I’ve been using a Lenevo Legion Pro 7i every single day since I purchased it. It’s very powerful. I use FL Studio to make music, Sony Vegas Pro to edit videos, and I play games like Apex Legends, Gundam Evolution, and more on pretty much the highest settings.

I use my laptop to work from home and for gaming, so I wanted something that was powerful but not as ‘tacky’ as most gaming laptops. After a bunch of research I ended up with the Legion Pro 7i.

Not gonna lie, super impressed with this laptop! It has everything I was looking for & more than what I even realized.

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I got a Lenovo Legion Pro 7i laptop three months ago, and it’s a solid machine for gaming, image editing, and for having hundreds of tabs open like the monster I am.

It’s extremely responsive and loads insanely quickly. It runs Star citizen well (whenever the servers are having a good day), and halo infinite runs maxed out at over 70+ fps most of the time. But what got me to write this is that it’s built to last. I'll admit, I'm rough on my machines and this laptop’s metal body is doing great with my rough handling.

I recently got my hands on the ASUS ROG Strix G16, and I must say, I'm pretty impressed. I've played a few heavy-duty games on it, and it handled them with ease.

You'll want something with a powerful graphics card, like an NVIDIA RTX 3070 or higher, and a CPU that can keep up, such as the latest AMD Ryzen or Intel Core i7/i9 processors. At least 16GB of RAM is advisable, but 32GB is even better for future-proofing.

A budget would be helpful, amigo.

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For the best gaming laptop overall, ASUS Zephyrus G14 and Razer Blade 16 are best for those with a high budget. The Zephyrus G14 is praised for its portability, battery life, and performance, while the Razer Blade 16 offers a premium build and powerful specs.

Another strong contender is the Lenovo Legion series, particularly the Legion 5 Pro. It is often highlighted for its excellent cooling, high refresh rate display, and solid gaming performance at a more affordable price point compared to competitors.

Definitely not the Zephyrus for cooling efficiency. It has great quality but the physics of the thin small chassis doesnt allow it to have good cooling or quiet fans

The Legion Pro 7i has everything you want.

Acer Predator Helios 16💯

Anything under 16 inches isn't a gaming laptop, you can't tell apart s*** on a 14 inch. You might aswell get a tablet

Based on your criteria:

Maybe a Legion 9 Pro. Although I haven't seen one announced for 2025 - they might be merging the 7 Pro and 9 Pro.

But different laptops suit different needs. The Legion 7 Pro with 50 series CPU has an OLED screen. It doesn't have: A mini-LED screen, a 4k screen, an 18 inch screen, nor outright highest performance (probably). It's also not small or compact, and doesn't have the greatest battery life. Looks are subjective, but Legions are fairly bland (which can be a good thing).

There's no 1 best gaming laptop overall because of different design goals and advantages.

When gaming no laptop will be quiet.

What's your budget and country?(this might change the whole suggestion)

I would suggest:

Asus g14 with 5070ti, OLED screen, nice speakers, good performance, a bit on the expensive side.

Lenovo 7i pro with 5070ti or 5080 (if you can find a good deal), again beautiful OLED screen (a bit glossy), not as compact as the G14, but will give you the bang for your buck.

You can consider the 5i pro with 5070ti as well (I have this one, no regrets till now), if you have a little less budget. (speakers are mid on this one, but I use headphones)

I can suggest more from Asus and HP, but it totally depends on how much budget you have.

All gaming laptops have loud fans at max performance it's the trade off for portability.

A good pair of active noise cancelling headphones will make a huge difference.

But keep in mind that the kind of fan noise (sound spectrum) matters because ANC headphones are better at blocking low frequency sound. So, if you buy a laptop with high frequency fan noise at high decibels the headphones might not help enough. In this regard I can strongly recommend Alienware gaming laptops their fan noise can get loud like all others but the sound is low frequency so easy for ANC headphones to block out. I use Bose QC45 for gaming and it nearly eliminates fan noise from my Alienware M18R2 even at max spin I never even think about it.

almost all laptops will have loud fan noise if you want to max out their performance. You can set them on a silent or custom fan curve but that will make performance SIGNIFICANTLY worse.

By compact, do you mean thin and light? Or do you mean smaller 14 inch screen, instead of 16?

Like other guy said, provide budget.

> So I want a compact silent strong gaming laptop.

entirely depends on your currency, budget and region, which you haven't mentioned. silent and compact are words that don't really apply to a lot of gaming laptops. same with good battery life, but you've already compromised with that anyways.

what games does she like to play? what kind of performance does she want? what settings does she play at?

you don't even have to give all the answers just riugh guesses and the games she plays.

there is no "best" just whatever suits your budget the best. their will always be some form of compromise.

