PC vs Laptop | Which is Better

PC vs Laptop

       

                                   when digital computers were first invented they were taking up entire rooms with hard drives as biggest washing machines and these computers were about a thousand times less powerful than the smartphone you carry around with you in your pocket now we won't be talking about smartphones in this Blog but something much more powerful and just remotely less portable laptops or to be more precise our topic for today's video is the viability of gaming laptops and how well they stack up against desktop PCs so 

let's start

with the most important aspect of any gaming computer we're of course talking about the GPU and right off the bat this is one of the trickiest pieces of hardware to fit into a laptop you could fit an i7 or a Verizon seven CPU and a laptop without too much trouble but GPU are a different story entirely and this is due to a very simple fact high-end GPUs are huge those massive heat sinks and triple fan coolers these aren't just for show so when discussing GPUs and laptops we have to take into consideration their size weight and temperature as well as their performance to alleviate the size and weight problems laptops use mobile versions of GPUs these graphics cards are a design fin engineered in such a way to fit inside the cramped interior and keep the laptop as light as possible but then we also have to consider just how hot GPUs run so it's not only that

the GPU has to fit inside the laptop but the overall cooling system needs to bet wreaked accordingly to be able to deal with the heat increase that comes with a dedicated graphics card this reduced size and heat generation leads to one drastic trade-off which is that mobile versions of GPUs are always weaker than their desktop counterparts and they still cost more money so in terms of raw power there's absolutely no competition desktops will always come out on top in fact as a general rule gaming laptops will usually cost twice as much as the gaming desktop with the similar specs but the situation isn't as hopeless as it seems there's one thing that can still keep gaming laptops relevant we're talking of course about external GPUs as long as you don't mind the extra bulk and your CPU is able to keep up with it an external GPU is the best way to turn a regular laptop into a gaming one we've started with GPUs which is where desktops Excel the most in this comparison but the situation isn't nearly as bleak with regards to other pieces of hardware both Intel and AMD have mobile versions of CPUs with reduced heat generation and power drain they're weaker than their desktop counter parts for sure but this isn't as big a deal with CPUs next laptops generally have lower amounts of RAM but this isn't really a problem like we've said here many times on gaming scan it

just don't need large amounts of RAM for gaming some models will allow additional RAM modules to be installed but this will rarely be necessary and then there's a matter of storage since

laptops have limited space you can't really go ahead and install an extra HDD or SSD of course if you need additional storage you can always replace the HDD or SSD that you have for a larger one or

use an external storage although at this point if you're going to be using an external GPU and an external storage then you'll have to contemplate what value there is in getting a laptop for gaming at all especially women look at some of the peripherals that you'll also need to buy laptops come with a built-in display keyboard and touchpad but this isn't always a good thing yes you don't have to pay for them but if you have your sights set on 144 Hertz screen or a flashy mechanical keyboard and the ones that come with the laptop will just have to be there to inflate the price the vast majority of laptops have Full HD screens with 60 Hertz refresh rates and a 15 to 17 inch monitor of course the screen size couldn't very well be any bigger and still fit into a bag this is understandable but if you have your eyes set on a higher resolution or a refresh rate then you simply have to buy a monitor or buy one of the newer more expensive gaming laptop which feature high refresh rate screens and a thousand four hundred and forty p or 4kresolutions as for keyboards laptops generally use low profile membrane piece you'll very rarely find mechanical key boards in laptops especially ones with built-in backlighting of course gaming on the keyboard that comes with

the laptop isn't impossible it may not be ideal but it doesn't take long to get used to it what's absolutely horrible however is the idea of gaming on a touchpad beat for fast based shooters strategy games with lots of clicking and dragging or anything in between gaming on a touchpad is all seem possible and we say almost only because someone's probably already done it with great success I mean if it's possible to win a competitive Star craft game with your

feet and beat Dark Souls using a Guitar Hero guitar then gaming on a touchpad should technically be possible as well but that's beside the point so unless you plan on gaming exclusively on a touchpad you'll also need to buy a mouse and then there's the matter of speakers and microphone built-in speakers and microphones in laptops actually tend to be quite good so at the very least you'll want to buy headphones and have a microphone for online gaming you don't need to buy a full headset although it's still a good idea to buy headset due to those noise cancelling microphones and finally let's talk about the flexibility of these two products there are two areas here that we want to cover and both desktop PCs and laptops will excel in one of them the first of these is customizability and this one goes to desktops it's one of the most significant advantage of gaming on a PC anyone with the fundamental IT understanding can open up a PC and tweak customize and replace components to their heart's desire and all they'll need is a screwdriver but laptops can't be handled by just any body sure it's easy enough to open them but you need more tools to replace any of these parts and that's if you could get your hand son these parts because they're generally not available for purchase by consumers of course where laptops excels by far is Portability be it an ultra-light office laptop or a two kilogram gaming laptop it'll definitely be more portable than any desktop computer just the case alone is usually heavier than most laptops andt here's a hassle that comes with the cables and peripherals you have to deal with when you decide to move your PC so with all of this in mind our gaming laptops viable no definitely not at least not in most cases they have a way worse price performance ratio the mobile version of GPUs and CPUs will always be weaker and offer worse performance and they're just such a hassle to upgrade customize and fix the people generally only ever fix them if it's necessary and don't even consider the other two options the only real advantage laptops offer is portability and while this is definitely a good reason to buy a laptop would still suggest buying an external GPU if you plan on gaming they don't take that much away from the portability and they offer some upgrade ability which is always nice to have but just be sure that your laptop can actually connect to an external graphics card before you buy one of them and there you have it the viability of gaming laptops so what did you think tell us if we missed anything