Choosing a laptop these days can be confusing and frustrating. One search on Amazon will pop up thousands of results, but are the laptops that show up good? Whats the difference between a “AMD Ryzen 5 5500U” processor and a “Intel 24-Core i9-13900HX”? How much ram do I need? What dedicated graphics should I choose? Not to worry, this article has got you covered, and is split into 3 major categories in choosing your perfect laptop: The Processor, The Amount of RAM, The Graphics Card.
The Processor
The processor of a computer is considered the “brains” of the machine, so it is important to choose a good one. For different price ranges are different power ranges for your processor. If you’re buying a new computer, you would probably want it to be more powerful than your old one. Go to this website and type in your current processor, and compare it to the processor on the computer you are looking at, and make sure that it is at least better than 3,000 points.
The Amount of RAM
The amount of RAM is crucial to your laptop’s performance, especially if you keep 200 tabs open in Chrome. For very basic internet browsing, 8gb is enough, and for regular people, 16 gigabytes is good for around 100 tabs, and is also good for most mainstream games. 32gb is probably the most an average user is going to get, as anything above 32 gigabytes is overkill. 32 gigabytes is good for video editing and heavy gaming, but is often overpriced and is only found in expensive machines.
The Graphics Card
The graphics card is only really important for three things: Video Gaming, Video Editing, and 3D Rendering. For light games like Roblox, Minecraft, etc, an intergrated graphics card will work perfectly well. Integrated graphics work well in budget systems, because it means that there is no need for an extra graphics card. This means that there will be no graphics card listed, or will just be listed as “integrated”. Games like Fortnite and Microsoft Flight Simulator need a dedicated graphics card. For Nvidia cards, the higher the number, the better (Usually). A 4070 will be enough for most uses, but is in expensive machines.
Hopefully this article has helped you choose a laptop that is suitible for you and your price range. It might take a while to find the perfect laptop, and make sure to also look out for special deals or promotions.
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