Discovered a way to play games on PC without blowing fuses

The laptop I bought two years ago gave me problems in my truck. It drew so much power that it constantly blew fuses (300 watts). So I started looking for a smaller computer. The notebooks only use 90 watts, but they seemed low on features.

Took me about five hours of digging, but I found a good one. Also a new 2017 version.
This is a far cry from the low power notebooks of previous years.

Plays many high level games including Overwatch, Fallout 4, League of Legends, Minecraft, Payday 2 and others with great frame rates.

Windows 10
I5 Intel dual core processor (7200U) 2.5 Ghz (3.1 on turbo)
16 gig of DDR4 ram (expandable to 32)
256 gb SSD, 1 TB hard drive
(has no DVD drive, but there is no physical software available anymore - download only)
Full HD 15.6" Active Matrix TFT Color LCD with Comfy View (1920x1080)
Graphics controller - Nvidia GeForce GTX950, 2 gig dedicated ram

Only weighs 5.2 lbs

$729 on Amazon

If you go with a quad core i7, the price goes up a thousand bucks and it becomes a power hungry laptop again. The i5 meets the minimum requirements to play the games you love and you can play for hours without issues.

Bought a 300 watt Pure Sine Wave inverter to use it while the engine is on. ($170). A modified sine wave inverter like the cheap ones sold at truck stops may hurt the PC or other electronics. Otherwise the notebook will run on its batteries (up to 10 hours with turbo off. Five hours with it on). I can use the inverter or a 12 volt converter to charge up the battery as I drive.

 

2017 Acer 15.6" 1080P gaming and performance laptop



I get 8 hours to sleep and 2 hours to play. If all you do is drive and sleep you'll go insane