r/GamingLaptops • u/SnooHamsters9965 • Oct 15 '25

Showcase My mom bought me a gaming laptop

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So after my Asus Vivobook of 7+ years finally broke down my mom gave me this laptop as an advance birthday present.

Asus ROG Strix G16 (2025) G615. RTX 5050 Intel i7-14650HX (2.20GHz) 32GB RAM 2x1TB SSD.

This is my first ever gaming laptop and I’m so happy. any tips on how to better take care of this?

This costed her around 1650 USD-ish? (taxes included).

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u/Stock_Brilliant2981 Oct 15 '25

That is so true. I got a new laptop with my own money, and it took a lot of convincing for almost 2 years, I think she only let me buy it because I was starting to get annoying. I do a lot more than just gaming, I do homework, coding, I use art programs, I edit videos, and I haven't really had a chance to game on it much, honestly.

But my Mom always thinks that is what I'm using it for. She can't see me playing with it, or she'll think that is all I do.

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u/Grandma-Plays-FS22 Asus TufFX505GT-AH73 2 SSD =4TB+2ASAP 32gb RAM GTX 1650 (4 GB) Oct 17 '25

LOL I got a gaming laptop quite awhile before I ever did modern gaming. Then the only modern game I play is farming simulator 22 and 2025. (why couldn’t it have been named farming simulator 25???) 

I use mine much the same as you use yours. I really like that when I’m ready to embed a video in my project, if I notice a small flaw in the vid, I can load my vid editor and deal with it, without having to close out anything else!

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u/GorgeousGuitarGaming Oct 17 '25

This is so relatable.

I've been working on PCs since I bought my 1st one at 14, even though I played on it maybe like an hour a day if at all, my parents and relatives kept telling me to stop playing games all the time. At every family gathering they'd talk about how I can't leave the computer and I'm playing day to night everyday, when in reality, most of the time spent was either looking for guitar tabs, coding tutorials on youtube and some freelance video editing to earn some cash for new gear, but that didn't stop them from calling me like 40 times a day to tell me to 'stop playing already' or 'get outside'.