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MontanaMama

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1. No suggestions Tiggeroshii.

Reply to Tiggeroshii (Original post)

Mon Jul 22, 2019, 04:43 PM

Jul 2019

But bookmarking this thread so I can read the suggestions. Would love to find a sweet set up like this for my kiddo who will be a high school freshman this fall.

Paging all you tech smarties out there!!!

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Purchasing a work/gaming/ school laptop. [View all] Tiggeroshii Jul 2019 OP

No suggestions Tiggeroshii. MontanaMama Jul 2019 #1

I have generally had a good experience with the older acer aspires. Tiggeroshii Jul 2019 #2

Either one would play starcraft 2 okay but struggle with overwatch mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #3

You know, it doesn't actually look horrible Tiggeroshii Jul 2019 #5

Better video for the UHD 620 Tiggeroshii Jul 2019 #7

That does look better, however based on the OSD there it's on an i7, not an i3 ... mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #8

You just sold me on the ryzen Tiggeroshii Jul 2019 #9

My lappie is a Lenovo with I5, 8GB, and nVidia 1050ti, a very competent discrete GPU mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #10

Ok i just went crazy on an impulse buy Tiggeroshii Jul 2019 #11

LOL ... good luck with the Wife ... mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #12

Thanks! Tiggeroshii Jul 2019 #13

Right on Tigger! mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #14

Update Tiggeroshii Aug 2019 #15

It's possible ... 4GB of RAM on W10 should be upgraded to 6GB minimum mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #16

Don't blame ya! Brainfodder Aug 2019 #17

At that price Timewas Jul 2019 #4

My standards are pretty low. Don't need anything amazing. Tiggeroshii Jul 2019 #6