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When do you decide it’s time to upgrade your laptop?


Callum

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Lately I’ve been debating between keeping my current notebook or jumping to something newer. My machine runs fine, but sometimes I feel things slow down and more RAM would be nice, or I eye an OLED screen and wonder how my nighttime routine of watching Netflix will be more enjoyable.

I've been looking at new laptops on NotebookCheck reviews and comparing prices on this site to see how price/performance lines up to see if an upgrade is actually worth it, but I'd like your thoughts too.

Do you wait for a specific feature jump (new CPU gen, better displays), or just ride your current notebook until it starts choking?

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Either the need to upgrade (running something sucks) or the want to upgrade (new and shiny) have both been reasons for me in the past. Also partly for work since I was representing the shop.

Louqe Ghost S1 case (Top hat and bottom extension)

Powercolor RX 9070 XT Reaper 16GB

32" MSI 4k 160HZ IPS display

AMD Ryzen 7 7700 cooled via Thermalright 240mm AIO

48GB (2x24) DDR5 6000 CL36

Asus B650E-I motherboard

2TB T500 nvme SSD + 2TB SN770 nvme

Corsair SF750 platinum SFX PSU

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When mine can't run the software I want to run anymore, its time to upgrade.  This time however, the reason is for slow hardware failure. It works 90% of the time, but the other 10 it craps the bed.

 

Workstation - Dell XPS 8940 - desktop creative powerhouse

Mobile Workstation - Dell inspiron 5406 2 in 1 - mobile creative beast

Wifey's Notebook - Dell inspiron 3169 - Little gem for our businesses

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When my current laptop either stop working, Software and games running too slow, or too damaged like a broken hinge then its time to upgrade. My current laptop is fine but it starting to show its age after 5 years and i kinda want to upgrade but i would need to buy a new laptop with at least 5070ti because of the VRAM issue, Thanks NVIDIA. 😬

Current Laptop:

Lenovo Legion 5: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H 2.8Ghz (Boost: 4.2Ghz), 6GB Nvidia Geforce GTX 1660Ti GDDR6 Memory, 15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) 144Hz IPS display, 32GB 3200MHz DDR4 memory, 512GB M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD, 1 TB Teamgroup MP34 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD, Windows 10 Home 22H2

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