6 reasons not to buy a gaming laptop

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Well, I’ve seen a lot of people asking whether it’s still worth buying a gaming laptop these days, so I decided to put together this list with 10 reasons why you shouldn’t buy a gaming laptop.

  1. Limited hardware: the graphics cards made for gaming laptops aren’t the same as the ones for desktop PCs. They’re always lower‑performance versions. That’s why you don’t see something like an RTX 3050, etc. in a desktop PC.
  2. They run very hot: even if you add a cooling pad under your setup, it’s still going to get really hot. There’s not much you can do about it. Your gaming sessions will have to be pretty short if you want to avoid frying your hardware.
  3. No real hardware upgrades: at least not for the GPU or CPU, since they usually come soldered onto the motherboard. In general, you’ll only be able to swap the SSD and the RAM.
  4. Less comfort than a desktop setup: the screen will always be smaller.
  5. Very noisy: anyone who’s had a gaming laptop knows this. The fan noise during resource‑heavy games is super annoying. It can get to a point where you can barely hear the game sound because the fans are so loud.
  6. Hard to maintain: it’s really hard to vacuum or clean the inside, unlike a desktop PC. The spaces are very cramped.

Do you think there should be more reasons on this list? Leave a comment.

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I don’t have a gaming laptop, but the fan noise is unpleasant sometimes. Even though I keep an eye on CPU usage and temperature, always at medium or lower levels, it still gets pretty loud in games that demand a bit more processing power. I have a cooling stand for the laptop, but it doesn’t help much.

A notebook is only really for simple tasks, where you can just carry a “typewriter” — so to speak — anywhere. But for heavy processing tasks, like gaming, a desktop PC will always be better and cheaper.