less with hinges nowadays and how dogshit most laptop keyboards are. I'd rather have a keyboard on those bastards built to last rather than conk out after maybe half a year of consistent use for work. AND GOD FOR FUCKING BID IT DOES BREAK BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE TO RIP THE FUCK APART HELD IN PLACE BY PLASTIC PEGS

i shouldve never fallen for the desktop meme. the only time the desktop is truly superior is for these large 4v4 or 10v10 RTS games with thousands of units on the screen, but i feel obligated to always use it since i spent so much on it...

>>713071460
>>713075583
What if you play games which don't overly solicit the device and it stays cool?

>>713069559
Why don't people just take care of their expensive investments and not treat them like fucking toys and carelessly drop them on the ground or smack their carrying bags into counters or whatever the fuck people do?

>>713076414
Not all people are created equal.

>>713076414
>thinking corporate drones give a shit about laptops when they see other people as tools
It is that simple. The types that work in these jobs are sociopathic or have become cynical enough to not give a shit anymore

>>713076414
Laptop or phone damage tells me all I need to know about a person. If you're too careless to avoid dropping a $1000+ piece of tech, you can't be trusted to hold a baby.

>>713075583
>Nestle can drain the entire African continent's water supply
QRD?

>>713068989 (OP)
With sffpc parts being that well supported nowadays there really is no point to gaming laptops anymore even if you travel often. It really is the worst thing you can buy.

>>713076367
If that's the case you'd probably be fine with a decent CPU and its integrated graphics. I had a laptop a few years ago for university that had a 1050 in it and even that was messing with my battery life so I can't imagine how much more demanding the newer more power-hungry hardware is.

I started with a potato laptop from 2012 and jumped into PC master race this year.

I only use my 1.6k USD PC for emulating old PS1 games and Skies of Arcadia. Most of the time I just browse the Internet and watch 90~20's movies.

>>713076367
then you're pretty much stuck with RPGM eroge and Terraria.

>>713068989 (OP)
no that looks like your gaming laptop bro. I'm not fucking gay enough to buy something like that.
Bump this thread and your mother dies in her sleep tonight

>>713069041
>>713071460
>>713075583
Oh look, you faggots are still spreading around outdated information from like 2009. Laptops are pretty decent gaming machines. I bought a LOQ 15 and it's been a satisfactory gaming machine for many months now. Good 6 core processor, 8gb vram RTX, 32 gigs of ram. It's not some top of the line shit but it's a solid upgrade from my old craptop and I've been able to play a lot of games at 100+ fps high settings. It's also built pretty solid and doesn't feel like cheap plastic.
>but heat
It's been running pretty chill for all this time
>but noise
No complaints
Also both can be adressed simply by choosing a different profile in the software
>why not buy a desktop?
A laptop is smaller, portable, takes up less space, has everyrhing in one package and I can actually take it places. Simple as.

>>713076113
>i shouldve never fallen for the desktop meme
SNEED

>>713078478
>A laptop is smaller, portable, takes up less space, has everyrhing in one package and I can actually take it places. Simple as.
lole the copium, enjoy replacing that every 5 years

Third world PC vegan thread. Can't relate.

>>713078561
Interesting that this is also the main argument for pedophilia

>>713070165
My laptop can do 180 degree
Stop buying shit laptop

>>713078561
Your epic gamer desktops get rebuilt every few years too, so whats the difference? I'll just buy a new laptop while you will have to play lego with your ebin gamer station.
>>713078574
Comfy.

>>713078478
Non-business laptops are comically flimsy even if you do everything right.
The keyboard caps start coming off, the bezel around the monitor start falling off, etc etc.
Granted modern business laptops already sacrifice durability for slim meme these days.

>>713071460
leave my 3070M alone, anon
she did nothing wrong and lets me play my favorite games...

