Just looking for some advice when purchasing a new gaming laptop for WotLK, I appreciate that the specs for WotLK are not overly high however I do intend on using it for other things.
HP Omen 15.6" £1299 (Amazon)
Tech Spec:
OMEN Laptop 15-en1000sa
Microprocessor - AMD Ryzen™ 7 5800H (up to 4.4 GHz max boost clock, 16 MB L3 cache, 8 cores, 16 threads)
Memory, standard - 16 GB DDR4-3200 MHz RAM (2 x 8 GB)
Video graphics - NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3070 (8 GB GDDR6 dedicated)
Hard drive - 1 TB PCIe® NVMe™ TLC M.2 SSD
Display - 39.6 cm (15.6") diagonal, QHD (2560 x 1440), 165 Hz, 3 ms response time, IPS, micro-edge, anti-glare, 300 nits, 100% DCI-P3
Wireless connectivity - Intel® Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6™ AX200 (2x2) and Bluetooth® 5 combo (Supporting Gigabit data rate)
External ports
1 SuperSpeed USB Type-C® 5Gbps signaling rate (DisplayPort™ 1.4, HP Sleep and Charge); 1 SuperSpeed USB Type-A 5Gbps signaling rate (HP Sleep and Charge); 2 SuperSpeed USB Type-A 5Gbps signaling rate; 1 Mini DisplayPort™; 1 HDMI 2.1; 1 RJ-45; 1 AC smart pin; 1 headphone/microphone combo
Minimum dimensions (W x D x H)
35.79 x 23.97 x 2.29 cm
Battery type - 6-cell, 70.9 Wh Li-ion polymer
Webcam - HP Wide Vision 720p HD camera with integrated dual array digital microphones
Audio features - Audio by Bang & Olufsen; DTS:X® Ultra; Dual speakers; HP Audio Boost
Alienware M15 R7 - Ryzen Edition £1269 (Dell)
Tech Spec:
Dell Outlet Alienware m15 R7 Laptop
Intel Core 12th Generation i7-12700H Processor (14 Core, Up to 4.70GHz, 24MB Cache, 45W)
Windows 11 Home
16GB (2X8GB) 4800MHz DDR5 SoDIMM Non-ECC
512GB PCIe M.2 NVMe Class 40 Solid State Drive
15.6 inch FHD (1920 x 1080) 165Hz 3ms ComfortView Plus Non-Touch Display, NVIDIA G-SYNC & Advanced Optimus
HD Camera and Microphone
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 6GB GDDR6
Dark Side of the Moon - LCD Back Cover
Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1675 802.11ax 2x2 Wireless LAN and Bluetooth 5.2
6-Cell, 86 WHr Lithium Ion Battery
Alienware mSeries per key AlienFX RGB keyboard - UK
No Optical Drive
So the HP Omen comes with a 3070 where as the Alienware only comes with a 3060, other trade offs on the Alienware are the HDD size (1tb vs 512gb) and the screen is only FHD. However the Alienware benefits from a newer processor (i7 12th gen vs Ryzen 5800H) and DDR 5 RAM.
My main question is, is the trade down in tech specs/performance worth the increase in manufacture quality? (I’m having to return a MSI Katana due to keyboard issues.)
Open to other suggestions around the same price and tech spec and thanks to anyone who takes the time to reply!