u/CheezeNutz777

Help me decide. I am an incoming 3rd-year Computer Engineering student, and at this point, computers are becoming essential for our subjects, especially in 4th year when our thesis typically involves machine learning.

I am trying to decide whether to buy a gaming laptop or build a PC. Our university has computer laboratories, but access to them is limited, and I don't usually bring a laptop to school. Gaming laptops are expensive, even second-hand ones, while building a PC is much cheaper and can provide significantly better performance for the same budget. Also I want to game

Given my situation, which option would be the better choice?

P. S. I used ChatGPT to make my sentence grammatically correct, my English is terrible.

I'm currently looking on fb marketplace for a gaming laptop and the cheap ones are often rtx 2050 gaming laptops, is it still worth it in the big 2026? I want your thoughts on this and do you think a rtx 2050 laptop can run GTA 6 at 30fps when the pc port comes out?