buying a new laptop - any suggestions?

[captainthrall]

I'm looking to pick up a new laptop for $1000 or less. Primarily I use it for light gaming, netflix/movies, internet browsing, word processing. Basically I just want something that looks nice and as a backlit keyboard.

I'm not really up-to-date on laptop hardware at the moment. Can anyone give me any solid advice in terms of which cpu and video cards would be ideal? OR if you can suggest a particular model, that would be great too. Thanks!


I like both of these two:

http://a.co/iWUZZV4

https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/omen...ma___3as34av-1_4_cto_omen-laptop---15t-gaming

 

[EarthDog]

Check out some of the amazon prime day deals if you are a member.

Otherwise, I would look at something with a coffee-lake CPU and a mobile GTX 1050+ for 1080p 'light' gaming (what does that mean, exactly?).

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834854785&cm_re=Dell-_-34-854-785-_-Product

Something like that.

The HP Omen 15T is solid though: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...316&cm_re=Omen_15t-_-1TS-000D-021M6-_-Product

 

[captainthrall]

Check out some of the amazon prime day deals if you are a member.

Otherwise, I would look at something with a coffee-lake CPU and a mobile GTX 1050+ for 1080p 'light' gaming (what does that mean, exactly?).

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834854785&cm_re=Dell-_-34-854-785-_-Product

Something like that.

The HP Omen 15T is solid though: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...316&cm_re=Omen_15t-_-1TS-000D-021M6-_-Product

By "light gaming" I mean I use my laptop for gaming infrequently, and when I do, I mostly play old-school games that aren't super demanding in terms of hardware.

And yeah, I'm leaning towards an Omen right now. I'm undecided if I want to go 15 or 17 inch. The 15'' gives you a 1050ti standard, while the 17'' only gives you a 1050, but comes with a bigger battery (and screen of course).

I'm not good at making decisions. I've already spent hours browsing laptops heh.

TY for your input as always

EDIT: I noticed the specs for the Omen on Newegg and on the HP website are different.
HP site: Intel® Core™ i7-8750H (2.2 GHz, up to 4.1 GHz, 9 MB cache, 6 cores) + NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050Ti (4 GB GDDR5 dedicated)
Newegg: 7th-Gen Kaby Lake Intel Core i7-7700HQ (2.8GHz, 6MB cache) + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Graphics

edit 2: the upgraded version is 20% off on the HP website with promocode OWL2018 - I think I'll pick this up

 

[trents]

As far as the differential specs go, make sure you are looking at exactly the same model. Those laptop manufacturers change specs within model ranges like you and I change socks. Whatever component they can get the cheapest will define what goes in.

Also, check with the manufacturer's website to get the real specs. Places like Amazon often have inaccurate specs on products. Sounds like any 8th gerneration i5 laptop with 8 gb of RAM will do you. I certainly would look at getting one with an SSD instead of a spinner hard drive because that will make a huge difference in most common computing tasks and really shorten boot times. A lot of laptops these days are being offered with no optical drive so be aware of that if it's important to you.

 

[ihrsetrdr]

Otherwise, I would look at something with a coffee-lake CPU and a mobile GTX 1050+ for 1080p 'light' gaming (what does that mean, exactly?).

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834854785&cm_re=Dell-_-34-854-785-_-Product

+1 for this laptop, can vouch for it personally. One handy feature: one screw easy access to take the bottom case panel off, for cleaning and component upgrades.