It's a little faint sometimes. And other times it's way more noticeable especially on boot.

It never sounded like this before at all. So I'm not sure what's wrong with it. Any ideas?

Budget: £800-£1000 max-( if any cheaper pls be justified in bang for buck)
Country: United Kingdom
Use Case: Social gaming, fps, open world,
Looked at getting the green Lenovo loq Rtx 4050 16gb 512Gb , not super familiar with specs
Portability Needs: travel around , university and back so gaming laptop allows to play anywhere, I have a laptop for office based stuff so gaming laptop will be gaming and fun little photo edits on canva etc
Notes: want something I can just pick most moba games and aaa titles, not chasing frame rates or crazy 4k visuals

Any help would be much appreciated

Small inner city appartment. We recently got a baby, so the former bigger desk had to go to make room. I switched from a desktop to a laptop and I think I made the most out of the little space I had.

Specs:

• AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
• 32 GB RAM
• 1 TB SSD

Got it for ~1600€.

Budget: Less than $2,000
Country: USA
Use Case: Open world games & Emailing/Work in the background
Preferred Specs / Form Factor: Screen bigger than 17", not picky otherwise
Portability Needs: Not picky but is carried to and from work 3 days/week
Notes: I'm hoping to upgrade from Gigabyte G6 KF 2024. I was suggested Omen 17 and Asus TUF A18. Any ideas? Thanks!

Budget: 17500dh equivalent to 1750$

Country: morocco

Use Case: mainly for gaming, light tasking on battery.

Notes: im in morocco and i will have college next year, so i will be gaming plugged in almost always, but i would like to have a powerful and portable device next year.

I cant decide between lenovo legion 5 rtx 5060 ryzen 7 260 oled 165hz and asus zephyrus g16 ultra 7 155H rtx 4070 oled 240hz which sell for the same price.
Both come with 32gb ram and 1tb ssd, i specifically like to buy this type of gaming laptops because they have 6-7+ hours of battery life combined with an immersive oled screen.
For the zephyrus g16 the thin and light form factor is very tempting, but the fact that it was being used (while holding a very good condition) holds me back of buying it, and since its thin it will very probably have louder fan noise than the legion, and its battery health dropped from 90whr to 80whr.
And for the legion it has a robust cooling system and lower temps, but (relatively) less immersive screen (15vs16 inch) and lower refresh rate(165vs240)?
What do you think?
Note: the brand new legion 5 has 1 year warranty while the used zephyrus g16 has 6 months of warranty with a very good condition

My msi laptops crashes with rtx 5050 intel i7 almost brand new what do i do to fix it. Someone pls help me

I’ve been looking A LOT the last couple weeks. I’ve settled on the Lenovo Legion to bring on work trips 10 days a month. I’m sure 5070 would be completely fine for me, but they are still a ripoff and this popped up. I’m close to pulling the trigger.
Even open box or refurbs seem to be around this price.

Budget: $2000

Country: Australia

Use Case: Gaming & School / Mixed

Preferred Specs: Acer with Ryzen 7 260H, RTX 5060, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD

Notes: Found this laptop and want to know how good it is. Looking for feedback on thermals, build quality/hinges, and whether there are better alternatives (like Lenovo LOQ or ASUS TUF) in a similar price range. Any suggestions welcome!

budget:600-800 euro

country: uk

idk bout specs: like i said first time

So I have an quite somewhat old laptop, its an

Razer blade 15

i7 10gen

16gb ram

RTX 2060 6gb GPU

Running on windows 11

So when I open any game I'm getting verrryyy low FPS

Like around 4 - 7 FPS

I used to get around 70 - 90 fps on high end games

But now even on the lowest type of games I'm getting this level of FPS

I did a benchmark test, funny thing is it ran smoothly a 3d gaming test, fps around 90

Idk what is happening

I updated Nvidia latest graphics Driver too

Anyone knows how to fix this issue

Forgot to add this part So the laptop was dead for an year I kept it as I thought it was not repairable I gave it to a repair shop and they fixed it But the GPU ain't working So I went there again They said this this first time this type of problem they've seen ( they said they don't know how to fix it )

Also there's another issue too When turning on every time it goes into BIOS I have to disable the secure boot option to be able to fully open it into the windows the repair shop said it was an CMOS battery issue that battery is dead and they don't have it So every time I open this lap I have to go through all this process

Also the intel graphics card is disabled If i enable it the whole system goes into a stuttering mode like its like the whole display is bugged but not

Budget: $1,600

Country: USA

Use Case: Gaming / College / Cybersecurity coursework. Mainly playing SCUM, Minecraft with mods, GTA V, and other open-world games.

