I'm currently looking for a gaming notebook up to max 950 euro and came across this:
https://www.lidl.de/...pping_shop
In your opinion, is that sufficient if you want to play something occasionally? I think the equipment is reasonably okay, but I don't know my way around 100%. Can someone still give tips or is there something better for the price? More than 950 euro are not included.
And it shouldn't be a desktop PC, but a 17 inch notebook.
It is possible for a small game, but nothing more. This is due to the bad GTX1650 GPU.
Better alternative
950 euro
GTX1660 and fast AMD Ryzen 3750H even if "only" 15 "TFT
Well, not really, it should be at least a 1650S. I took a look at what kind of sensible deals there are in this area, unfortunately most of the really good ones are slightly over your budget, that was the best I could find in a hurry:
https://www.amazon.de/...08BB9RWXD/
4800H & 1660ti
So much better GPU and next to the 4900HS the most powerful mobile CPU currently. On the market.
Never buy a "gaming laptop" from Lidl, it's rubbish…
Sorry but how? I had HP on business, never had problems (ok, business devices are a thing for themselves), now I have an omen that is also of high quality. And the devices of friends that I had in my fingers were ok too. Others deliver much more brutal scrap at higher prices.
Ah okay I understand the dealer automatically turns it into garbage
If lidl had and 3090 for sale, it would also be rubbish because it is sold at Lild sure
The laptop itself is not bad, but at Lidl… No thanks, I'm right.
The things from Aldi, i.e. Medion (which belong to Lenovo) are handled by the under warranty. But what is it all about at Lidl? They always seem to be different and not always the best…
Device not bad, but beyond the scope of the questioner… Shipping almost 'n thousand.
The point is that Lidl seldom have good electronic products in their range.
That's why they will never have or have installed a 3090 or similar there.
Rarely that is correct mkr but the point is that the retailer has nothing to do with the product itself
You're right, yeah
Have you ever held a Dell XPS / Inspiron in your hand?
or a Lenovo e.g. Thinkpad.
Or a MacBook.
I'm a developer. We ourselves already had a lot of laptops for testing in the company (more than 250 employees).
In terms of quality, HP / Asus / Acer are simply not the top brands.
They tend to specialize in "cheap" laptops with good hardware. (Cheap means here, instead of 1350 euro, e.g. 999 euro and the quality is not so great)
the thermal management is often not very sparkling either. The laptops are mostly made of hard plastic, the keyboards / trackpad are inferior.
At Dell / Lenovo / Apple you have aluminum laptops. Simply top quality. With a large trackpad (Dell has one of the best on the market).
We checked all the laptops we had opened and exchanged thermal paste. Even additional heat sinks are installed in the laptop. So I know what I'm talking about.
Although HP is now trying to get better quality with the HP Envy.
The envy is a step in the right direction.
As an aside, the omen is not very good. (So it fits for normal users, but for more blatant things…) When I was studying, around 12 people had an omen. (Price range 900-1400 euro)
At 2 the power supply was defective in the first semester. One of them even caused a power failure in an entire university wing.
Everyone had performance issues because the laptop got too warm. And everyone has complained about the short battery life.
HP / Acer / Asus produce laptops with good hardware in the range of 500-1400 euro. But in order to be able to offer them cheaply, they drop extremely in terms of quality and other things like battery / keyboard / screen thermal management.
So they can offer laptops with good hardware cheaper than other brands.
In itself, that's not a bad thing, but not so great for everyone who buys one from the brands. (Especially if you were previously badly advised in MediaMarkt or something like that)
I had Dell and various Thinkpads in hand. No question about it, these are extremely high-quality devices that I would always prefer for business use. I leave Apple outside, I don't have anything to do with it and somehow I can't use it (which is not to say that the devices are bad).
My omen ranks a bit higher in terms of price (and thus possibly slightly qualitatively?), But is also from the range of 2019/2020 (this and that may have happened there). My old MSI is worse in some ways, better in some… But isn't that the case everywhere? And the Omen are not intended to be carried around for mobile work without a socket, they are primarily designed for gaming and the battery is more appearance than real.
I only know Envy from walking past, so I have nothing to say.
I already had performance problems with all kinds of devices (even with my Toughbook), but this almost always comes from incorrect or non-existent maintenance. I can make your sentence with the open and paste ect. Not quite following, were the devices brand new? Then the error lies somewhere else… I don't need to half-convert a new device, if I do that either the device is from the start or something went wrong with the procurement.
MediaMarkt and the like are anyway… Let's not talk. I went there years ago out of pure curiosity when my father wanted to buy a laptop, and I wanted to become a pure all-rounder for bissl banking, Google and YT. What does the "specialist" do? Drag me in the corner for equipment 2000 euro +.
No, we replaced thermal paste on some devices because we just wanted to see what could be done. Even with new devices (hobby projects in working hours xD)
In the same way we extracted the BIOS, manually reduced the CPU voltage (undervolten), etc.
Just to test what the maximum performance the laptops can bring.
But when it comes to thermal paste, most manufacturers use some kind of dirt paste. We noticed a difference of 4-6 degrees Celsius on average when switching. (And if you need full power and throttled at 85 degrees, 4-6 degrees are a bit more power)
Yes, MediaMarkt, etc. In the end, they only want to sell at high prices… But then promises are often made that the laptops don't keep, and the consumer is a little bit ashamed.
Ah so, well then. Tinkering like this is always fun (how do I know that?). Unless I have a reason, I change the paste after about 3 years and otherwise the device is blown cleanly 1-2x / year. Usually this is enough for the usual useful life (~ 8 years). I'm just a little bit versed because I've been working with laptops for over 25 years and privately for over 15 years (mainly for reasons of space) I haven't had a desktop PC.
