Shopping for a new computer
In a earlier post I said I had decided on a laptop to get. Well, u have changed my mind. I found a much cheaper computer and I am not very good at tech, so I was hoping one one could help me and plea...
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Ok, thanks. I didn’t know about the return policy, thanks. Just don’t want the computer to stop working after a few years. You can look for a better computer, I am too. I just want to make sure but I do LOVE this computer other than worrying that once I have all the sims 4 expansions and I am starting to add more stuff on the computer that it would be reliable. How do I see private messages?
I can't promise that the computer won't stop working or have issues. We bought laptops we had issues with, but luckily we had bought from a company that had a 2 year warranty.
The couple/few I've looked at are from Amazon and only come 30-day to maybe a year warranty.
If that's something your concerned with, you might look into purchasing from Best Buy or Walmart. So you can have it shipped to store and if you have any problems, you can take it back to the store.
If you purchase a laptop with only a 256 GB SSD (hard drive), you'll definitely want to look into getting a bigger drive rather quickly, depending on what games and other programs you want to use.
My biggest concern is running out of hard drive space.
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- Ok thanks
- Just want to be sure but I do love this computer!!
- Update: $390/$670
Ok LAST TIME I PROMISE!!! In your honest opinion do you honk this would run what I want? Would you get it or another computer?? The Dell should run what you want at on high. My main concern is it's hard drive space.
I've found two more to have a look at if you'd like both are under $700.
MSI GL62M Gaming Laptop
https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GL62M-7RD-1407-Performance-SteelSeries/dp/B072QT88DG- i5-7300HQ (2.5-3.1GHz)
- 8GB DDR4 System Memory
- GTX 1050 2GB GDDR5
- Hard Drive: 256GB SSD
* Can play Sims 4 w/all packs on high.
- Price: $679.00Almost 1 1/2 year warranty if you register the laptop with MSI. (1 year warranty without)
Can add a bigger hard drive and keep the SSD -- That's a definite plus!!
Mostly positive reviews.===============
ASUS Gaming Laptop
https://www.amazon.com/8th-Gen-i5-8300H-processor-GeForce-FireCuda/dp/B07BP9QG2J- i5-8300H processor (up to 3.9GHz)
- 8GB DDR4 System Memory
- GTX 1050 2GB
- 1TB FireCuda Solid State Hybrid Drive
* Can play Sims 4 w/all packs on high.
- Price: $699.00Warranty from Amazon - 30 return policy.
Mostly positive other than some recent reviews were complaining about the slower hard drive. Lacking the speed of a solid state drive (SSD). Which I have to agree. Having a SSD is awesome speeds up load time no matter what your using.
Between these two I've posted, the Asus would be slightly better. As in slightly better processor and 1 TB hard drive, which is bigger than a 256GB hard drive. However, the 1TB hard drive is slower than the 256 GB SSD (solid state hard drive)
- SO would you buy this computer over the one we were talking about for like the past week?
This one: https://www.amazon.com/8th-Gen-i5-8300H-processor-GeForce-FireCuda/dp/B07BP9QG2J
Compared to last one: https://www.amazon.com/Dell-i5577-5335BLK-PUS-Inspiron-Gaming-Laptop/dp/B06XFGDD8P Still actually comparing all 3 to each other. The one I'm liking best is:
MSI GL62M Gaming Laptop
https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GL62M-7RD-1407-Performance-SteelSeries/dp/B072QT88DG
- i5-7300HQ (2.5-3.1GHz)
- 8GB DDR4 System Memory
- GTX 1050 2GB GDDR5
- Hard Drive: 256GB SSD
* Can play Sims 4 w/all packs on high.
- Price: $679.00
Almost 1 1/2 year warranty if you register the laptop with MSI.
(1 year warranty without)
Mostly positive reviews.
The reasons why this one is sticking out to me as best -
Better warranty
Better reviews
I have a similar MSI laptop and I love it even though it's had issues (Bad USB port), we've had it repaired and it works really well.
An additional hard drive can be added. So you can add a 500GB or bigger SSD hard drive to it and keep the 256GB.- So on the edge, if you were in my position, would you get that one? Just don’t want any issues, just hope to keep this laptop for the rest of high school and hopefully longer. That is about 9-10 if I want to go FAR pst high school. Seriously don’t even think I will add anything else, just wanted to be safe. Would YOU get that laptop? I like the others better but I want your opinion. :-)
- Ok, have been looking at that computer. I do like it now, but still want your opinuon
- Also saw it ha a loud fan, do you think thy would be annoying?
My opinion is a bit-biased because I own an MSI and really enjoy it.
With knowing that, I'd go for the MSI. I can't promise that it will last 10 years. As you may need to upgrade before that depending on what types of games you like to play.
I really enjoy the screen on mine, and the turbo fan is very useful on hot days. It is loud, but I like it for background noise. I love that you can change and/or turn the keyboard light on/off. Some laptops you can't do that with.
Earlier today, I was looking over all 3 of them asking myself which would I get if I were looking for a new laptop. I kept going back to the MSI. I have the most confidence that the MSI will work best.
You're right, the Dell did have some negative reviews, it wasn't clear how long the warranty is on it. Some didn't like it's screen. The Asus is good, don't get me wrong, but there were things about it that made me say nope.
Which do you like better?
I've heard the MSI laptops have loud fans. It's not really loud to me, but I have a fan going pretty much all day long that's louder than the MSI's fan.
It's turbo fan isn't that loud either, at least to me. You can definitely tell when it's on though.
- Well, narrowing it down, the Asus I am kinda ehh about because the last Asus my sister has broke in like a month, and Dell is like a all around brand while the MSI is just focused on gaming pretty much. So I guess the MSI. The ONLY thing I am nervous about is the fan, do you think it would be annoying?
- Can you turn the fan off?
Also does this one have a light up background? I didn’t think it did? @maiya3694, we don't know what would be annoying to you, only what would be annoying to us! 😉 I don't think you can turn the fan off because your computer might overheat! 😞 But in my opinion, I would take a loud fan any day, if it meant I was getting a reliable computer that could play my game well! 🙂
@172e3cda00349872, thanks for helping Maiya3694 (and for educating us)! A new computer is not something to buy on a whim, and you certainly have made this process easier for Maiya3694! 😇
- Yes! I agree 1000000 percent. Does it have a backdrop light? Not really a big thing but you said you can turn it on/off so does the one I’m looking at have it?
- Great news, my mom just said she would pay $200 on the new computer if I do chores more!!
The MSI?
The regular laptop fan you can. That will turn on when the system itself needs to cool down.
However, the turbo fan has an off/on switch.
It doesn't have a light up background that I know of. It does have a back-lit keyboard though. It too can be turned on/off and you can change the color of the back light.
The back-light can be made purple if you'd like!! 🙂
- Th MSI
- A keyboard light if this one?
https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GL62M-7RD-1407-Performance-SteelSeries/dp/B072QT88DG Congrats on the more money!! 🙂
Yeah to me the fan isn't annoying or loud, and you don't have to have the turbo fan on, it's just there for really hot days... like in the summer when it's hot you can have some extra air on the laptops hardware.
Never had a backlit keyboard, is it nice?
Yes, it's nice to have. Specially if you're working in dark room.
- Can I live without it???
You can turn off the back light, if you don't want it on.
It's a built in thing with most new laptops. Some allow you to change colors of the back light. Some only offer red back light keys.
- I thought it didn’t have a light?!?!?!?
