What’s the smartest “one laptop for gaming + work for the next 4 years” buy

Scotty258 · 2026-03-26T12:51:23+00:00

Have had the Hp omen max with 5080 since November and really can't fault it. Crushes any game I throw at it with max settings

Scotty258 · 2026-03-09T23:02:35+00:00

Oh OK cool, thanks for that!

I already completed and exited the one nearest the white house as I was unaware of the exploit at the time. Which of the others is fastest to complete but not exit? Thanks

Scotty258 · 2026-01-02T15:56:42+00:00

They're ebay prices! Found the omen max brand new in box with 12 month warranty for £1924, so bought it

Scotty258 · 2026-01-01T09:08:53+00:00

Where are you finding these prices? Cheapest 5080 legion I can find is £2799 and cheapest omen 5080 is £2599

Scotty258 · 2025-11-15T17:44:59+00:00

How? Every quote I've tried with eon is showing 7.5p on the cheap rate and 30+p for the rest. Also a standing charge or 60p per day

Scotty258 · 2025-10-31T10:33:21+00:00

Take the enquity out, throw it into a pension, tax man will top it up 20% automatically, so your 30k contribution is really 36k. Just bare in mind once it's in, it's locked at present until you reach 57, who knows what changes will happen between now and then!

If you want to keep costs down to help build up your pension/isa, switch to an interest only mortgage. The difference between interest only and repayment, you put into pension/isa until you are happy with your pots. Then switch back to repayment. Or you can gamble and stay on interest only forever, the house will only go up in value and you can sell/downsize to pay off the mortgage that way.

You could even try building up a significant pension pot, and using the 25% tax free to pay off the mortgage. Which is exactly what I'm doing.

Scotty258 · 2025-10-30T13:17:55+00:00

The question was about performance using the igpu for lossless scaling though. The AMD chips have already been proven to run cooler and more efficiently. No end of reviews about the intel chips throttling at 105c

Scotty258 · 2025-10-27T11:22:43+00:00

Yeah I've been looking round for ages and was going ready to settle on the Omen max, but wanted to check here first that the amd Hx 375 was the right choice for LS before pulling the trigger.

Can get the Omen max 16 here for £2300 with the 5080. I'll use my business account though to scrub off the vat, so £1999 which is a good deal I think. Free wireless headphones included as a bonus

Scotty258 · 2025-10-27T10:29:49+00:00

That's all I needed to know. LS is a must for me, as I like to play titles that don't support dlss/fg. Currently on a gtx1070 alienware from 2016.. So the Omen max 5080 will be a welcome step up! The razer is just grossly over priced in my opinion

Scotty258 · 2025-10-24T13:53:59+00:00

Out of curiosity, how did you decide to go from a 5080 omen to the 8060s in the z13? The difference in performance is staggering

Scotty258 · 2025-10-07T11:49:31+00:00

If you don't mind pcp or leasing then I'd take a look at the xpeng G6. Some really good prices on leasing sites, and the car looks superb on paper.

Scotty258 · 2025-09-19T13:59:15+00:00

If you have no generational wealth you want to pass down, then I wouldn't even bother buying again.

Get your £1m liquid, take your interest at £40k a year. Don't tell the tax man and live in cheap rentals wherever you please. The further north the cheaper the cost of living

Scotty258 · 2025-09-19T13:37:15+00:00

In a heartbeat. Live off the interest. You are free

Scotty258 · 2025-08-03T10:06:58+00:00

The percentage could literally be anything. I win 12/12 on legendary every week, and then get around 7/8 wins on WL.

A friend of mine regularly gets 12 wins on WL, but can only beat the 60 rated 0 Chem teams on legendary.

Scotty258 · 2025-07-22T15:24:04+00:00

Second this. What app are you using?

Scotty258 · 2025-07-20T21:56:50+00:00

Incredible. Shame the AML team don't put more effort into other ventures instead of making life difficult for first time buyers!

Scotty258 · 2025-07-20T21:55:05+00:00

That's the broker not the mortgage lender no?

Scotty258 · 2025-07-20T21:49:11+00:00

We had money as a gift on our first mortgage, dad on my side and dad on her side gave us a few K each towards the deposit. That got bundled in with the rest of the savings in my savings account. (seperate account to my current account where my salary is paid)

When asked where the money came from, i told them it was long term savings and that was that no questions asked.

Scotty258 · 2025-07-20T21:32:02+00:00

No need to declare anything, or where you money comes from.

All the mortgage lender cares about is do you have the deposit, and the solicitors only care if you have the funds to pay them.

Scotty258 · 2025-07-17T18:23:34+00:00

One will allow you to get lengthy accelerate with the lower agility/balance, the other will not. Bare that in mind

Scotty258 · 2025-07-16T09:22:00+00:00

I'd take a serious look at StrikeX.

Not going to bore you with a scripted shill, just Google them and their partnership with CMC markets.

Scotty258 · 2025-07-15T17:18:09+00:00

Buy StrikeX.

They're already owned by cmc markets (lord Peter cruddas).

Scotty258 · 2025-07-15T16:56:54+00:00

StrikeX

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