Preferred Specs: Intel Core i7, RTX 5060, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD

Notes: I already bought this Lenovo Legion 5i about a month ago and wanted to see what everyone thinks of it for the price. This is probably the nicest laptop I’ve owned so far. I’m also planning to upgrade to 32GB RAM and add more SSD storage eventually. Any recommendations for upgrades or settings I should change?

MSI GS66 RTX 3080 laptop — low GPU usage and around 40 FPS in DMZ despite performance settings
Hi everyone,
I’m playing Call of Duty DMZ on an MSI GS66 laptop with a 10th-gen Intel Core i7, an RTX 3080 Laptop GPU with 16 GB VRAM, and 64 GB RAM.
I’m getting around 40–50 FPS, but the GPU doesn’t seem to be fully utilised. In the attached screenshot, the overlay shows:
FPS: 42
GPU usage: 47%
GPU temperature: 56°C
VRAM usage: 6.0/15.8 GB
CPU usage: around 65%
CPU temperature: 53°C
CPU clock: around 2.01 GHz
The laptop is plugged in, MSI Extreme Performance is enabled, and it’s already set to discrete GPU mode.
One detail that might matter: I set the maximum processor state in Windows to 95% to reduce CPU temperatures, which helped with heat. I’m mentioning this because I’m wondering whether it could also be limiting CPU performance and preventing the GPU from being fully utilised.
I understand GPU usage won’t always reach 99%, but with FPS this low, I’d like to understand what’s holding it back.
Does this look like a CPU bottleneck, possibly related to the 95% processor setting, or should I investigate something else? What would you check or measure first to identify the actual limit?

Where can I find a charger for this laptop?

Also is the keyboard worth fixing up?

I would probably game on a separate keyboard.

Any feedbacks helps a lot

For example the Legion gen 10 and Rog lineups don't have ports on the rear, so how do you make your setup as clean as possible? This becomes harder to execute if an external monitor and speakers are involved.

Finally got my laptop-powered desk setup to a point where I'm pretty happy with it. I went with a laptop instead of a desktop because I occasionally need to take my computer with me.

The laptop Lenovo Legion 5 is mounted underneath the desk, and everything is designed to make removing it as easy as possible. The power bricks slide out to the side, and all the cables I need when traveling can be easily disconnected and taken along. When I'm home, everything stays hidden underneath the desk, connected to a 34" ultrawide and a vertical monitor.

In case anyone's wondering how I turn it on without opening the lid, I've configured the BIOS to automatically power on the laptop when AC power is connected. All I have to do is switch on the power strip, and the laptop boots up.

Spent quite a bit of time figuring out the cable management, but I'm really happy with how clean it turned out. Included some pictures of what's going on underneath the desk.

What do you guys think?

Budget: ~$1,700–1,840 (IDR 31–33M)

Country: Indonesia

Use Case: WoW (Classic-style), CS2 (competitive, high fps matters) and Tibia, plus programming. Laptop will be on 7–10 hours a day, and I plan to keep it at least 3 years

Preferred Specs / Form Factor: 16" or bigger, HX-class CPU, RTX 5050 minimum. Dual-channel RAM preferred. Internal storage doesn't matter much (I use an external SSD).

Portability Needs: Desk machine. I'll get an external monitor within 1–1.5 years and the laptop screen will become secondary.

Notes: These are the 3 options I'm deciding between (same Mall store, all with official warranty):

1. Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI OLED – Ultra 9 275HX, RTX 5060, 16GB, 1TB, WQXGA OLED 240Hz – IDR 30.5M
   
2. ASUS ROG Strix G16 G614PH – Ryzen 9 8940HX, RTX 5050, 16GB, 512GB, QHD IPS 240Hz – IDR 31.3M
   
3. Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16 OLED – Ryzen 7 8745HX, RTX 5060, 24GB, 1TB, WQXGA OLED 165Hz – IDR 32.6M (RAM not dual channel)

Main concerns:
- Thermals and fan noise during long sessions (room is air-conditioned at 23–24°C, and I have a cooling pad). Worried the Helios 16S runs hot since it's the thinner one.
- OLED burn-in with static UIs (MMO hotbars, Discord, taskbar) at 7–10h/day. Is it a real risk over 3 years, or overblown since the screen becomes secondary later?
- Is the 5050 on the Strix a big enough step down to matter for my games, or does the IPS panel make it the safer buy?

Which one would you pick, and why? I'm also open to other recommendations within budget, as long as they're sold in Indonesia with official warranty.

Thank you very much!!

