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Hi everyone.
I'm really unsure about the recent events in consumer pc tech in terms of what to favor and such. I've been on the same laptop for 6 years now and I'm looking to buy either a new laptop (cause I've grown accustomed to them, won't really be travelling that much) or a desktop.
My budget is 4k USD all in all, not a single penny more. In a desktop I'm looking for something reliable 1440p gaming thing, with no regards to how much space it takes up (I actually would prefer a full tower case than anything smaller, because muh thermals and I like big cases in general). In a laptop, I don't care about it being heavy as fuck or big/bulky as long as it is powerful and can game in at least 1080 but more preferably in 1440p.
What I do care about in both is that I would like to have an easy time in doing maintenance on them (I'd prefer not to have any need to do so, but eventually both would need some TLC) and that I would not want to pay any "premium price" or "brand price" if it is not justified. (Meaning, that if the specific brand can show something at least semi-tangible to make up for the elevated price, then it is acceptable, but if it is just some "We're this company, so we sell our shit for 150% cause we can" that I'd rather avoid.)
So now you know where I am coming from - thanks for reading so far - and here does my question stem from:
What should I get? A desktop or a laptop? Can I get like an amazing deal for a 980 GPU laptop at a place like pcspecialist or origin and be better off somehow than getting a desktop? Or should I go with a desktop but then what parts would be good if the biggest workloads would be gaming, video editing, and some light programming?
I appreciate any insight, thanks. Have some Raptor Fonzi.
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and you don't need to spend near $4k for something as light as just gaming.
spend like half that on a logical increments 'extremist' build instead.
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>>56076309
Thanks.
Hmm, and what about AMD Zen? Should I wait for that to perhaps convince intel to lower prices or is it not worth bothering at all?
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>>56076530
I hope as much as the next guy that it turns out to be as good as they say. It'll give Intel a long-overdue flame up their arses, and give AMD a little more of the limelight and money they need.
However, I can see it being like all the other "big" AMD releases in the past two-or-so years, and just being "good". Not bad, but not earth-shattering, just "good". Shame, but that's how I see it going. There doesn't look to be any unique evidence that makes me think different to, say, GCN3 on Fury, for example.
I would wait. There's no telling for certain how things will pan out, it's just around the corner.
Some people would argue that there's always something just around the corner, and that there's no point waiting. This is true, but it's coming in October, so unless you really neeeeeeeeed it, I'd wait. There's always something good on the market if you choose not to, though. Just because it isn't the latest doesn't mean it's not good. Look at the 2500K and 2700K. They're pretty old, but they still perform admirably.
Not that guy, btw
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>>56076879
Thanks! I can't buy it until November anyhow though, unless I go with a laptop.
Thankfully, I can wait - at least for now. My current laptop is still working at least.
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