Guide: Deciding between a high-end laptop and a desktop PC

[Redaktion]

Buyers often find themselves in a fix when deciding between a high-end laptop and a full-fledged desktop PC. Modern laptops are now more powerful than ever, often matching the performance of a similar-specced desktop, and they are increasingly being adopted for their versatility and portability. However, desktops still rule the roost when it comes to sheer power and expandability. We take a look at some important considerations that should be made for both form factors and explain the advantages and limitations of each.

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[devianartguru]

The laptop's major flaw is the screen. 15" is an absolutely sad low-class gaming experience. Also, it's not great for movies and TV shows and such limited screen estate will affect work and study productivity.
I would suggest taking a look at 17" laptops or combos like 14" Asus G14 and external display (there are plenty of fantastic options below $200). Also, you can go even further and take laptop w/ thunderbolt 3 and eGPU, in that case, it will be easy to control the time spent on games/work/study and it will be a worthy investment of money in the long term.

[Mahdi 2002 pss]

It's your opinion, I think, however, the greatest Laptops' limitation is THERMALs! They never ever have  a good sustained performance and even if they have as if you were on a jet (Noise) or like an oven (heat).

[Vaidyanathan]

It's your opinion, I think, however, the greatest Laptops' limitation is THERMALs! They never ever have  a good sustained performance and even if they have as if you were on a jet (Noise) or like an oven (heat).

I can relate to the jet engine part ;)

[Vaidyanathan]

The laptop's major flaw is the screen. 15" is an absolutely sad low-class gaming experience. Also, it's not great for movies and TV shows and such limited screen estate will affect work and study productivity.
I would suggest taking a look at 17" laptops or combos like 14" Asus G14 and external display (there are plenty of fantastic options below $200). Also, you can go even further and take laptop w/ thunderbolt 3 and eGPU, in that case, it will be easy to control the time spent on games/work/study and it will be a worthy investment of money in the long term.

Many high-end DTRs still use TN or IPS-like panels... that's a major area for cost-cutting as often users use a higher quality external display.

[Rhein7]

One thing that this piece forgot to include is power requirements or especially power bills.

Lets say I have a midrange gaming desktop with Ryzen 3700x, 2 Dimms of ram, 5700xt or 2060 super, a single M.2 Nvme Ssd plus a regular sata HD, mid range mobo along with budget gaming 24" Lcd monitor and you're looking at 400-400W load wattage. Compared to that, most laptop gaming on your review usually at 120-150W on the Witcher or max 200W on burn test.

If you are using your Pc 16 hours per day with 3-5 hours of that for gaming, that difference of wattage used will add quite a bit. I'm a bit focused about this because ever since the pandemic, my power bill rose quite a bit thanks to WFH and most of my friends also complaining about this.  :D

[Vaidyanathan]

One thing that this piece forgot to include is power requirements or especially power bills.

Lets say I have a midrange gaming desktop with Ryzen 3700x, 2 Dimms of ram, 5700xt or 2060 super, a single M.2 Nvme Ssd plus a regular sata HD, mid range mobo along with budget gaming 24" Lcd monitor and you're looking at 400-400W load wattage. Compared to that, most laptop gaming on your review usually at 120-150W on the Witcher or max 200W on burn test.

If you are using your Pc 16 hours per day with 3-5 hours of that for gaming, that difference of wattage used will add quite a bit. I'm a bit focused about this because ever since the pandemic, my power bill rose quite a bit thanks to WFH and most of my friends also complaining about this.  :D

Good point. Though I do mention that notebooks can get away with less GPU power consumption and switch to iGPU when not needed. :)
If you do go for one of the more powerful DTRs, you will end up using two power bricks totaling 460 W+ if you use the GPU and CPU to the fullest.

[poppyking]

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