>>713078671
the difference is you're paying lots of money every year for a new laptop, I am paying only for parts and much less often
my current PC has lasted me almost 8 years, no issues

>>713079461
This.
My PC before I fully upgraded this year was all stock from 2014 minus the GPU which I changed in 2018 and it lasted me until I was pretty much forced to buy a new one.
Now that I have a modern motherboard I can swap out components as and when I need to as opposed to dropping probably over a thousand dollars on a new laptop every few years.

>>713078574
T. Apezillian

>>713071460
My gaming laptop draws more power then a ps5.

>>713080804
you still use windows xp?

>>713081132
I was still using 7 about 4 years ago

>>713081194
yeah me too. and you can still use it safely today if youre not braindead but its easier to just use linux nowadays

That isn't even a gaming laptop, that's a shitty ancient hp laptop from around 2010

>>713081301
The only reason i stopped using it was because i was too retarded and corrupted my os

>>713071460
I've had my gaming laptop for 3 years. Someone's unreasonably assmad over nothing.

>>713078574
>Dell SK-8115
don't talk shit about my boy

>using a Dell inspiron as a gaming laptop

Post like these just expose the OP as a complete and total dipshit.

I think people here haven't actually used the mid tier msi laptops
>cooling, throttling and low power
Loads of copper and the exhaust out the back instead of into your lap. Full 175w available for the m series gpu instead of a pathetic 85w you see on the vast majority of lesser 'tops. Will only throttle when playing the shittiest AAA UE5 slop no one wants to play anyway
>battery life
I can switch between discrete graphics while plugged and integrated when on a plane or something
>plugged in kills the battery
The switch 2 stopping charging at 90% when plugged is nothing new. Laptops have had this option for decades.
>performance
Outclasses my brothers ps5 when I play games with him while visiting.
>build quality
These msi laptops are extremely well built- at vector tier or above. Below you get flimsy.
>you don't actually travel and game
But I do, whether that is business trips, or trips to my brothers to hang out.
Fuck all the others. They all fucking suck and fuck something important up: be it hinges, exhaust, available wattage, keyboard layout, port location or the million other things that can make a gaming laptop shitty. There are good gaming games laptops out there, but the average is still a piece of shit and you should still have a desktop for home gaming.

>he doesn't have a gaming tablet

unhinged thread

>>713069051
this

>>713070715
kek what laptop

>>713077383
>even if you travel often
this is retardation. you expect someone to take a sff pc with them on a plane or to college everyday? youd need a monitor and to be constantly by an outlet

>>713078561
>enjoy replacing that every 5 years
a gaming laptop lasting 5 years while serving its purpose seems fine to me

>>713069041
They make them too thin and the fans should be easier to clean imo without having to completely unscrew the back

>>713082001
what kind of msi laptops that have 175w gpu? Mine is an alpha 15 b5eek which was considered mid tier at its release time and its stock is only 75w (90w after mpt)

Got myself the lowest powered rog strix Nvidia laptop in October 2023 for $1000. Gtx 4050 paired with i513. Use it to develop game on unreal engine. Never gets to over °65C playing fallout 4 on ultra. Good enough for what I like. I'm of the belief that graphics advancements have cursed game development into being more focused on cinvematic criteria.

I bought a lenovo gaming laptop 4 years ago and ive spilled coffee on it several times and dropped it on the ground several times and it still works perfectly fine. I even blew an inductor in it 2 years ago when adding more ram as it sparked and set on fire and melted. And the laptop still works fine.

>>713085907
lenovo legion and asus zephyrus are the top tiers of gay man laptops

What if you have PC and a laptop as a backup but you don't own any c*nsoles?

>>713068989 (OP)
Just fix the hinge. You are an adult male who was taught by his daddy how to do basic maintenance right?

>>713069041
>>713068989 (OP)
Had a Zephyrus G14 since 2022 and it stills play modern games perfectly and I can bring it anywhere I want. Skill issue

>>713078478
lololololololololl

>>713076367
I got one as a gift it overheats playing vns

>>713068989 (OP)
Yeah that exact shit happened to my laptop, not even a gaming one.
I think they do this on purpose.

