Recent content by jaguarskx

You need more RAM. 8GB is generally what you should have to play modern games. The Witcher 3 is a more graphically demanding game than GTA V so expect lower performance. Click link below for some GTX 1050 benchmarks. https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1050-Notebook.178614.0.html

There are free programs capable of recording audio your laptop / PC makes that are a lot less complicated than OBS. An example is the following... http://www.coksoft.com/free-audio-recorder.htm

If only I could buy 4TB SSDs for something like $300.... Maybe one day...

You'll have to buy a cooler to attach to the side vent then. Click link below for an example...

The Y530 seems to be overall a good laptop. However, there are two caveats: #1 - Do not opt for the 6 core i7-8750H CPU it can run pretty hot and have caused laptops such as Y530 to overheat to the point where the i7 will throttle down the clockspeed and perform worse than the quad core...

I would avoid buying a laptop with a 6 core i7-8750H because it can produce a lot of heat and if the CPU starts throttling down due to excessive heat it will definitely perform worse than the quad core i5-8300H.

I would not waste any money on that laptop. While an SSD can make it feel more responsive to a certain degree, it does only supports 2GB of RAM. That might have been okay back in 2011, but now 4GB is considered bare minimum. The Celeron M is a single core weak CPU which cannot be upgraded. Best...

It should be okay to run Sims 3, but you will likely get pretty poor performance in Sims 4. I recommend you add another stick of 4GB RAM though for three reasons: #1 - Better graphics performance. Two sticks of RAM means it will run at full speed (dual channel) rather than half speed (single...

If you can afford $400 for the Buy It Now option, then the following Dell laptop with an i5-7300HQ and GTX 1050 looks to be a good deal. You can opt to bid on it instead, but if the auction price goes above the Buy It Now option, then whoever bids the highest will win. The real bidding war...

I suppose you are trying to lower temperatures. Generally speaking no. The worst that can happen is the laptop crashes because the CPU is not getting enough power. It should not cause any permanent damage. Though if the laptop crashes too often, then that can cause Windows to become corrupted...

The Mass Effect Trilogy is not graphically demanding. The Intel UHD 620 integrated graphics core would be enough to play those games at 1080p and default settings with decent results; 25 FPS to 45 FPS on average ranging between combat and simply walking around the Citadel. Lowering the...

The first thing that can go bad is the battery. Even if you do not use the laptop that often. If properly taken care the laptop can still be functional years later. For example, my ThinkPad T40 from 2003 is still functional at least as of sometime in 2016 when I last turned it on. The original...

The Ryzen 3 2200u would be better. But if you could hold out and save a little more money, then perhaps the following Dell laptop with the Ryzen R5 2500u and 1080p touchscreen for $460 might be within your reach. It's the least expensive laptop with a Ryzen R5 I could find...