It will also burn out within 2 years as the CPU fucks off and dies. The biggest problem any laptop has is heat and dealing with programs optimized for desktops. Video Games can put a major load on any system of hardware and in a laptop everything is crowded together. Picture a gym. A desktop is a big warehouse of a place with 20 foot ceilings. Lots of space. A laptop is the gym in an apartment building basement. Sure everyone can exercise in both, but you know which one you would prefer doing it in.
When it comes to gaming laptops you are paying more for an inferior experience. Always. There are no exceptions. If you see a laptop for $1,499 buy it knowing full well the desktop being sold $749 is just as good and possibly slightly better. Also do it knowing the desktop for half the price will last twice as long. Three times as long if you upgrade individual components. There really needs to be a compelling reason for getting one. Maybe you travel alot and need to carry your rig with you. Military guys are a big market for gaming laptops for this reason. But if you are just getting it for home, buy a desktop.
The fuck are you taking about? The ONLY time I've ever seen that happen was on the infamous Nvidia mobile GPUs from 2006 that used inferior lead-free solder, and those could often be fixed with the oven trick. The silicon doesnt "burn out". Modern laptops dont do that, unless you are like a customer of mine that chainsmoked next to her computers for 6 years and literally never cleaned the PC, and even then the silicon itself was fine, it was the heatsink brace that warped.
A system with a 15 watt CPU+iGPU isnt going to cook itself alive in 2 years unless you are a total fucking moron who uses it in a convection oven.
Okay, you all convinced me to just save up and upgrade the desktop for any major game playing. However I still want a cheaper laptop that will still be able to play less graphically intensive, non-AAA games as well as 3D modelling for use on a 3D Printer. Would
this be good enough to play indie games, emulators, and so on? If what I found from a quick google search is accurate it can be upgraded to have 12 GB of RAM.
I mean, you DO know that RAM doesnt mean performance, right?
That would work, but its a lower end consumer model using a 2 generation old ryzen chip. Those chips had terrible driver support and worse battery life.
For that price, you could easily pick up a used workstation laptop off Ebay that will obliterate the ideapad, such as this dell precision for $349:
Model: Precision M4800. Storage Capacity: 512GB SSD. No longer want the item. Tested for Key Functions, R2/Ready for Resale.
www.ebay.com
Or you could go with a used business notebook, such as a dell latitude, HP probook, or lenovo T series, usually 2-3 years old, for under $400 and build quality that, again, will obliterate that ideapad. As a bonus, those business laptops are easy to repair and parts are cheap, so if something goes wrong you can fix them.
Let me help you with that: Dont buy consumer models. Period. Doesnt matter if its dell, HP, lenovo, acer, asus, MSI, clevo, or some chinese ripoff. The consumers models ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS suck. They can barely be repaired, they are a PITA to upgrade, if its even possible,a nd parts are impossible to find. Their build quality is ALWAYS dumpster fire level.
If you need a laptop for personal use, buy a used business notebook, they are built FAR better, even the cheap ones, and can easily be repaired if they break. A 2-3 year old business notebook is usually cheaper then a brand new consumer laptop. If you need GPU performance, get a workstation laptop used, not a gaming laptop. Yes the workstation is heavier and the drivers are not tuned for gaming, but the cooling system in these beasts can take heavy use and are usually quieter then the "ZOMG THIN" gaming laptops. And again, are built to be repaired and upgraded, not thrown away.