>>713073951
Yeah, my launch DS had both the L and R buttons wear out over time.

I exclusively use toughbooks and I'm here lmaoing @ all ur's lyfes

>>713078574
>Playing minecraft on a shitty outdated laptop you salvaged from the trash
Some things never change, I love my gen alpha/beta bretheren
-t. 28 year old zoomer

>>713069390
Yeah until 5 years later or so and turns out you can’t find the empty shell anymore, only used laptops for 700+ on eBay because it was a super expensive laptop from a niche custom pc company

>>713078561
>enjoy replacing that every 5 years
wow so tough, replacing a 1.5k laptop every 2 generations. dumbass.

meanwhile if you want to get a new video card for your desktop, your looking at 400+ dollars.

I have a shitty lenuvo laptop, I live in a hot poorfag hot country with no AC and my laptop still works fine after around 5 years even though I never even turn it off

My 2024 Dell G15 is pretty great. Sorry you retards bought a $500 Acer and thought it would last.

I'm too dumb to understand computers. I just want something cheap that can emulate up to PS3.

Bought my first laptop last year as I can't take my desktop setup with me on a plane when switching countries every month. I really miss my 27" screens, and the inbuild keyboard isn't as nice as my cherry, but performance wise I am impressed.
Asus G17, 16 core Ryzen 7000, 32gb ram and a 4070. Thermals are good enough to not throttle when I put it in jetengine-noise mode. Build quality is solid, cleaning is easy as well.

I hate HATE not being able to replace anything except maybe the keyboard if it decides to shit itself, but that's the only real negative for me. If you don't need the mobility it's still a retarded choice of course.

>>713089747
3rd worlders have inherent ork abilities to make junk work as long as they believe see those African scrap mobiles

>>713068989 (OP)
Do not purchase HP computers, I repeat do not purchase HP computers.
I owned 2 of their laptops and had to work and see people work with that brand. It never ended well. Please, do not purchase HP computers.

>>713090394
I generally agree with this. Even some business tier laptops from Hp that I've seen have been lackluster.
No brand is ever going to be perfect across their product stack, but Hp seems to intentionally try to be shit.

>>713084591
Lenovo Legion, bought it because it was the least edgy gaming laptop I could find. Runs games well but yeah proprietary laptop hardware problems are a lot harder to deal with than a desktop where you just replace the part, I got burned before on a repair for it so I'm just going to cope with it until I can't take it and buy a desktop

>>713070715
Keyboards are usually pretty simple repairs on laptops, pop out old part pop in new part, hunt around for parts and replacement guides

>Break my thing
>WTF WHY IS MY THING BROKEN???

You have no idea how much of my stuff I got in 2008. Laptop, backpack, jacket, stereo, headphones, all of it still in perfectly good condition.

>>713075583
>buying a gaming laptop new
>not knowing how to fix and repair electronics in the year 2000+(5^2)
lmao, you fucking retard

>>713068989 (OP)
Had to buy foid a new one, this one was falling apart.

>>713091818

>>713091818
just use some glue and fix it firstie.

>>713090394
Their laptops are the worst, everyone at works there must be beyond incompetence

>>713091818
>>713091886
you can still use it as a minecraft server :^)

>>713091001
>Lenovo Legion
Damn. I've only ever had 2 gaming laptops and the one I currently have is a Lenovo Legion 7 slim and it's great. No issues at all literally the best laptop I've ever had in all respects and no issues with hinges or the body or anything. Sorrito hear that. The one before that was a cheap MSi and it had problems with the body. Going forward I plan to only get Lenovo Legions or maybe Asus

>>713089676
You're paying $1500 for $500 worth of performance

>>713091946
Nah, it was fucked, trust me.
>>713092060
That is true! But I usually run that on my own gaming laptop.

>>713073847
No anon, the hinge simply degraded over time.

The Gameboy Advance SP had a solid metal pin and thicker plastic around its hinge, practically indestructible outside of waiting several decades. The DS on the other hand uses very thin plastic clips on its hinges. They were insanely fragile and have been known to weaken severely with age.

