Prices for Gaming Laptops are crazy right now due to the Ram and Memory Shortages

[Sam6536]

Made a purchase from Lenovo yesterday and the prices are very high right now.

Final cost after student discount and coupons was 2,58,000 inr for me which is equivalent to 2700 usd.

It's the RTX 5070 12gb + OLED model.

For the gamers in Pakistan, how are the prices there right now.

Almost decided to get a PS5 instead but the console is EOL at this point and I cannot warrant a purchase just for GTA6 at 30-60fps on 1440p

 

[Mr X]

I remember buying Dell XPS 17, 9700 (now 5 years old)… for gaming.

I only played one game on it for 2 weeks before getting bored.

Now I have two laptops of Dell XPS 17 and MacBook Pro M4. They both do the job for me depending on my needs.

It’s too much money to spend on a gaming laptop if you are not going to play a lot of games in my opinion

 

[Sam6536]

I remember buying Dell XPS 17, 9700 (5 years old)… for gaming.

I only played one game on it for 2 weeks before getting bored.

Now I have two laptops of Dell XPS 17 and MacBook Pro M4. They both do the job for me depending on my needs.

It’s too much money to spend on a gaming laptop if you are not going to play a lot of games in my opinion

Well yes if you don't aim to game no point spending so much and getting bad battery life + portability in return.

I aim to use the laptop primarily for university, multimedia and gaming. Alas the macbook doesn't have an OLED and you cannot game on it. The form factor is chef's kiss though.

Console is a better choice for casual gaming.

 

[Ali_Baba]

Made a purchase from Lenovo yesterday and the prices are very high right now.

Final cost after student discount and coupons was 2,58,000 inr for me which is equivalent to 2700 usd.

It's the RTX 5070 12gb + OLED model.

For the gamers in Pakistan, how are the prices there right now.

Almost decided to get a PS5 instead but the console is EOL at this point and I cannot warrant a purchase just for GTA6 at 30-60fps on 1440p

I would never spend that much on a laptop. I made a Gaming PC in Oct 2025 before the madness truly started, spent about £1500 on Ryzen 3D 8 core + 32gb Ram + 9700xtx card.

Laptops are never worth it unless portability is critical requirement, esp with the components you have selected, there is a high risk of failure due to excessive heat generation from them.

 

[Sam6536]

I would never spend that much on a laptop. I made a Gaming PC in Oct 2025 before the madness truly started, spent about £1500 on Ryzen 3D 8 core + 32gb Ram + 9700xtx card.

Laptops are never worth it unless portability is critical requirement, esp with the components you have selected, there is a high risk of failure due to excessive heat generation from them.

I do need it for uni and yeah portability is something I'm looking for right now. I did look at the PS5 + OLED monitor setup but it doesn't really feel reasonable in the long term with this generation about to end. Also buying a subscription just for multiplayer is ehh.

Just my bad luck i guess, when I wanted a good rig prices are through the roof, I don't see it returning it to normal for the next 1-2 yrs.

Well you assembled a PC at a good time.

I don't think I've read any QC issues for this particular unit so far, won't modern components shut down or throttle before they heat to a point of physical damage.

The Ryzen 9 H series processes seems to heat more from what I've read, Ultra 9 series runs comparatively cooler.

 

[Ali_Baba]

I do need it for uni and yeah portability is something I'm looking for right now. I did look at the PS5 + OLED monitor setup but it doesn't really feel reasonable in the long term with this generation about to end. Also buying a subscription just for multiplayer is ehh.

Just my bad luck i guess, when I wanted a good rig prices are through the roof, I don't see it returning it to normal for the next 1-2 yrs.

Well you assembled a PC at a good time.

I don't think I've read any QC issues for this particular unit so far, won't modern components shut down or throttle before they heat to a point of physical damage.

The Ryzen 9 H series processes seems to heat more from what I've read, Ultra 9 series runs comparatively cooler.

Good luck with your purchase, you would have to have worked hard and saved hard for that laptop, I hope you enjoy it and gives you what you want and need from it! Happy Computing!