DentFuse

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Hey everyone,

Hope you guys are all doing well. I was planning on getting a gaming laptop recently and came across two that caught my eye.

Both cost about the same and have the exact same specs on paper. The only difference are that the Colorful one has a 2k screen and 140W TDP for the GPU (1920x1080 and 75W TDP on the Gigabyte). This is approximately a 10-20% performance difference when compared. Both offer 2 years warranties, however, Gigabyte has better service in India (I'm assuming and hoping, please share stories, both good and bad) where as at this point in time I'm not even sure what the warranty process is for Colorful.

So basically it boils down to the fact that Colorful has approx. 15% better gaming performance and a 2k screen, while Gigabyte has a better service process (again, I'm hoping) IF something were to go wrong, on a side note, what issues have you guys faced in laptop please share. Apart from catastrophic motherboard failures and battery wear, everything else should be pretty tame?

Would appreciate any input from you on this, thanks!
 
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Gigabyte, just because I have seen them adhering to warranty better than most.
 
1440p panel is a deal breaker for a laptop. A good 1080p panel is more than enough.

Among those 2, Gigabyte would be my pick but better wait for deals on 26th. Maybe something from Lenovo or HP will go on sale. I remember that Omen with 7840HS+4060 was 90k in summer sale.
 
OMEGA44-XT said:
1440p panel is a deal breaker for a laptop. A good 1080p panel is more than enough.

Among those 2, Gigabyte would be my pick but better wait for deals on 26th. Maybe something from Lenovo or HP will go on sale. I remember that Omen with 7840HS+4060 was 90k in summer sale.
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Got it. So the screen is a non-issue.

Regarding Lenovo and HP, currently any laptop with a 4060, apart from these two are in the 85k-90k range, which is out of my budget. These are available for ~73k which looked like a really good deal.
 
140 vs 75 is not just a 10-20% difference, honestly I'd get the colorful just because of TDP itself, and personally, I wouldnt get either brands, both brands do not have a proven track record of after sales service and with gaming laptops, you need after sales service for it to be any good, wait for sale, Legion LOQ is supposed to go on sale and would be within your price range, grab that instead
 
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Got it. So the screen is a non-issue.

Reogarding Lenovo and HP, currently any laptop with a 4060, apart from these two are in the 85k-90k range, which is out of my budget. These are available for ~73k which looked like a really good deal.
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Lenov LOQ with i5 12450H & 4060 sells for under 80k frequently, it has at least a 100W TDP 4060 AFAIK.

Watch Jarrod Tech's video on why 100W is the max limit of 4060 & 4070 even though they advertise 140W TDP (it is because of voltage limit put in place by Nvidia).
 
Does AMD have some offerings in this price range? Around 80k? Most laptops seem to only offer a Nvidia GPU. I have no such preference for brand, only want the best price-to-performance ratio.
 
altair21 said:
the gpu is pretty crap compared to a 4060, Nvidia is a no brainer in laptop space
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DentFuse said:
Thanks, seems like AMD hasn't been able to get into gaming laptops all that well huh?

I guess, I'll wait for the upcoming sale and decide when the prices fall a bit. That would be the best course of action.
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Like @altair21 mentioned, you will get better options with nvidia only. I feel the market is flooded with nvidia options only. Also you will get better tech with nvidia like dlss
 
Colorful specs are great but that's just on paper. Who knows how well their products are since they are relatively new on the market. If you are willing to take the risk then go with Colorful as they undoubtedly have better specs. Go with Gigabyte if you prefer reliability but that 75W TDP on the GPU is kind of limiting its potential must be because of inadequate cooling capability of the laptop so they just restricted TDP instead.
 
Came across this Lenovo LOQ i5-12450H NVIDIA RTX 4060 8GB 135W and it honestly looks pretty decent. It has a lower tier CPU but I hardly think that would make much of a difference (2P cores lesser). All the other specs look about the same. Looking at the price history it went to around 75k in May, hoping it goes for that price again.
 
idk what people are yappin, colorful and gigabyte aren't the laptops manufacturer - these are made my some ODMs like Clevo or Quanta, urs looks similar to Clevo V series. Go for it there wont be issues; Even LOQ laptops are getting a lot of RMAs due to mobo issues, its not something u can generalise

Colorful is selling those laptops at a lower margin coz they are entering india this year, they have been in the mkt for sometime in SEA countries
 
Mayank_j said:
idk what people are yappin, colorful and gigabyte aren't the laptops manufacturer - these are made my some ODMs like Clevo or Quanta, urs looks similar to Clevo V series. Go for it there wont be issues; Even LOQ laptops are getting a lot of RMAs due to mobo issues, its not something u can generalise

Colorful is selling those laptops at a lower margin coz they are entering india this year, they have been in the mkt for sometime in SEA countries
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yeah, the issue is not the laptop themselves, issue is the after service, I don't know about you but I wont sink 60-70k in a laptop with an OEM with a non-existent service record.
 
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yeah, the issue is not the laptop themselves, issue is the after service, I don't know about you but I wont sink 60-70k in a laptop with an OEM with a non-existent service record.
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from what i understand Flipkart Jeeves are the ones fulfilling the warranties, 2yrs seems good enough
i think this is the standard procedure for most new brands, first they hire others to do service n repair n later on go for full fledged service centres or leased ones depending upon sales
Its a good enough deal imo to risk it
 
Went with the Lenovo LOQ with a 12450HX and 4060 (105W + Boost (I think)) for 76.5k. Also got 3 years of warranty + accidental damage protection included. Only issue is the lead time which is 2-3 weeks. A better deal was available on Flipkart with the AMD 7435HS + 4060 (125W) with 24gb ram (Mine was 12) for 75k with HDFC discount but I didn't have a card available :'(

The Colorful one was only about 6k cheaper, but I don't really wanna risk it for just 6k.
I'd actually contacted Colorful regarding their warranty coverage on laptop in India on the 22nd. I am yet to receive a response on that, even after 10 days.
 
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Went with the Lenovo LOQ with a 12450HX and 4060 (105W + Boost (I think)) for 76.5k. Also got 3 years of warranty + accidental damage protection included. Only issue is the lead time which is 2-3 weeks. A better deal was available on Flipkart with the AMD 7435HS + 4060 (125W) with 24gb ram (Mine was 12) for 75k with HDFC discount but I didn't have a card available :'(

The Colorful one was only about 6k cheaper, but I don't really wanna risk it for just 6k.
I'd actually contacted Colorful regarding their warranty coverage on laptop in India on the 22nd. I am yet to receive a response on that, even after 10 days.
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Good choice to choose LOQ with 3 year warranty over Colorful, Gigabyte or MSI
 
DentFuse said:
Went with the Lenovo LOQ with a 12450HX and 4060 (105W + Boost (I think)) for 76.5k. Also got 3 years of warranty + accidental damage protection included.
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I'd actually contacted Colorful regarding their warranty coverage on laptop in India on the 22nd. I am yet to receive a response on that, even after 10 days.
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Congrats. Any word from Colorful about India coverage and long-term support?
 
Gigabyte anyday.. not sure of colorful support in India ?