>>713091049
>buying a gaming laptop
lmao, you fucking retard

>>713092256
laptops are way more convenient than desktops ever will be.
Not gonna go back to playing games on a desk after I experienced the comfort of bed gaming

>>713092978
sure. you can stream games with sunshine+moonlight to your bed computer from your real computer

>>713092739
>whip out my 3ds that I haven't touch for over 2 years
>tfw the hinge is making bone shattering noise when opening and closing

>lol dont buy a gaming laptop just buy a pc
Why do you fucking idiots say this? I can't use a fucking pc while traveling. Do you all have brain damage?

>>713093460
Most /v/irgins never even leave their house let alone travel. You must realize this first to then understand why so many of them prefer desktops

just get a laptop with a 780m or 880m. it would overheat and get thermal throttled whenever you turn it on. it's good enough to run any decent games since no good games have come out in ten years

>>713078478
>Laptops are pretty decent gaming machines
Sure if you play undertale, Stardew, or any game that requires zero power. And while laptops do manage to handle mid taxing games well at first the shit turns into a fighter jet after a year because it's so compact it has zero air flow and what little airflow it does get collects dust like a vacuum

>>713093460
Laptop is heavily bottlenecked by heat.
Unless the laptop manufacturers manage to defy the laws of physics, your laptop will degrade fast. Especially the newer laptops where DEI enforces everyone to stop using lead based solder. Which means your laptop will literally fall apart from the low temperature solder.

Considering at this point the only games worth playing are older games, laptops are probably the best PC you can have right now.
>NOOOO WHAT ABOUT THE UNOPTIMISED UE5 TRIPLE A SLOPPA???
Not my problem.

Eh, I bought a Lenovo laptop mostly because I want to play the occasional retro vidyo on it AND so I can put it on a stand on my bed at night so I can run Koikatsu and masturbate. Jerking off on an office chair is too uncomfortable.

I have a gaming laptop but I bought it for extra oomph for photoshop and video editing. I'm afraid to actually play games on it because I feel like it hurts the laptops longevity with things like battery life. Am I just retarded? Also I have a desktop with a 3090 in it so I just play games there. I'm traveling soon and gonna be in a foreign country for three weeks so part of me is wondering if I should break my laptops gaming cherry or not

>>713093886
I don't play koikatsu nor do I laptop jerk but yes fapping while laying down on your back is the peak way to masturbate . Literally unrivaled

>>713068989 (OP)
I took the gaming laptop pill last year. It's pretty good

>>713094024
I don't exclusively jerk to Koikatsu, but again, having the videos and images I want in that same position results in ultimate fap sessions and I can't go back. Even if I get a good PC someday I'll be getting laptops just for this.

>>713093793
They last long enough for what I need them for, especially since I don't use them constantly. I own a desktop, the laptop is just for when I'm traveling.

I got a Lenovo LOQ, and annoyingly found out it had motherboard issues.
That said, these were ones built last year and of course the only place reporting all this is India, and combined with the extreme heat of the place, the low IQ of the inhabitants and their penchant for living in squalor I have no trouble believing it was just an India thing. Still, it was shitty to find out, I should have just paid a little more for a Legion.

>>713093909
Laptop runs on borrowed time.
It either dies from using it normally, or sitting around in pristine condition doing nothing.
No point not use it as much as possible.

>>713094536
I still have a 10 year old laptop that runs fine (albeit slowly)

>>713093460
The point of the thread is to make people upset. Someone makes a retarded claim in the hope people will argue with him. For example now the tard deliberately compares a laptop to a desktop without even mentioning people buy these because they need the mobility. Then of course pretends these are useless unleess they run the most demanding games at the highest settings. Finally of course assumes everyone has an entry level laptop for gaming.
When someone bites he strokes his cock because this is his only joy in life. See also: every hardware thread.

