I want to buy a gaming laptop. Where do I look? What I should know?

Hello geeks,

As a gamer, I always wanted to know what specific laptop do I need so I can run any game I want, with no worries.

As a normal user, you don't have to look for a professional hardware to do your web browsing, hitting on Facebook or any office documentation work that you do.

But as a gamer, you must look for the right hardware components so you won't cry if your game doesn't start or it runs in frames.

Here are some guidance on what to look at, before you buy a gaming laptop.

1. The processor (CPU)

There are two brands competing for this market. Intel and AMD. The known best are: I5 and I7 from Intel (for Intel fanatics).

AMD is not bad and it's cheaper than Intel, but weaker. The R5 and R7 processors are recommended if you are an AMD fanatic.

2. Gamers need graphics

Most of us are Nvidia fanatics for a reason. It provides quality graphics, it was the first brand that most gamers knew as graphic cards and is here to stay.

Of course that AMD and Intel have their own video cards factories too, but Nvidia are the experts in this field, the others are not for gaming.

Look for an Nvidia graphic card with a large RAM memory. Better than 3 GB.

If you want a smooth gaming experience, go for the best. Your game will lack in quality or it will refuse to run on a weak graphic card.

3. The RAM memory is crucial

The 4 GB of RAM today is useless for a gamer. Gamers need over 8 GB of RAM for a 100% gaming experience.

Of course that you ca run these games on 4 GB of RAM, but your patience is put at test and you don't have any guarantee that the game will run.

4. A huge hard drive

Computer games are asking for big storage. You won't get to run a latest release without at least 30 GB. The game has loads of files, some bigger or smaller than others.

But never underestimate the fact that the game you are downloading, will be merciful.

You need at least 256 GB nowadays. If you can afford, go bigger. 1 TB, it will payoff in the end.

Look for SSD hard drives, they are faster.

5. A long warranty

And when I'm talking about warranty, is not that 2-3 extra years of warranty. It's the product itself.

The product that does not need to go to service. The laptop that has to start when you press the power button.

The laptop that gives you 24/7 of 100% pure game experience. Nothing compares to The Predator yet.

Conclusion

It's easier to to get a full laptop, rather than working on upgrading it. The laptop below has:

CPU: Intel Core i7

RAM: 16 GB DDR4 Memory

HDD: 256 GB SSD

GRAPHICS: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with 6 GB of dedicated GDDR5 VRAM

Extra: 7 hours of battery life


I vouch for this laptop.

Vlad