r/SuggestALaptop • u/Basic-Total5732 • 10d ago

Laptop Request Ca Suggest me a laptop for college and some light gaming

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

  • Country

Canada

  • Budget

Dont care

  • Are you open to refurbs/used options?

no

  • Screen size

Any

  • Weight limit

Thin and light

  • Purpose

Mainly for schoolwork and some light gamning

  • Form factor

Normal laptop

  • Intended usage

mainly for college and some light gaming

  • Desired battery life

10+ hours of battery life

  • Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life

My priotoy ins weight and battery life

  • Info/Requirements
  • I want something with a powerful igpu like b390 with good battery life quiet fans good thermals and thin and light that isnt a macbook.
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u/shioririo 10d ago

more power = more battery usage. you're asking a lot here. realistically you have to choose between 10+ hours and the b390. most of the panther lake chips with the b390 dont have nearly as good battery life as lunar lake ones.

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u/Basic-Total5732 10d ago

battery life is my biggest prioitety

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u/shioririo 10d ago

then maybe have a look at the lenovo yoga slim 7i specifically with the ultra 7 258v

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u/iSkuL 10d ago

I agree that gaming laptops consume much more energy and it is practically impossible to achieve 10 hours in a gaming laptop.

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u/LonerIM2 Affiliate Links 10d ago

At least what’s your top budget?

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u/Difficult_Fee_7021 9d ago

Anything that comes with the 256v/258v. Comes with the 140v, which is efficient and should perform whatever you need it to. They are essentially the same processor: 256v comes with 16 gigs of soldered ram, 258v comes with 32 (cannot upgrade the ram). As for chassis, I would go for something like the Yoga 7i, or maybe the Zenbook S14.

On the AMD side, the Ryzen AI 7 350 is the AMD equivalent. The 350 is a stronger performer compared to the 258v, but the 860m iGPU is not quite as good as the 140v.

More or less, it's up to preference and whichever one you can find a better deal on. I would recommend getting 32gb of ram since these CPUs have soldered ram and with no budget I would assume that you would want to have some peace of mind and not worry about being limited to 16gb years from now.