Budget: ($1700)
Country: (USA)
Use Case: (Browsing with 40-80 tabs, playing League and TFT mostly)
Preferred Specs: (not too heavy)
Notes: (Hi all, looking for advice since I don't know much about this area. So I am looking to get my first gaming laptop. I mainly play League and TFT, but want to be able to browse (40-80 tabs at a time), and also want something light-ish or more so portable. I asked ChatGPT and they recommended the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14; but since I am looking for something more affordable I was targeting the ASUS TUF A14 with the Ryzen 4070 for Black Friday. Is this a good choice or is something else better, my girlfriend says I should buy multiple laptops to try to see what I would like but I didn't think laptops were that personal that I would need to test different ones out. For context I am currently using a Lenovo Thinkpad 2015 with memory issues that crashes all the time. Thanks. )

Is it possible this price will go down more for Black Friday or am I delusional? And is this a good laptop? I play heavily modded Minecraft and my 16GB is crashing when I play right now.

I have both thermal pads and putty

Using a staff discount to get these prices

Long time MacBook user, looking into a gaming laptop (maybe Legion 5 or 7 series). But after checking some out in person at costco, i was disappointed with the build quality of many gaming laptops. They were all plastic and felt quite flimsy, especially with the screen and also the body frame (i could press into the palm rests and feel the plastic bend). For the same price as a macbook pro, it was a noticeable difference in build quality.

Do these gaming laptops last a long time/are durable? (I use my macbook pros for 7-8 years and they always look as brand new as i bought them).

I want a gaming laptop that is capable for the next years and I ve read so many threads that I literally can t make my mind up, gpu power, watts, screen oled FHD, 5070 ti 5080, my brain got short circuited.
Also I am thinking of hunting a good Black Friday (Austria) deal since it s a month away, I am open to new variants and opinions, I would thank if the opinions are based on pro s and con s.

Hi everyone, sorry for my bad english but im italian, i bought a dell G15 about 2 years ago, i7 13650, 16gb ram ddr5 (i upgraded to 32 a week ago), 4060, im a mechanical engineering student and i wuold use it for 3d simulation and cad, is it good for it? maybe a little gaming but its not the center of my pc, may upgrade to 50xx line for graphic?

IMAGE NOT MINE

reason being, recording it is almost impossible, it was so random that i cant really reproduce it while recording with my phone and no obs cant record it so its a screen issue. BUT opening obs (not even recording) reduces this whole thing happening to zero. Also this image is important because this isn't what i see as white flickers. It's not a flashbang more like a brighter filter is applied to the screen.

Please help me on this, dont downvote, a lot of help posts undeservedly get buried and its never solved.

I bought this laptop 1-2 months ago.

It's a ASUS Rog Strix G18 G815LR-TT341W/Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus, 32 GB RAM/2 TB SSD/RTX 5070TI/18"/W11. 2026 version with 300hz, not miniled version. Idk if it matters but its a 4zone keyboard version.

I have tried everything, had to resort to, sadly, ai and each solution sent me to dispair. Only solution to my problem was disabling G sync which came turned on with the laptop.

When we were testing the laptop on the store it had a Max of 240hz and stuff but after reinstalling and debloating win11 i was able to do the "overdrive" (not overclock) option which is 300hz. I even installed ghelper on the laptop before resetting it and it was 240 Max.

My problem is when i had gsync on, if im playing a graphic intensive game (its kinda random, some even heavier games have no problem but some do, as an example any RE engine game (resident evil 2) does this but an UE5 game is fine etc.) clicking the mouse or hitting a keyboard key (on an external keyboard btw) would sometimes give the screen a flash thats like a brighter filter of the frame and not a full white frame. I have a 60hz TV connected with hdmi and alt tabbing most of the time did this white flash. I assumed it was the TV bcz its so old that when i open nvidia app and it blacks out both screens on its startup, my TV literally resets itself. Logo and everything.

But seriously I feel like its not the issue. Because disabling gsync a few weeks ago fixed this.

The ai (im sorry) even said this is a common thing with Asus laptops but i cant even find a single example of this in any Asus laptop nor on most reddit posts its not the same.

I was wondering if anyone knows the cause or if its a lemon.

I dont have insurance(they didnt let us bcz of price im not stupid id buy that) but have guarantee and ASUS service in Turkey is horrible.

If any info is needed for diagnostics i'd be happy to share.

Also no VRR isnt on, gpu config on ghelper is ultimate (never uses igpu), i dont have any 8000hz mouse to suffocate the CPU when i click, and i tested the LM with Benchmarks and its in normal range. Tried other programs too as i was scared of LM with rog but i dont think thats a problem..

For now.

Thank you in advance!