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post 1698361543 02-26-2024, 12:52 AM
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Should I trade my gaming laptop with these specs 11th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-11800H Processor (2.30 GHz up to 4.60 GHz)
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 3070 8GB GDDR6
16 GB DDR4-3200MHz (SODIMM) - (2 x 8 GB)
1 TB PCIe SSD Gen 4 with a desktop with these specs Rtx 3060 12gb 48gb ram i7 10700k 240gb ssd m.w 1tb hard drive

I bought my laptop for $1950 and I want to get into vr
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post 1698377543 02-26-2024, 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted By conics⏩
Should I trade my gaming laptop with these specs 11th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-11800H Processor (2.30 GHz up to 4.60 GHz)
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 3070 8GB GDDR6
16 GB DDR4-3200MHz (SODIMM) - (2 x 8 GB)
1 TB PCIe SSD Gen 4 with a desktop with these specs Rtx 3060 12gb 48gb ram i7 10700k 240gb ssd m.w 1tb hard drive

I bought my laptop for $1950 and I want to get into vr
Those are fairly close on specs, so not a terrible trade. Have you looked into what you could sell the laptop for? Doing that then just building your own might be a better route than trading for someone else's old rig.
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post 1698378053 02-26-2024, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted By ForumNature⏩
Those are fairly close on specs, so not a terrible trade. Have you looked into what you could sell the laptop for? Doing that then just building your own might be a better route than trading for someone else's old rig.
I agree with this

Even if you sold the laptop and bought a pre built I think that's a better choice.

Trading for someone's rig is iffy if you aren't a PC builder and can't identify potential issues
post 1698378293 02-26-2024, 11:35 AM
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I won't quote spam, but agreed with the above mostly.

The desktop would perform better than your laptop, particularly due to the extra GPU VRAM and the cooling advantages it would have. But the storage is pretty crappy, if I did it I'd wanna get a 1TB or so M.2 SSD and probably not even use the hard drive.

It would definitely be an improvement, but it's essentially getting a same-generation desktop in exchange for a same-generation laptop. I think if I was to get a new computer I'd wanna move up at least one generation. PS: I know the desktop CPU is a 10th gen, vs your laptop's 11th gen, but 10->11 was almost a zero upgrade in the first place, let alone the fact we're talking desktop CPU vs laptop CPU.
post 1698378403 02-26-2024, 11:38 AM
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I am a VRcel. What are you trying to get into? If flight simming you are going to want more than a 3060. Would go minimum 4070 super. (srs)

For most games a 3060 would be OK but its not going to be on super high settings.

I did an MSI build for around 2k with a 4070 Super and that was right when the 4-series came out, would probably be even cheaper now. Its been great.
post 1698378463 02-26-2024, 11:39 AM
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Also what kind of vr are you thinking?

A quest 3 is fairly self sufficient and even when plugged into a PC most games or apps don't need toooooo much power.

If a quest is the route you're going maybe consider getting it first and seeing how your laptop handles it.

But yeah like the guy above said if you are looking to do sim racing and flight sim stuff then you'll want something kinda beefy
post 1698381283 02-26-2024, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted By Retoaded⏩
I am a VRcel. What are you trying to get into? If flight simming you are going to want more than a 3060. Would go minimum 4070 super. (srs)

For most games a 3060 would be OK but its not going to be on super high settings.

I did an MSI build for around 2k with a 4070 Super and that was right when the 4-series came out, would probably be even cheaper now. Its been great.
Flight Sim sucks ass even in VR. I honestly dont get they it's so popular. I paid $60 for it on steam and it was my biggest regret.

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post 1698382903 02-26-2024, 01:28 PM
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installing my new CPU cooler later.. might turn on PBO

I believe my CPU is throttling just a little bit

went with the ram I'm using for stability.. could have pushed it a little bit but I'm happy with it

https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V...d=203508540553
Originally Posted By conics⏩
desktop with these specs Rtx 3060 12gb 48gb ram i7 10700k 240gb ssd m.w 1tb
junk

3060 is junk



don't get anything less than a 3070 bro


sort by average bench

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/


get into AM5 or LGA1700

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/


unless there is a problem you're not disclosing about the laptop, sell it or trade for something better
post 1698383723 02-26-2024, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted By Superplex⏩






installing my new CPU cooler later.. might turn on PBO

I believe my CPU is throttling just a little bit

went with the ram I'm using for stability.. could have pushed it a little bit but I'm happy with it

https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V...d=203508540553




junk

3060 is junk



don't get anything less than a 3070 bro


sort by average bench

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/


get into AM5 or LGA1700

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/


unless there is a problem you're not disclosing about the laptop, sell it or trade for something better
You made me test mine out. Jealous of your RAM and Disk scores.

post 1698385783 02-26-2024, 02:50 PM
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I wouldn't swap that laptop for that computer
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post 1698385993 02-26-2024, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted By Visel⏩
You made me test mine out. Jealous of your RAM and Disk scores.

yeah the i7-14700k is nice, built one earlier this year

also did an i9-14900kf but it kept throttling

trouble is my CPU is not being cooled adequately, I have another liquid cooler but I lost the adapter for the fans so I'm looking for it

additionally, this is an AMD 7800x3d & so I bought it for memory latency as opposed to CPU mark

you have a nice rig, definitely padded by the i7-14700k which is a BEAST haha

I've built computers since the 90's & quickly sold the i7-14700k machine I built in January

btw I'm using a 7900 XT !!

it beat your 4080 in 3D

which is nuts.. I won the silicon lottery on this thing.. I'm keeping it for sure
post 1698419533 02-27-2024, 08:58 AM
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That desktop is worth $800 tops lol

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Originally Posted By obmas⏩
That desktop is worth $800 tops lol
I always enjoy it when people act like their machine is worth a ton of money as if they don't realize how quickly computers depreciate in value.
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Originally Posted By obmas⏩
Flight Sim sucks ass even in VR. I honestly dont get they it's so popular. I paid $60 for it on steam and it was my biggest regret.
I thoroughly enjoy it but I am into planes. You also need the right headset for it to work. Almost all flight simmers will use a Reverb G2 because for its shortcomings it has the res to see the instruments.

Assuming you are talking about MSFS also. While that has good eye candy, X-Plane is the most realistic flight sim. MSFS is more of a game where you fly unless you get into the nuts and bolts of the controls and cut all assistance off and use real physics. I was immediately turned off to MSFS the first time I used it until I spent a bunch of time in the settings.
post 1698446963 02-27-2024, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted By Retoaded⏩
I thoroughly enjoy it but I am into planes. You also need the right headset for it to work. Almost all flight simmers will use a Reverb G2 because for its shortcomings it has the res to see the instruments.

Assuming you are talking about MSFS also. While that has good eye candy, X-Plane is the most realistic flight sim. MSFS is more of a game where you fly unless you get into the nuts and bolts of the controls and cut all assistance off and use real physics. I was immediately turned off to MSFS the first time I used it until I spent a bunch of time in the settings.
I have the HP Reverb G2

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