Laptop has become an essential part of the curriculum these days. With student under the burden of higher course fee, an extra accessory at a reasonable cost is the best that can be expected. Evaluating a laptop on factors that justifies its functionality and does not let you down among your peers is the key.
What parameters to check before purchasing a laptop
- Processor : Processor is responsible for faster efficient processing. With more core and threads, cache size, clock size you get better performance. Majority of processors in laptops are Intel / AMD. Check for the new gen processor that suits your cost. Better processor will help in running multitasking applications.
- RAM: Do check on the RAM before purchasing a laptop. Laptop with higher RAM obviously can complete task in shorter duration of time sending data across CPU faster.
- Graphic Card: Graphic card needs vary wrt to the user needs. For basic needs integrated GPU can solve the purpose. But for better gaming, or other video editing compatibility external GPU of AMD / NVIDIA can be used. You can use benchmarking scores to finalize on the card needed for your purpose.
- Hard Drive: You can prioritize this based on your need. SSD drives upto 500GB can be a good bet. SSD drives are better optimised than Magnetic Drives (Hard Disk)
- Budget: Budget can be a major consideration before going for the actual purchase. Laptop that can give you better portability, cost friendly, and performance should be ideal for purchase.
- Purpose: Education, Profession or Gaming, all of these can help you categorize the purpose and corresponding budget. Education needs can be justified with basic configuration that has faster processing i3 / i5 gen, with SSD drive upto 500GB and 6/ 8 GB RAM.Business / Professional needs can be extended to i5 / i7 gen processors with SSD drive from 500GB to 1 TB and 8 GB / above RAM.
- Gaming: There are specialized laptops defined for gaming which come with the GTX / RTX GPU that support the requirement and cooling required due to heat power.
Recommended List of Laptop for Students
Education needs can be justified with basic configuration that has faster processing i3 / i5 gen, with SSD drive upto 500GB and 6/ 8 GB RAM.
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Minimum Specification for Gaming Laptop
Laptop for Gaming is specially designed to give better performance and experience to users. Anything above i5 10 / 11 Generation, 16-32 GB RAM, RTX Graphics Card and above, 512 GB SSD, ensures an efficient cooling system. Gaming Laptops usually have lesser battery life but you can expect anything between 4-6 hrs. Screen size over 15.
For better performance you can always go for configuration above the required ones.
Here’s is the list of some identified laptops:
Laptop for Gaming
Recommended list of accessories with laptop
List of accessories can be extended and customised based on user, however some recommended accessories is listed below:
- Bluetooth Mouse & Keypad
- Headphones ( for FPS games )
- Cooling Pad / Laptop Stand
- Docking Station to help you simplify connectivity and connect peripherals.
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