[SOLVED] Can I get a decent gaming laptop that will have a long battery life when I am not gaming?

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Eg: When I am doing school work so I don't have to always carry a bulky charger in my bag just in case it dies. This is assuming I charge it fully the night before and use it at school for minor tasks a such as Word Documents and Tab Browsing.

Thank you for your time
 
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If your not gaming then there are battery settings which do help and will use the iGPU (if the CPU has one) instead of the dedicated GPU. I just bought this about a week ago and the battery usage has lasted around 1.5 hours playing the Division 2, just over 2 hours playing a lighter RTS game and over 3 hours with basic use such as web and some YT vids. They claim 7+ hours but I really doubt it as even with power saving options/lowered brightness I think the longest I could probably get it to last is around 4-ish, maybe.

https://www.microcenter.com/product/606363/msi-gf63-thin-9sc-257-156-gaming-laptop-computer---black
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If your not gaming then there are battery settings which do help and will use the iGPU (if the CPU has one) instead of the dedicated GPU. I just bought this about a week ago and the battery usage has lasted around 1.5 hours playing the Division 2, just over 2 hours playing a lighter RTS game and over 3 hours with basic use such as web and some YT vids. They claim 7+ hours but I really doubt it as even with power saving options/lowered brightness I think the longest I could probably get it to last is around 4-ish, maybe.

https://www.microcenter.com/product/606363/msi-gf63-thin-9sc-257-156-gaming-laptop-computer---black
 
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If your not gaming then there are battery settings which do help and will use the iGPU (if the CPU has one) instead of the dedicated GPU. I just bought this about a week ago and the battery usage has lasted around 1.5 hours playing the Division 2, just over 2 hours playing a lighter RTS game and over 3 hours with basic use such as web and some YT vids. They claim 7+ hours but I really doubt it as even with power saving options/lowered brightness I think the longest I could probably get it to last is around 4-ish, maybe.

https://www.microcenter.com/product/606363/msi-gf63-thin-9sc-257-156-gaming-laptop-computer---black

Thanks for your suggestion.