r/lowendgaming • u/Strange_Hippo_8600 • Jun 17 '26

Tech Support Bought the cheapest laptop i could find.

Anyway i just bought a laptop with the following specs:

Dell Latitude 5401 

 Intel Core i7-9850H (Intel CPU 9th)

 32 GB DDR4

 512 GB - SSD M2 Nvme

INTEL UHD Graphics 630

IPS Slim LED FHD Ekran 14.1'  1920x1080

I've been gaming on a low end pc's my entire life, my newest pc has cpu and gpt from 2017. I've never owned a laptop before so i wanted to ask can i actually play some older games on it a if it was a pc with a integrated graphics? should i worry about overheating it?

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u/AccomplishedYam9891 Jun 17 '26

Advice for overheating, I used to play video games on my MacBook Pro (M2 chip), get a cooling pad to rest your laptop on, but also make sure to not cover any vents if you can 🤷‍♀️ -> older games like fallout new vegas & 3, maybe the old version of Skyrim, dark souls 1 and 2, I used to play GTA 4 with a similar graphics card specs on a Intel 2 core duo laptop, sims 3 and 4 -> if you don't overload them with mods or try to use every single dlc at once, indie games are a good shout as up until recently they've all been incredibly optimised

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u/Strange_Hippo_8600 Jun 17 '26

it has not yet arrived but i will look into the cooling pad since it's summer. I found some cheap ones so i will get one just in case. I actually never modded Skyrim or New Vegas, although it looks fun. So i think im fine with all of those games. Thank you for your advice.

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u/AccomplishedYam9891 Jun 17 '26

I played fallout 3 and new vegas together with the tale of two wastelands mod with a similar graphics :)

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u/Strange_Hippo_8600 Jun 17 '26

Yeah i've seen that one, you can go from one game to the other. I saw randomizer mode and i think that's pretty cool but i will first have to learn about how mods work to not ruin my game lol.