Hi All,
I would love to hear some advice on a gaming laptop for Shadowlands. Mine is on its way out and I just got a nice Xmas bonus from work, so why not.
Could I get some advice? and any recommendations for others? Looking to spend max £850 (can only be a laptop as I travel for work).
Acer nitro 5 - seen the i5 and i7 models with 1650 & 1660ti’ but not sure what is best
Various Dell ones
Would link them but the sites I had saved have all gone into meltdown with Black Friday. Any advice is appreciated being a complete noob on this matter.
Thanks in advance.
Ryzen 4800H/HS/4900H/HS plus 1660 Ti would be best (2060 likely won’t fit the price), 1660 as the bare minimum. There is one Dell with AMD dGPU as well, but likely to rare to find.
Thanks for the reply - I had kind of ignored Ryzen as all I’ve heard is bad things…?
The mobile 4000 ones pretty much wiped the floor with mobile Intels. 3000 and 2000 are bad.
Hey 
I don’t want to dismiss your post and just say “get a pc” but have you thought about this instead of a gaming laptop? Like for 850 pounds you could possibly get an rtx 2060 maybe rtx 2060 super
https ://www.overclockers.co.uk/lenovo-legion-5i-nvidia-rtx-2060-8gb-15.6-fhd-ips-144hz-intel-i5-10300h-gaming-laptop-lt-00q-lv.html
came across this Lenovo with an rtx 2060
Thanks for that but probably a little bit too expensive - and to answer your other Q, yes needs to be a laptop as I travel for work unfortunately. Just far more convenient for me
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Hey Polong, just a little heads up, tomorrow is Cyber Monday, have a look and see if you can get a deal on your gaming laptop
Hey yeh thanks for that, appreciate you posting! Will have a look for sure!
Could I get your opinion on this:
Acer nitro 5
I5-10300h
8GB ram
512ssd
1660ti
Ayy thats what i have!
Its really good, only downside is that it sounds like an airplane ( although most laptops do ) & it has very bad battery life, you pretty much have to sit right next to an outlet at all times
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One thing, are you paying extra for the TI? because it is only slightly better than a 1660 super and do you know if the ram is in dual channel 8GB in 4x2?
Ok it should come with one 8GB stick but most reviews say it comes with 4x2…avoid? Wow is literally the only thing it will be used for!
Would the one you linked above be better?
As for your 1660 question - the only other I found had a 1650 and it was only £100 cheaper.
If needed you can always swap the RAM on the cheap. (not for models with soldered RAM)
That looks great honestly, a 1660 ti is really nice, I was just checking if you were paying a fair more for it than say a 1660 cause it’s only slightly better. Ah I wouldn’t avoid it but RAM in Dual Channel is a nice to have
Price wise and spec it looks great to me.
Just definitely have a look tomorrow incase they knock even a few pounds off or include something like a mice, you never know
Ok great, would be helpful if there was a clear answer about it but it’s Amazon so not always the greatest descriptions…
Yes for sure I will - thanks for all the help and if you see any ones around similar price I’d be grateful for the link on this thread!
When you get it you can open the bottom and see if it has 2x4 or 1x8. Then either get 1x8 of matching speed (3200 MHz likely, JEDEC 1.2V only!) or upgrade 2x4 to 2x8 
needs to be sodimms most likely as well
Ok yeh it is 2x4 - how easy is it to upgrade it? Baring in mind I’m clueless at this…
Notebookcheck has a nice image:
https://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/_processed_/1/9/csm_nitro5_19_7eaf1a5b39.jpg
There are two SODIMM memory sticks on the right. You remove them and slot it new ones like 2 x 8GB 3200MHz CL22.
Thanks - really appreciate you posting that image. How much are new sticks? Can you get them from Amazon…?
Or is it worth spending £50 more on the Lenovo above? Ram below:
8GB 2933Mhz DDR4