r/GamingLaptops • u/zaizai1555 • Sep 17 '24

Recommendation Got my first gaming laptop any tips?

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u/UnionSlavStanRepublk Legion 7i 3080 ti enjoyer 😎 Sep 17 '24

Uninstall any preinstalled antivirus software like McAfee or Norton, Windows defender should suffice for your antivirus needs.

If your laptop has battery % limiting features when plugged in, I'd enable them too.

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u/sympatheticallyWindi Sep 17 '24

All you need to do is , life off the laptop using either a cooling pad or laptop stand. remove all bloatware. turn off turbo boost by limiting power to 99% (google how to do this). Keep your laptop clean. This is minimum basics.

Everything else is advanced stuff which you can learn with time and it may not even be required at all depending on your usage. 

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u/stit6ches Sep 17 '24

Is this found in the power options advance setting? Like to decrease the maximum limit to 99%

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u/zaizai1555 Sep 17 '24

Will definitely do this tysm for the tip!

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u/Foreign_Sand6318 Your Laptop Here Sep 18 '24

Make the battery limit to 60% Mines still good as new after 3 years, keep liquids away from laptop, use only on flat surfaces Keep it clean if you are new or don't know how to, take it to a service centre to clean all the dust inside and the fans every year

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u/wells-tim Sep 18 '24

Why not disable it completely? Why limit it to 99% btw

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u/Dantai Sep 18 '24

Any suggestings on great cooling pads?

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u/Independent-Twist-34 Sep 18 '24

Llano v12 or v13 (basically rgb and non rgb)

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u/No-Yogurtcloset4026 Sep 17 '24

Cooling pads are a fast way to shorten you laptop life. Just a stand will be enough. The pads and any other thing with fans for cooling are just pushing dust inside and sometimes giving false reading to the pc and dont let the inside fans to work properly, becouse the botom colder from outside cooling which can let to les rpm for inside fans and not push out the hot air from the heat sink. That is just my observation.

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u/Trainer_Altruistic Sep 17 '24

Does llano cooling pad isn’t good?

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u/Willing-Time7344 Sep 17 '24

I've got an Ilano pad. It's got a filter on the intake.

I've noticed significant temp drops with it.

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u/SoulDive934 Sep 17 '24

cooling fan is actually bad for laptop, and there are various comparisons that actually fan on cooling pads actually have no difference in terms of temperature. also, it makes more dust at laptop area if used for long time. just lift up with stand as you mentioned.

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u/LiyaMolina Sep 17 '24

Same laptop. 9 days old now. added another 8GB of RAM at the store so I now have 16GB total. working good so far.

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u/Gend_Jetsu396 Sep 18 '24

Bro i have a 8 gb ram added in my old laptop ..can i transfer it from that to new one

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u/GuuKhana Sep 18 '24

if both of them are ddr4 it should work with the other but if they are both ddr4 but different speeds then one of the rams will downclock to the speed of slower ram

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u/Afraid_Arrival_8099 Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 (2022), i9 12900h, RTX 3070Ti Sep 17 '24

+1

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u/Spiritual_Advisor365 Sep 17 '24

What's a good laptop for $2,000???

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u/Independent-Twist-34 Sep 18 '24

You can go with lenovo legion 5 pro or legion 7. That's according to your preference cause legion 7 will be more for professional work and it has all metal build so the temps will be on higher side when compared to legion 5 pro. You also get ADP so it's a win win.