Gaming laptop 2020 recommendations

pmb

Hi folks,

My gaming desktop has become my multimedia PC. It sits lonely behind my TV and is running everything I need, quite nicely.

Without the dedicated space of a desktop set up, and my desire to use a laptop as my basic all rounder (sit on the sofa, bring to a cafe etc) I’m looking at gaming laptops that could perhaps attach to an external monitor when I need the screen but work nicely anywhere else.

For that reason I’m looking at something slim, tidy, slick. But with enough oomph to run at basic gaming performance.

I’ve been recommended the stealth by Razer even the 2019 edition but can anybody else recommend anything I should consider as an alternative?

ShadowHearth

First thing - wait until new mobile AMD CPUs come out and by the looks of it, it will be soon. Those take a lot less power and are very damn fast. It would not be wise to buy current CPUs laptops unless you getting really good deal.

And is it your first gaming laptop? As there are a good few things that you might not even think off when coming from PCs.

Slim, sleek and light when comes to laptops come with very big drawback - heat and noise. You might not pay attention to this with PCs, but with laptops it is extremely important. The sleeker and thinner laptop will mean worse cooling solution, which then means high temperatures and huge noise. You won't be able to enjoy playing laptop on a couch with a cup of tea, because when you play games it makes such a racket, that anyone else in the room will have to shout to communicate.

Using laptop on couch is one thing. Playing games is totally different and not as comfortable as you can imagine. Usually it will mean setting yourself up with stands, hard top mouse pads etc. Wires going everywhere etc.

I personally got my laptop to play in bed while misses sleeps. I can't have it on gaming modes. In fact I restrict it to draw 50% or 85% power. It obviously becomes slower, but it makes it a lot less noisy, so my misses can sleep.

I agree, "gaming laptop" is misleading. They are dual functionality, you can use them for gaming or you can use them as a laptop but both gaming while using it as a laptop ( on your lap, running off battery etc) is not practical.

Would a streaming setup work for you? For example an Xbox streaming to a laptop works fine. Not familiar with the PC/Steam equivalent.

KilOit

Definitely wait for Ryzen 4000, it'll shake up the laptop market.
Some leaked files indicate they are pretty affordable and on par with the best of CPU for desktops

K.O.Kiki

You'd be a fool to not wait for AMD Ryzen 4000 laptops.