What to Look For When Buying a Gaming Laptop Under 700 Dollars

So you want to buy a gaming laptop? You’ll need to decide whether to go for something cheaper or something more expensive. You need to also decide on what kind of laptop you are after as there are many different models out there. Here’s a guide to choosing laptops depending on price ranges and specs.

Gaming laptops generally fall into two categories, Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon(TM) 2021, both of which are generally mid to high spec processors. Now, first note that anything below 500 dollars should get you a gaming laptop able to output 80 FPS at medium levels for smoother games and at least get you to the 60’s level on low settings too. Needless to say, you’ll only be able to reach those levels at high settings on a higher CPU. Hence, this is basically where you stop when choosing a gaming laptop.

On the other hand, if your price range is above 700 dollars, you will want to go for the dedicated gpu option. A dedicated gpu is a special part that a motherboard is equipped with which acts as a secondary processing unit (secondary being a basic processing unit with multiple cores and threads). Generally speaking, a quad core i7-patterned Intel CPU is good for gaming laptop use and a quad-core AMD setup is best for gaming notebooks. A dedicated gpu comes with its own price tag, but it’s definitely worth the extra money. It will give you access to all the cores and threads you could ever want for your laptop.

So we know what type of processor and clock speed you’re after, now lets talk about the two major considerations for any gaming notebook: graphic card and processor speed. If you have enough money, of course, you can get both. But most people don’t, and it’s not a hard thing to justify. The point is, the higher the card’s speed, the better your overall graphics will be, and the more demanding the game will be, meaning the better your framerate will be.

Naturally, the higher the RAM on the laptop, the faster the system will be. This means that the more expensive the laptop will be. The next question is, how much of the RAM will be necessary? Depending on how extensive you intend to go with gaming (have many programs open at once or lots of data saved on the laptop), you’ll need more RAM than if you just want to have some general browsing and chatting on the laptop. Therefore, you have to decide how much you want to spend before you go out and look for your gaming laptop.

Finally, you should find a laptop with a long battery life. Gaming machines are not cheap. You need to replace them often, so finding one that lasts a long time is very important, even if it means spending a little more. Some notebooks offer a few hours of gaming hours per battery charge, while others offer up to eight hours. To have your laptop last all day without having to worry about changing games or constantly replacing the battery, find one that offers a long battery backup.