ItSaulGood Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Hey my old laptop broke and I wanted to upgrade to something more suitable to run sl any recommendations? Definitely budget friendly would help. I heard a gaming computer isn't necessary. What are your thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lillith Hapmouche Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 It's not a good time to buy either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bree Giffen Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Just find a new laptop that has Nvidia or Radeon graphics and you are set. A desktop would be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindal Kidd Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 My Resident Geek has been trying for three months now to assemble the components to upgrade me to a new machine. It's proving impossible to get one of the new AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs or a top tier graphics card, either Nvidia or Radeon. Not only are cryptocurrency miners snapping up all the silicon of any sort, there is a worldwide chip shortage. Waiting sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arduenn Schwartzman Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 (edited) 23 hours ago, ItSaulGood said: Definitely budget friendly would help. It won't. For a decent SL experience on a laptop, you'll have to dig up at least $1000. Get a laptop with at least a GTX 1660 in it. Or an RTX 2060. Also, the laptop will definitely be noisier when running SL, because the constantly blowing cooling fans are closer to your ears than those in a 'desktop' computer case hidden under a desk. Also, these desktop rigs can be equipped with fans that are much more silent. Edited February 19, 2021 by Arduenn Schwartzman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doris Johnsky Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) I got my lappy off the shelf at Office Depot. and my SL has been great since. Cost me like $400. HP Pavilion with 12GB of RAM. Has an i5 8250U intel processor. Yes, you can find a budget lappy that can run SL You have to do some searching. I have a friend who has a gaming PC and she has troubles all the time with lag. EDIT: I have added an external fan under it to keep it cool. Edited February 20, 2021 by Doris Johnsky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItSaulGood Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 Thanks for the suggestions I'll have to accumulate funds. It sucks not having a computer atm i miss sl so much. I guess I'll save at least 700 might get a refurbished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSpeed Racer Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 For a dirt-cheap experience buy a refurbished Dell for approximately $200, find a half height video card like a GTX-105Ti for less than $150, then a 24 inch LCD for about $100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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