Is this a decent laptop (RTX 3050) for under $1000 cad?

[tall current]

https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/p/laptops/ideapad/ideapad-gaming-laptops/ideapad-gaming-3-gen-7-(15-inch-amd)/82sb00kfus?orgRef=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.reddit.com%252F&cid=ca:sem|se|google|ca+shopping+brand+hv+intel|gs_notebooks||82SB00KFUS|1756627594|71352363080|pla-1950198916543|shopping|brand&gad_source=1

Heya good evening everyone. I'm looking for laptop that can play some games when I'm away from home.

Main game I spend most time with is Lord of the Rings Online. Game is like 10+ years old, I don't think the requirements would be anything modern GPU can't handle?

I'm located in Ontario, Canada and heard of Lenovo from a co worker and just checked the site. 3050 sounds reasonable for what my usage? Other the gaming, I'd just be watching some twitch, YouTube, Netflix Spotify etc..

I don't know how big a difference a 4050, 3060, 3070 makes... I'd be using this machine for a few years minimum.

Is this laptop something worth considering? Should I look into a different GPU? Also any other companies I should look into? Or if any suggestions on deals I'd love to see them!

Thank you for any help / input!

[empty marten]

Its a decent laptop but you may have to upgrade the storage if you store a large volume of files

plus budget wise it woth the squeeze

[woven bone]

I forgot how bad laptops are

[hearty laurel]

this machine is pretty crap

8GB RAM sucks
512GB storage is small

not sure what the canadian market is like but check bestbuy etc

3050 isn't the problem for casual gaming like lotr online the rest of it is

[small sierra]

@tall current https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_4419&item_id=216895

you get 3070ti 16gb ram

[woven bone]

Sold out

[tall current]

Thank you for all the help everyone!

[tall current]

Unfortunately it's sold out now. But that store is has so much to look through, maybe I'll find something else there. I guess if I can get a 3070 for that price, it's a huge improvment over a 3050?

[small sierra]

its says you can still reserve it for store pickup once you add to your basket

[tall current]

My brother actually will help me with some money towards it, so I can look into something up to $1300 after taxes.

Ahh ok ok, I will check that out right now.

[small sierra]

3070ti specially a miles better then 3050

[hollow merlin]

The 3050 is pretty shit as far as gpus go

youd think 3060 to 3070 is probably the same distance as 3050 to 3060

But its not at all, the 3050 does WAY worse than a 3060

especially since it doesnt have that whole 12gb of vram like the 3060

https://www.newegg.ca/core-black-msi-gp-series-vector-gp66-12ugs-028ca-gaming/p/N82E16834156141R?Item=N82E16834156141R @tall current If ur okay with openbox (newegg open box is a little goofy sometimes so make sure to record you opening it when u recieve it)

But its got a 3070ti and a 12700h for $999

[tall current]

Oh wow that sounds great!

Checking it now ty ty

[hollow merlin]

Yeah

just i want to stress this a lot

record it when u open it

newegg doesnt always check the package so sometimes you dont actually get what u order

atleast if its open box

[tall current]

Ahh I understand ok. Just in case if there's a problem or damage or something.

I have it recorded.

[hollow merlin]

Yeah

ive only heard of this once but someone recieved a brick apparently instead of a gpu

💀

Mostly just the buyer returns the product and newegg just doesnt check to see if they actually got what they were supposed to get back

So sometimes the buyer just sends back the box with like something goofy inside and actually gets refunded the money

[small sierra]

this is really really good for the price

[tall current]

Jeez wow, appreciate the warning very much.

[hollow merlin]

yeah just incase