What computers to buy for Chess? [Solved]

[Eadwine Rose]

However you twist his words is ALSO your responsibility.

[Buck Fankers]

I can't find those prices around here on Amazon-USA that you indicate, I know j2mcgreg doesn't like this one but I'm still mortified by the temptation:

https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-IdeaPad-C ... B09YWMXYQG

We established, for your purposes (chess) the most important part is graphic card. I would skip the one with integrated intel card, I posted link to it's performance already.

So, question is, which one of the two is better. Did you compare them?

Edit, ignore comparing bellow, I was mistakenly comparing CPU's. Your link has better CPU, but it is GPU, graphic card that matter. One has vega 9 card. Another one didn't look. Google them the way I did with CPU bellow and find out which ones has better graphic card.


Here is comparison link: (but unfortunately for CPU's, my bad) - do the same for GPUs from each laptop you are considering
https://versus.com/en/amd-ryzen-3-5300u ... en-5-5625u

[Buck Fankers]

Bonus off topic post

Link to Lenovo computer you posted:

https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-IdeaPad-C ... =8-2-fkmr0

Link to the same computer:
https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-IdeaPad-C ... B09YWMXYQG

Check the links, both works and both give you the same product. So what is the difference? Your link is filled with all kind of tracking stuff. This is why link is so long. What you want to do is, you always cut the rest of the link, you just keep it up to the product number as you see in my link.

And if you use someones link, don't just click on it, copy/paste it into address bar, then delete all after product number. In amazon links all that start with: /ref= and everything else to the left is for tracking purposes. With other links, do some testing. Usually you can delete part that start with: ? and everything to the left.

Don't give these leach companies more data than you already have to

OK my last on this topic, good luck and hope chess computations works the way you want and expect

[j2mcgreg]

I will offer this last piece of advice. Before you place the order with Amazon, go to one of the big box electronics stores: Staples, Best Buy, Microcentre et al and check out the floor model:
-- you want to look for signs of wear and tear. There shouldn't be any, but if there are that's a good indication that it might not fare well under normal usage
-- you want to examine the keyboard closely. Are all the normal control keys present? When I was shopping for my ProBook's replacement, I saw a very nicely
spec'd Acer Aspire 3 at Best Buy that didn't have a dedicated Delete key. What's the keyboard like to type on?
-- are the USB ports easily accessible? I've seen laptops where the ports were so close together that you couldn't have two devices plugged in at the same time
-- what's the touchpad like to use?
-- is the screen easy to look at?
-- how heavy is it?

All of these and more are things that you can't tell from a picture on the Amazon. Certainly buy it from Amazon if that's the best price, but you can save yourself a lot of anxiety if you check it out physically,first.

[Buck Fankers]

I will offer this last piece of advice.

Good idea!
And I made mistake in my previous post, I compared CPU's (I'm tired need to stop posting now) so I deleted most of what I wrote.

[keos]

but you can save yourself a lot of anxiety if you check it out physically,first.

Thanks!

[keos]

Just in case someone is interested in the specific subject of chess.
And as you recommended me to consult in a Chess forum I have gone to this one that, as far as I know, seems to me the best that exists ... here I leave the link of the forum where I consulted ...

https://outskirts.altervista.org/forum/ ... 02b#p57238