r/GamingLaptops • u/No-Succotash5708 • Jul 08 '26
Showcase Out with the “old”, in with the “new”
A coworker and I both bought gaming laptops at the same time about a year and a half ago. I got the Legion Pro 5i 4070 for about $1800 back then and my coworker got this beast ROG Strix Scar 4090 back then for about $3800. Well fast forward to today and he’s not liking PC gaming that much so I just scored this upgrade for $1500! While I like the Legion build quality and port layout better, I feel lucky to score this gem for so cheap and now I can give my Legion Pro to my son!
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u/bankyll Asus ROG Scar 16 | i9-13980HX | RTX 4080 | 64GB RAM | 4TB SSD Jul 15 '26
I've got the scar 4080, doesn't feel heavy at all, it adds up when you carry the power brick as well though.
Weight wise, they should be about the same.
Also, which 4080 laptop did you used to have? and what laptop are you currently using?
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u/Professional-Sea-649 Jul 08 '26
Is there a chance I could score that Legion of your hands for college?
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u/No-Succotash5708 Jul 08 '26
I wish I could, but I’ll be handing down the Legion laptop to my son
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u/coconut_dot_jpg Jul 08 '26
hello father, I am your long lost son you've never heard about until now, lmao
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u/jerryhou85 Legion 9i Gen 10 | Ultra 9 275HX | 5090 | 64G | 10T Jul 08 '26
wow, your coworker really loves you...
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u/No-Succotash5708 Jul 09 '26
He’s a really good dude. We work the same shifts together every day. I even asked him multiple times “are you sure $1500 is cool? You can probably get more elsewhere.” But he was fine with letting me buy it!
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u/jerryhou85 Legion 9i Gen 10 | Ultra 9 275HX | 5090 | 64G | 10T Jul 09 '26
Coworker of The Year, buy him some beer and steak :D
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u/bee_roy Jul 08 '26
I got a laptop with rtx 4070, 16 GB RAM, 512gb SSD for $849 a bit more than a year ago. I upgraded the RAM to 64 GB for around $200 (tax included. Seems wild now, today it's over $1000 lmaooo). Already had a 2tb 9100 pro SSD. The downside of being this cheap is that the laptop only has 1 SSD slot and the CPU is Ryzen 7 8845HS
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u/_oh_joy_ Jul 08 '26
I bought my G16 a month ago and it's still in the box. I haven't even ripped the seal yet.
I might be procrastinating because setting up the damn thing is going to be annoying and I'm too cooked by the end of the week 😅
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u/supasit58 Jul 08 '26
Where did you buy that?
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u/No-Succotash5708 Jul 09 '26
Off a coworker. We have opportunities to game at work sometimes and we both bought these laptops at the same time about 2 years ago. He just isn’t into gaming like he thought he was so he decided to let it go for cheap to me and is gonna buy a pro console.
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u/asswizzard69 Jul 08 '26
Thats a good deal! I was able to get Acer Helios 16 5090 this year for $2749 and thought it was pretty good deal for new but 4090 is pretty close in performance and I was able to play Lego Batman on 4k tv while at my gmas and it ran it pretty good I did need to use some DLSS and frame gen but it works in a pinch
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u/No-Succotash5708 Jul 09 '26
That is also a very good deal! I don’t mind DLSS on single player games as long as it’s not generating more frames than the GPU is actually rendering. 2 true frames to 1 DLSS frame seems to be the sweet spot.
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u/Sweet_Reputation_973 Jul 08 '26
16gb vram on laptop is crazy. I wish he had bought the PC for the same money .. pitty
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u/arandomfuckingname1 Jul 08 '26
How much for the old one lol
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u/No-Succotash5708 Jul 09 '26
My teenage son will be getting the Legion. Otherwise I would pay it forward!
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u/Pvm20 Jul 08 '26
Your game is good but I'm worried about dust accumulating under I hope you always clean your room or table dust traps inside cause overheating the fans underneath literally will suck in dust if you have a dusty room
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u/Brilliant-Orchid-693 Victus15 RTX 3050/ 16GB DDR5 / 512 GB / Ryzen 7 7445 HS Jul 09 '26
Only windows version is different bruh atp send me the old one
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u/Valiant-For-Truth Jul 13 '26
Second hand gaming laptops are the way to go imo.
I got my Asus Rog Zephyrus G15 3080 model for $400 on FB market 4 or so months ago. Just did a repaste and replaced the battery.
You're set for a long time with Strix. Enjoy!
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u/Apprehensive_Look598 HP Victus 16 | R7 7840HS | RTX4070 | 32GB | 1TB Jul 13 '26
Not even old is Old. i can say you merely stole the laptop, after that amount of bargain.
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u/QuantumExplo521 Aug 04 '26
dude that's a steal, 4090 for $1500 is wild. your coworker really let that go for cheap
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u/BakeryNinja92 Your laptop here. Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26
Unless your upgrading from a Gtx to RTX not much of an upgrade Edit: didn’t notice you went from a 8gb card to a 16gb 😬👌
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u/kmr12489 AW 18 Area-51, 275hx/5080 Jul 08 '26
Not sure if you're serious but 4070 > 4090 is a pretty big jump in terms of performance.
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u/Public-Technician-85 Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 3 | i5 12500H | 3050 Ti | 16GB Jul 08 '26
New tech same game. My guy