Things to Check Before Buying Laptop

It’s a guide that will help you to identify a good high-performance laptop for gaming or rendering stuff Here are the 5 Things to check before Buying an old laptop. it’s not about basic hardware like CPU, GPU, RAM and Hard drive but we will show what most people ignored at the time the buy machine

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1:- GPU/VGA should be dedicated mostly laptops come with shared GPU which is not beneficial.

here are the producer to check the VPA or GPU

Right-click the empty area of your desktop.
Select Display Settings
Scroll down to the bottom and click on the Advanced display settings
Click on Display adapter properties on Display
In the following window, you will be able to find the information about Total Available Graphics Memory, Dedicated Video Memory, System Video Memory, and Shared System Memory.
Check the video for more detail

2:- For batter performance Processor/CPU should not be U. Here are the example if CPU Model no is – Core i5-8250U – U mean ultra power saver which good for battery but very bad for performance. choice H or HQ Series

Goto Run or Search, Enter commend Dxdiag
In the processor you will see the model number with some alphabets I.E Processor: Intel (R) U Core (TM) i5-3317U CPU here U stand for ultra power saver which mean these laptops are good for power saving but not for best performance
For High performance, your laptop should be H, HK or HQ
Visit Intel link for more information

3:- Hard disk should be sold state, if you’re using old type hard drive it’s simply mean you’re wasting 40% to 50% speed just because of the drive.

search Disk Derangement in windows
Check Media type section in a new window which identify your hard drive

4:- Choice Highest Generation available, it’s good to have the latest technology.

Goto Run or Search
Enter commend Dxdiag
In the processor you will see the model number with some alphabets I.E Processor: Intel (R) U Core (TM) i5-3317U CPU here 3 indicate’s generation

5:- Last but not least, naturally laptops are not made for rendering and other high calculation work so always check design with the perspective of heat Sink.

check reviews about your machine on google and youtube

All these things come with a price tag, make a proper research in your local market, Don’t be Model or brand-oriented, be specific for hardware. Hope you got my points

Things to Check Before Buying Laptop

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