Hi there, first post in the forum and I'm a total noob when it comes to hardware and stuff (way more of a software person) so forgive me if this is wrong in any way, yikes. Anyway, I'll try and summarise as quick as possible!
About a year ago I bought a £600 'gaming laptop' on Amazon, which was probably already a bad idea, but my old one had died and I needed a new one for college. When I first got it it could play Skyrim on max settings with OBS recording simultaneously and it was completely seamless. For the last few months I've barely been able to run Discord and a low-effort game like HOMM3 at the same time. On top of this, the new upgrade for Premiere Pro (which I need to use for college) has meant that my laptop just categorically will not work with it properly, and all I've got from help forums there is 'get a better laptop'. Which is fine if that's the solution (not that I want to spend a load more money), but what if it's not?
I'll list some system info here. Bare in mind I'm 90% sure this isn't all you would need to know, but I'm not sure where to find any other info.
I should also mention I'd like to avoid Macs if possible, I know they're generally supposed to be a lot better but I don't really like how they work and I'd much prefer Windows for my sort of day-to-day projects and things. If I really needed to get a Mac I could probably still do that and keep my current laptop for personal stuff, just use the Mac as the powerhouse for larger projects and programmes, but there are some games that won't run on Mac that I really like playing too, so.
Ultimately I need a laptop that can handle Discord & games on at least low settings, multiple windows open at once, etc. But the ideal is to have a laptop that can handle game recording/streaming at at least reasonable quality, 3D modeling, Premiere Pro, etc. So, what should I do? Is any of this even possible or am I really expecting too much?
Thanks!
About a year ago I bought a £600 'gaming laptop' on Amazon, which was probably already a bad idea, but my old one had died and I needed a new one for college. When I first got it it could play Skyrim on max settings with OBS recording simultaneously and it was completely seamless. For the last few months I've barely been able to run Discord and a low-effort game like HOMM3 at the same time. On top of this, the new upgrade for Premiere Pro (which I need to use for college) has meant that my laptop just categorically will not work with it properly, and all I've got from help forums there is 'get a better laptop'. Which is fine if that's the solution (not that I want to spend a load more money), but what if it's not?
I'll list some system info here. Bare in mind I'm 90% sure this isn't all you would need to know, but I'm not sure where to find any other info.
- Microsoft Windows 10 Pro, current version 10.0.18362 (at time of posting), x64 bit
- Processor is Intel Pentium CPU G4560 @ 3.50GHz, 3500 Mhz, 2 Cores, 4 Logical Processors
- 4GB RAM; Total Physical Memory 3.88GB, Available Physical Memory 717MB; Total Virtual Memory 7.38GB, Available Virtual Memory 1.84GB
- 90% sure when I ordered the laptop online it was different to the one I received, which should have been a red flag really, but it's from 'HASEE'
- 1TB Harddrive currently split into 100GB C drive with the OS installed and 900GB D drive with personal files etc. There's about 43GB of free space on the C drive right now.
I should also mention I'd like to avoid Macs if possible, I know they're generally supposed to be a lot better but I don't really like how they work and I'd much prefer Windows for my sort of day-to-day projects and things. If I really needed to get a Mac I could probably still do that and keep my current laptop for personal stuff, just use the Mac as the powerhouse for larger projects and programmes, but there are some games that won't run on Mac that I really like playing too, so.
Ultimately I need a laptop that can handle Discord & games on at least low settings, multiple windows open at once, etc. But the ideal is to have a laptop that can handle game recording/streaming at at least reasonable quality, 3D modeling, Premiere Pro, etc. So, what should I do? Is any of this even possible or am I really expecting too much?
Thanks!