>>713093460
>traveling

>>713075583
GPU prices being Jewish as fuck have turned this around, you can find a gaming laptop for maybe over a thousand while GPUs themselves can cost that much

>>713096159
It's getting to the point that people are looking at Steam Decks not because of the portability, but because of the cost to performance ratio. You are not building a $500 PC with those specs.

>>713096159
what a stupid statement
a thousand dollar laptop will have a 4060 in it. you know how it perfoms before throttling from heat and shared power budget between it and the cpu? A $100 2060 non-super.

>>713068989 (OP)
Dont slam it shut or rip it open
Dont drop it
There, no more broken hinges.

>>713078574
Fuck you, I literally have that mouse!

>>713096864
3100 - $30
rx 570/580 8GB - $30
board - $50
2x8 ram - $20
nvme 1tb - $50
power - $54.90
if you want to be fancy you can even get a case - $30

>>713096990
>throttling from heat
this doesn't happen anymore unless you're a retard and block the vents

>>713097175
>Second hand part prices
lol
lmao

I'd sooner shit on my own GPU, clean it, and reuse it.

>>713097176
Ok. You're still paying a thousand dollars for a 2018 mid range gpu.

>>713096990
a laptop with the right wattage xx60 card comes as close as 10% difference with the desktop counterparts. theyre good deals now and everyone itt is spouting memes from 2010 era of gaming laptops where even the highest end would maybe be half the performance of the desktop counterpart

>>713097301
only the gpu is used
you can get one brand new for $60 (aliexpress)

>>713097405
bullshit
post your cb r23

>>713097413
>AliExpress
>The Chink store owned by AliBaba
So it's used and they just don't tell you.

>>713097301
I've bought 2 used GPUs and have been fine. Imo as long as you use a trusted site like eBay instead of fagbook marketplace or craigslist and you know what to look out for like the sellers feedback rating or if they accept returns you should be ok. There are tons of easy to spot red flags. Also just ask the nigga as much questions as possible before buying to give yourself ammo if you need to get eBay support involved

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2_yRoy530Q

laptop chads get performance and portability while desktop losers have to sit at home with their piss bottles all day

>>713097786
beggars can't be choosers
they don't really sell brand new gpus this slow, you would have to use integrated graphics

>>713078574
This is nirvana.
>posted from my 7800x3d

>>713076414
I used to agree with that unconditionally because I keep all my shit in great condition, but I've tried pretty hard to keep my work laptop in good condition even on trips to job sites and somehow that fucker has cracks in the casing, a small amount of the keyboard buttons are getting fucked, and the screen panel gets funky once in a blue moon (probably just going to get worse over time). Laptops, even a decently expensive one like mine, a T series Thinkpad have poor durability and I can't blame people too much when it comes to laptops.

Niggers with cracked smartphone screens though, that's how you can tell someone is a slob.

>>713097985
>ebay
enjoy paying twice as much for everything lol

>>713097993
How well does it dissipate heat or is it just a meme?

>>713071460
>70C
>throttling
Intel throttles at 100C. Get good. I would know. My thermal paste had gone completely dry and I didn't change it for years.

>>713091818
>>713091886
Why does it break like that? Do you use 100% grip power of your hand?

>>713078478
a top tier $4k laptop performs as well as a $2k desktop
shut the fuck up

>>713071460
>70
mine gets 94-96 lol

The consequences of making everything smaller and flimsier and made of soft plastic have been a tragedy.

>>713097603
https://youtu.be/j5KLNlQm9Wo?si=r3bOfMS1hIDNmxAk

>>713098489
so you don't even have a laptop and you're resorting to posting youtube links?

>>713098604
>tth-aat doesnt count!
holy cope. facts dont care about your feelings.

>>713089442
youre a milenial not a zoomer

>>713071460
>>713068989 (OP)
>>713069041
I have an HP omen and have been using HP omens for several years. only real issues, beyond the systems getting outdated, are that they got rid of removable batteries which is gay because the cells swell up, and the cases are always garbage which leads to hinge issues or like my current set up needing an external keyboard since a bunch of keys stopped working