Need a laptop, $1,000 budget

[thesimpsonsman]

Hey guys/gals,

My boss is giving me a $1,000 budget to purchase a “work laptop” and I wanted the most bang for the buck. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you!

[Temp name]

What work do you do? Do you plan on sneaking in some games? If so, what games?

[thesimpsonsman]

What work do you do? Do you plan on sneaking in some games? If so, what games?

I work from home so yes I would like to have some type of gaming laptop As well.

[Temp name]

I work from home so yes I would like to have some type of gaming laptop As well.

What work? What games?

[thesimpsonsman]

why does it matter what i do for work? lol. And any games. wow, cod, session, stuff like that.

[Castration]

my work gave me a laptop with the following:

Intel® Core™ i5-8350U processor, 6 MB, 1.7 GHz, up to 3.6 GHz
16GB DDR4
256 SSD

it has the Intel® UHD Graphics 620 GPU and it's bad at playing WoW on medium settings. The fan is almost always going while playing (basic questing).

I wish it had a Ryzen APU in it.

[Bombercloner]

Does your work require anything beyond email/web browsing/Microsoft Office is what Temp is trying to figure out.

[Temp name]

why does it matter what i do for work? lol. And any games. wow, cod, session, stuff like that.

Because if you're an engineer you have VASTLY different needs than if you're a writer.

[dacoolist]

I would agree with Temp Boss, you will need to describe what you need in the machine.. is it requiring hard drive space, GPU/CPU for gaming/video editing, do you need a light and thin laptop with insane battery life, etc etc

Please let us know

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why does it matter what i do for work? lol. And any games. wow, cod, session, stuff like that.

So you are not requiring anything but good CPU/GPU for gaming correct?

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May check this out if you like dell:

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/gami...op/gn3590dovds

979$ (Now this is before tax though so..)

9th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-9300H (8MB Cache, up to 4.1 GHz, 4 cores)
Windows 10 Home 64-bit English
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 Ti with Max-Q Design, 6GB GDDR6
8GB 2x4GB DDR4 2666MHz
512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive

[thesimpsonsman]

I would agree with Temp Boss, you will need to describe what you need in the machine.. is it requiring hard drive space, GPU/CPU for gaming/video editing, do you need a light and thin laptop with insane battery life, etc etc

Please let us know

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So you are not requiring anything but good CPU/GPU for gaming correct?

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May check this out if you like dell:

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/gami...op/gn3590dovds

979$ (Now this is before tax though so..)

9th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-9300H (8MB Cache, up to 4.1 GHz, 4 cores)
Windows 10 Home 64-bit English
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 Ti with Max-Q Design, 6GB GDDR6
8GB 2x4GB DDR4 2666MHz
512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive

I would use the computer for work but for work I do not do anything besides email, and Excel. I’m trying to find a pretty good “gaming laptop” for around $1000

[dacoolist]

I would use the computer for work but for work I do not do anything besides email, and Excel. I’m trying to find a pretty good “gaming laptop” for around $1000

I guess for me, for a unit under 1k the one I linked is a decent choice/and new: https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/gami...op/gn3590dovds

Otherwise, brands to look at: ASUS is nice as well, but yeah personally I'd go with a brand you like OR go with a build your own like the dell gaming rig above (I own all ASUS machines because I always get super good black friday deals, they have insane specifications, and if you can hold out: Black Friday deals are incredible for tech)

[thesimpsonsman]

My friend was saying look into a HP Omen laptop, any pros cons on that one by chance?

[thesimpsonsman]

I picked up the omen laptop, will be here tomorrow. Stoked to see how it is!

[Faesroll]

why does it matter what i do for work? lol. And any games. wow, cod, session, stuff like that.

So your boss is giving you money for a work laptop but you don't think it's important to mention what kind of work you do when purchasing a laptop for it?

[Djuntas]

At a 1000 dollars I hope you got;

8GB ram, hopefully in dual channel.

A good 8th gen intel or the newer gen2 or gen3 AMD CPU like a 3500u

Nvme ssd 500gb, or at least 128

A long with a good build quality, ISP screen and not some horrid plastic feeling keyboard :P I need some travel on my laptop keyboard.