My wife and I have had an Asus Nitro for almost a decade now and while it DEFINITELY has an issue here and there (couple of cracks in the plastic [my fault] and needs a replacement battery) it never got hot or bogged down, even when running programs that were most certainly way beyond its specs. I'd just avoid anything by Razer. I love their peripherals, but their laptops are notorious for failing in ridiculous ways and not sending parts to even repair shops for simple fixes. Asus, ROG, and Lenovo are probably best bet!

levono legion is great for the price, the asus g14 is also an amazing laptop with terrible battery life

Asus rog zephyrus g16

You got the money if go for a framework 16 they got a 5070 and you can pretty much customize anything

There’s not one best laptop brand. But I will recommend Lenovo or ASUS as that’s what I find best personally, but that’s my opinion.

g16 display build = elite combo

this helped me justify my g16 purchase

Incomplete lost considering Lenovo legion pro series aren't on there.

I'd definitely look at Lenovo and Asus gaming laptops but recommendations really depend on what you specifically want from a gaming laptop e.g. battery life, screen size, how heavy/light you want the laptop to be etc.

The Omen Max 16 series is Preary nice for me. I have a 5080 and it works like a dream.

Feel free to ask for a specific recommendation, just provide your budget, region, what you want to do and what your priorities are (do you need good battery life? what games do you want to play? etc)

Check out Lenovo legion with Rtx 5060 around 1400eur. U Will play anything on this. Get atleast 24 ram and fir procesor pick cheaper z tho on ryzens u will get way better battery

This sub will probably overwhelmingly recommend Lenovo and Asus (for good reason).

I’d chuck Alienware in as well if it’s the Aurora series.

Personally I have a Razer Blade and it’s great (although some would disagree) but it’s hard to recommend unless you find a good deal on one because they’re relatively expensive.

What is the best actual model depends on your budget and your specific requirements, but the Lenovo Legions are good all-rounders and the Asus ROG Zephyrus is good if you want something slimmer and “premium” feeling.

Check out gaminglaptop.deals for some inspiration, it’s usually a good place to start!

If by best you mean strictly the highest performing laptop it's the Alienware M51 R2, and there's no competition.

There is no "best." It's entirely subjective and based on your use cases, budget, etc.

I just got a new Omen 17, though, and it's the best laptop I've ever owned. I usually don't like HP products, but this thing is pretty sweet.

But there are more powerful, durable, better looking less/ more expensive laptops out there. It all depends on how much you have to spend and what you want out of a machine.

Acer Predator 21x or rather I think it’s still pretty good

Area 51m r2

Smallest, biggest, coolest temps, best screen... So many different variables. The most funkiest concept like would be the Mothership. Desktop replacement would be the AW Area 51R2. Small would be the Asus G14. Innovative would go to the upcoming Zephyrus Duo. Hot enough to ruin your sperm production would go to any Alienware M15 or M17.

Legion 7 for OLED, Scar 16 for Mini-LED for max performance

Blade 16 for OLED if you want max portability and good performance, with budget not presenting an obstacle.

The Zephyrus G16 is solid from a build quality/portability/OLED standpoint, but has the lowest TDP GPU of the bunch so the worst gaming performance for the money.

Lenovo and Asus have great options that are affordable. This post will help you

zephyrus g16 is a pretty good all rounder for portability. performance is good but not as good as chunkier laptops

hp omen max/legion pro 7i too

if you want max performance, something like a gigabyte aorus 16/18 is your best bet

I'm a noob myself, but based on my lengthy research so far:

Razer Blade 16 for portability and gaming performance. It has a 175w gpu if connected to their cooler. Also oled (if you like that, I'm afraid of burn in).

Scar 18 for performance and upgradability. Miniled screen. It's not really portable, almost full plastic build.

MSI Titan for gaming power and built. The chassis is metal, and the cpu is 95 watts. It has a serious off switch in silent mode. Then the cpu will run on 15 watts. Compared to the silent mode in Scar 18, it is 65 watts cpu. More watts is hotter and noisier.

Asus Zephyrus is very limited in GPU power, only 120 watts. It'll underperform to a full 175 watt rtx 4090. So it isn't worth the money to me.

I would say Legion Pro 7, but I just had to return a Legion 9 for overheating bsod, bad built quality, and other issues. Mine might have been a lemon, but I'm naturally not fond of Lenovo. Although they have very good service.

This is mostly based on my research, ymmv 🙏