New laptop - Any good?

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Xathien

Member
So I am looking at getting this I will be doing some gaming but nothing too stressful, mainly watching movies to be honest. I'm not exactly tech savvy! can anyone take a look and see if this is the right sort of thing?

Games will probably be WOW, SWTOR and CIV, but wouldn't mind a bit of GTA. What games can I play on here??

Thanks in advance!!

Chassis & Display
Optimus Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD 120Hz 45% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen™ 7 Eight Core Processor 4800H (2.9GHz, 4.2GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair 2133MHz SODIMM DDR4 (1 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 - 4.0GB GDDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 3 in 1 Card Reader (Full Size SD / SDHC / SDXC)
AC Adaptor
1 x 150W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre Cloverleaf UK Power Cable
Battery
Optimus Series Integrated 46WH Lithium Ion Battery
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Wireless/Wired Networking
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (2.4 Gbps) + BT 5.0
 
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demon28

Bronze Level Poster
Looks good, Instead of one 16gb stick I would go for 2x8gb sticks as dual channel memory is much better than single channel memory. I would probably go for the Artic mx thermal paste instead of the standard one, that will help with your thermals. Apart from that your build looks solid, I am not too sure about what you can expect from the 1650 gaming wise, but the 4800H is a very good processor. I would advice you to look at some benchmarks for the mobile 1650 and see if that kind of performance would satisfy you. The 1650 should be able to handle the games you mentioned but with some compromises on visuals
 
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daveeb

Enthusiast
Xathien said:
So I am looking at getting this I will be doing some gaming but nothing too stressful, mainly watching movies to be honest. I'm not exactly tech savvy! can anyone take a look and see if this is the right sort of thing?

Games will probably be WOW, SWTOR and CIV, but wouldn't mind a bit of GTA. What games can I play on here??

Thanks in advance!!

Chassis & Display
Optimus Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD 120Hz 45% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen™ 7 Eight Core Processor 4800H (2.9GHz, 4.2GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair 2133MHz SODIMM DDR4 (1 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 - 4.0GB GDDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 3 in 1 Card Reader (Full Size SD / SDHC / SDXC)
AC Adaptor
1 x 150W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre Cloverleaf UK Power Cable
Battery
Optimus Series Integrated 46WH Lithium Ion Battery
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Wireless/Wired Networking
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (2.4 Gbps) + BT 5.0
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Hi I have a very similar build to yours but with 2 x 1TB drives, as Demon28 says go for the 2 x 8 memory option and the upgraded thermal paste. I'd also go for the silver warranty (if you haven't, it's only £5 more). I've found the gaming to be fine (for my fairly modest needs).
 
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daveeb

Enthusiast
Xathien said:
perfect thank you!!
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No problem, you're welcome. FYI I play slightly older games like Doom 2016, nothing really taxing but everything is at ultra setting. My temperatures (GPU) have never gone over 56c. Please let us know how you find it if you do go ahead and buy it.
 
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