I’ve been looking at best buy. Are there any other sites to look on?
Budget: targeting $900, can go up to $1000 Specs:
- 3060 or 4060 and up
- decent build and ergonomics
- good battery
- 16 GB RAM
- 6 core / 12 thread CPU
- good screen
With those specs, there’s really nothing wrong with picking up a used gaming laptop for pretty cheap. A lot of gamers are notoriously careful with their rigs and many like to upgrade every couple of years. You can likely find a good 3080 laptop that looks brand new for cheap.
Heck, right now there’s a person near me with an Asus rog strix with a 14th gen i9, 4080 gpu, 32 GB of ram, and an 18" 240hz screen and he just wants $900 for it.
Newegg has always been a classic for buying hardware and devices online.Edit: Newegg apparently sucks now, I was not aware. Ignore this.
Newegg came under new management years ago and has gone into the “drop-shipping for random shady merchants” business.
Do not use modern Newegg.
I was honestly not aware, though I do know there was a whole thing around price gouging for GPUs back in I think 2020?
What do you suggest as an alternative? (Not trying to prove a point, I’m genuinely curious)
Honestly, Amazon is perfectly fine. Or if you’re lucky enough to have Micro Center near you, that. PCPartPicker checks multiple stores, so that’s not a bad place to start, at least for current and historical pricing information.
I’ve never used it, but I know people who’ve used Facebook Marketplace for used computers/components. I’ve used eBay before plenty (even sold parts there).
Edit: You can also go direct to some manufacturers. EVGA often sells brand new and sometimes “B-Spec” components, often at a good price. I purchased a brand new PSU from them directly and got a great deal on it.
NewEgg has gone the way of Tiger Direct: They suck now, avoid!
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