Need help deciding between these 2 laptops

Asus TUF FX505g and Acer Nitro 5

Both have the same specs :

- i5-8300h
- 4gb ram
- 1tb HDD
- GTX 1050 4gb

My budget is rm3000, the asus price at shops is at rm3099 and the acer is at rm2999, i dont mind going a little overboard for the asus if its good, can help deciding between the 2? Laptop will be used for mostly college stuffs only ( words, excel, powerpoint etc.) If gaming, i would like to run most triple A games smoothly with playable framerates, dont mind at all if its on low settings. Btw first time laptop buyer here 🙋‍♂️ be kind to me 😂

Is it possible to have Thunderbolt3 at this price point? Or can u suggest some cheaper thunderbolt 3 supported laptop?

I would not recommend these two models. If you're maximum budget RM3,000, then it's recommended to settle for a lower end CPU and a lower end GPU. However a lower end CPU and a lower end GPU wouldn't be able to play AAA games smoothly with playable framerates. The specification you listed will be able to play AAA games smoothly with playable framerates. However in any TUF or any Nitro laptops, the cooling is terrible and the overall experience is disappointing.

Illegear Raven is over budget by RM300 but far far better and is what I consider as the most affordable model to be able to play AAA games smoothly with playable framerates.

No need dGPU?

Absolute max budget? Any preference on weight and battery life? You need at least 1050TI IMO which is above your budget

Nitro 5 with undervolt+repaste has quite good thermals

What about fan noise?

Hi,

Helping a friend to ask.

1. Budget: 3.5k
2. Purposes: Normal usage, trading and etc
3. Weight: <1.8kg
4. SSD: 256GB (possible to get 512GB?)
5. Battery Life: >4-5 Hours
6. Size: Doesn't matter.

Thank you

Not annoyingly loud, not super quiet. Average I would say

Mind low sRGB display and non-upgradable RAM?

If SSD not enough capacity you can upgrade by yourself

Don't really mind. 8GB RAM should be good enough.

Thank you.

Suggest with and without 😁😁

Yea thats the absolute max budget i can go for... no weight preference / battery life...as long as its a good value for money

Ahhh i see :/...... what lower end cpu gpu laptop would you recommend then?

Help having trouble between these few models
Price range around 4.5k

Mainly for work and mobility
Data processing
Power point presentation
Occasional movies

After surveying my options are
HP Envy
Asus Zenbook
Swift 5
Asus Vivobook
Lenovo 720s

Wanted to consider XPS but a bit out of my budget

Any suggestions?

This post has been edited by naTTan: Apr 20 2019, 07:16 PM

If that's the case , Nitro 5 would do the trick

You can run Triple AAA titles in native 1080p with Medium settings also , eSport games would be fine (if you are into that) - since your budget is super tight

Again it depends how picky you are. If you are okay to scale down and play in low/medium at 1080p ...

Good sRGB IPS, non-upgradable RAM:
Lenovo Yoga S730 81J0005LMJ / 81J0005KMJ - battery a bit small, no USB A
Lenovo Yoga 730 13 customize
Lenovo Ideapad 720s 13 Intel 81BV000BMJ / CMJ
Asus Zenbook UX331F-ALEG010T
Acer Spin 5 SP513-53N-52HJ, SP513-52N-58QD

Low sRGB IPS:
Lenovo Thinkpad E480, E490, E490s (smaller battery) customize - suggest getting 3 yr warranty upgrade
Lenovo Ideapad 530s 14 81EU00NRMJ/ SMJ/ TMJ/ UMJ
Acer Swift 3 SF314-54-55JD / 57FD / 59T5 +RAM
Lenovo Yoga 520 81C80016MJ / 17MJ +RAM
Huawei Matebook D 14
Asus Vivobook S330F-AEY106T / AEY107T - non-upgradable RAM
Lenovo Ideapad 320s-14IKBR 81BN0071MJ / 81BN0072MJ +RAM+SSD

I've excluded those with <6 hrs battery, if you want to check out those models then refer to my regular laptop list

If below 3.5k and with good sRGB display:
Lenovo Yoga S730 81J0005LMJ / 81J0005KMJ - battery a bit small (>7 hrs), no USB A
Lenovo Yoga 730 13 customize
Lenovo Ideapad 720s 13 Intel 81BV000BMJ / CMJ

All without dGPU

Nitro 5 AN515-52-50WX +RAM+SSD, must undervolt+repaste

Kindly provide more info:
Any preference on weight, battery life and display size? Mind low sRGB display and non-upgradable RAM?

less then 1.5kg
display 13- 15

right now i am thinking of
Lenovo 720s
HP envy
Swift 5
Asus Zenbook 14
Asus Vivobook