Hi Guys,

Wanted to ask some feedback here on which Laptop is better buy for me. Purpose is for mainly for personal MS Office tools, internet browsing, and possibly light gaming.

Option 1 – Acer Laptop with i7-1255U and Intel Iris XE graphics, 16 GB Ram and 512 GB SSD with 15.6 (60 GHZ) monitor for about RM3,500. Warranty is 3-years

Option 2 – Acer Laptop with i5-1240P with NVDIA GTX1650 (4GB), 16 GB Ram and 512 GB SSD with 15.6 (144 Ghz) Monitor for about RM3,800. The Warranty is only for 2-years.

Based on my limited research, i5-1240P with 12-cores performs better than the i7-1255U with only 10-cores and the monitor is 144 Ghz which is better right.

My IT friend told me that i5-1235U will suffice and it cost only about RM2,600 but my current experience with my office laptop which is using a i5-1135G7 (16 GB of Ram) has been a nightmare. The laptop lags under heavy multi-tasking say with 15 files open in the background. Switching between files or saving files can result in the laptop freezing for like 30-seconds.

So I rather pay a bit more for peace of mind. Feedback or input much appreciated.

Open my task manager and my memory usage without Excel Files with extensive macro is about 45% to 50% but my CPU usage fluctuating between 30% to 60% with apparently certain backgrounds application using up to 50% of my cpu

Operating excel with extensive macros will take the CPU from a 30% to 90% at times with excel using 30% of the CPU

Drive still has 65% capacity out of 256 gb

Memory used is 50% to 55%

Strange things is I did not install anything on my laptop. Will ask my IT



But back to my question, if i do gaming, the i5-1240 is better option but what if I don't game

Any real advantage of the i5-1240 with the 144 ghz monitor over the i7, price increase is not much actually

Just want a good laptop for next 5 years hopefully

This post has been edited by cfa28: Mar 2 2023, 01:16 PM

What if no gaming consideration

Which laptop is better and more value for money in your opinion