So I’m going to place order for this 5080 Legion Pro 7i, tomorrow for 3.25lac.
From my research the only cons of this laptop are: No sdcard reader, no fingerprint scanner, no glass touchpad and subjectively people hating on glossy oled/pwm flicker.
Another option I have in mind is Scar 16 5080, and well I can’t think of anything bad about it other than liquid metal risks. But man is it expensive, rather own a 5090 at that price from legion.
What should I choose? Any other options?
What are you going to use it for?
Imo desktop with serious graphics power + premium laptop would be better in that range.
Twitter/youtube is filled with complaints of premium Laptops in India that died prematurely or even in warranty with company not doing much for them.
Mostly for just AAA gaming at 4k 60fps.
I don’t want a desktop as they are quite more expensive after factoring in monitor and electricity costs.
Not to mention riddled with the same RMA horror stories and far more issues with compatibility and pins bending whatnot.
Power cost is a concern when spending 3.25L on windows laptop? You think you’ll game much with out the adapter plugged?
Here’s a suggestion. Check a 2L gaming build +1.25L laptop (even Macbook pro can game remotely).
Compare the cpu + gpu performance and power consumption of desktop vs this laptop.
It will take maybe 30mins. But you’ll come out more certain.
Most desktop component from good companies have longer more reliable warranties.
Yes it is a concern to me.
5080 laptop is equivalent to 5070 desktop and uses half the W
I use a 5070Ti and 7800X3D-based system. It doesn’t add as much numbers to your overall bill as it is made out to be. And my system is running almost 24/7.
You are really sacrificing a lot of performance; however, the call is yours. 4K AAA gaming on a laptop 5080 will get you struggling sooner than you think. It is 40-60% slower than the desktop variant. You also do NOT need 64 GB of memory for gaming. Now, or even in the near future.
Here is a desktop option sans the monitor for 2.76L that will run rings around that laptop config:
https://pcpricetracker.in/b/s/e170bef1-9225-46c1-a34c-c99322c9f3ba
Please check this and decide for yourself. On avg 50-60% better performance on 5080 desktop. Most times 5080 laptop can’t play games at 40k 60fps without dlss.
For power savings count your - (avg gaming hours month x avg power savings per hour in watts)/1000 * avg electricity rate per unit.
Now calculate how long it’ll take to recover the difference in price.
It’s your money, you can pile it up and light it on fire if you wish. But if you’re looking for a smarter choice you can consider some of the suggestions above.
