I’m looking for a laptop that can last long enough for college while also having solid performance, ideally if it can switch from iGPU mode to dGPU mode or something like that to help with battery life, I’m not playing any AAA games but I just want to utilise a high refresh rate screen for a smoother experience as long as 1% lows aren’t below 30fps and average fps is above 60
Here are the ideal specs of the laptop:
CPU : Zen 5 Ryzen 5/7, Arrow Lake H (Lunar Lake is acceptable if that’s the case of needing good battery life)
RAM : Ideally 32GB but 16GB is fine for the time being as long as there’s upgradeable RAM
GPU : RTX 5060 if possible but 5050 is fine as well
Storage : Ideally 1TB but 512GB is acceptable as long as there’s upgradeable ssd slots
Screen : Not asking for a high resolution screen(1920 x 1200 is enough for me) but 120hz refresh rate or higher is my requirement for the screen
Ports : 2/3x Type-A, 2x Type-C(not using anything with Thunderbolt so it’s optional), HDMI, Audio Jack
Budget : $2000/RM8500(I live in Malaysia)
So far after watching Josh’s reviews I’m considering either the TUF A14/A16 or Aero X16 but feel free to recommend anything else that would suit my requirements
and would you look at that, on Lenovo Malaysia’s site the 5060 Legion 7 is right under your budget (and on other online sites like Shopee, you might be able to get the RTX 5070 one under budget too)
The battery life after continuous video playback is around 7 hours tho, a bit low for my standards considering I like to finish my work in school but thanks for letting me know, I also stumbled upon the IdeaPad Pro 5i so there are many more options now, but the reason why I never considered a Lenovo laptop in the first place is slightly worse battery life than others while at the same time giving performance that I don’t need
As shown in the 2026 LOQ review; even Lenovo can make 60Wh last really long using Intel Panther Lake; and since the Yoga 7 Pro has an even bigger battery than the LOQ (84Wh), the Yoga is guaranteed to last even longer!
Thanks man, I’m just worried about the keyboard being warmer than most for the Omen Transcend 14 and the Yoga Pro 7 is definitely one that I haven’t checked yet, anyhow I’ll wait for the review to come out before making any decisions, most likely I’m gonna buy a laptop at around July or August so probably by then some 2026 models should be launched
Do you prefer a gaming laptop with a dgpu or are you okay with a igpu if it performs decent ( compatible to a low wattage rtx 5050 )?
Get the X9 panther lake chip- the igpu is good enough for normal games in 1200p, even AAA titles can be played in 1200p with decent fps. Another positive thing about using this chip is that you would have a better battery life compared to any kind of gaming laptop.
From the laptops you mentioned the new asus TUF is a very good choice.
Although according to josh’s videos insee AMD chips don’t perform as well compared to the intel HX chips. Moreover you’ll face some driver issues with the AMD chips.
I checked and found that the Strix Halo version of the TUF is coming to Malaysia and it performs like an underwatted 4060 right? If so I’ll wait for the review and see if its performance is good enough for me, thanks for mentioning
Good news guys, the 2026 TUF A14 released in Malaysia so if I’m able to get a 2025 one for less that would be such a good deal. Plus Hari Raya sales are also starting so do you think that I should buy one now or wait till I get my results at 31 March for my finals, my mom thought that getting me a laptop afterwards is more rewarding but I’m afraid that there won’t be much stock left and the sales might end, what do you think
Are those current prices, if so that’s a steal for the 2025 model, but it doesn’t seem like it’s too unreasonable thanks to all the shortages and wars ongoing
My parents are most likely gonna get the laptop at a tech mall like Plaza Low Yat so despite Shopee being cheaper I don’t see a world where they’ll buy from there, bit of a shame
