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Greeting

 

its nearly my son birthday. after all his hard working in study I decided to buy him a new gaming laptop (because he's also obsessed with gaming) but I cannot decide which one to buy beyond these 4? so can all of you helping me with this? 

 

i hope you guys can recommend something good, thanks :ph34r:

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what is the budget

 

and what games and res he plays?

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If you don't have a budget, the GT80 will do it for sure.

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Gt80 has the best spec but it's not really a "laptop" the thing is huge. All of those laptop above is pretty big do your son want thin portable laptop instead ?  For thin and powerful gaming latop there are the p37x 

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Greeting

 

its nearly my son birthday. after all his hard working in study I decided to buy him a new gaming laptop (because he's also obsessed with gaming) but I cannot decide which one to buy beyond these 4? so can all of you helping me with this? 

 

i hope you guys can recommend something good, thanks :ph34r:

 

GT80 is the best specced

the M18x is a close second

 

but honestly, they are INSANE to carry around, they are barely laptops

 

Personally I would rather buy a gs60 ghost, aorus x3 or x7, razer blade or something, because they are actually portable and carryable

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the MSI GT80 is really bad looking and Alienware m18x is OK

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why are you buying him a laptop and not a desktop?

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why are you buying him a laptop and not a desktop?

because he can carry to school?  :mellow:

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because he can carry to school?  :mellow:

He could break his back when carrying the alienware 18 or GT80

get him a desktop with dual 980s and X99 for the same price instead

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He could break his back when carrying the alienware 18 or GT80

get him a desktop with dual 980s and X99 for the same price instead

I agree, I think a desktop would be better. There are a lot of things that can occurs at school such as Laptop accidentally dropped or something, if it's a GT80 or an Alienware then it's done..... You should build him a strong desktop PC. Laptop should be used for light use.

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carrying the GT80 is not a joke

 

it freaking heavy as a desktop!!!

 

i say you either need to re think of a laptop that is portable yet let him game on decent fps

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carrying the GT80 is not a joke

 

it freaking heavy as a desktop!!!

 

i say you either need to re think of a laptop that is portable yet let him game on decent fps

Yeah, most gaming laptops are heavy and thick (some are thin and light though).

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Yeah, most gaming laptops are heavy and thick (some are thin and light though).

the MSI GS60 Ghost should be good

 

it thin and packs a GTX965m or GTX970m

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Get him a cheap laptop for school and a beast rig for gaming

or the MSI GS30 Shadow

 

it a laptop with a dock for desktop to add a desktop GPU

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or the MSI GS30 Shadow

 

it a laptop with a dock for desktop to add a desktop GPU

 

I feel like we're getting a bit out of hand here to be honest. Like, we're suggesting laptops with i7s and shit, when he asked for a gaming one. Ik there are 1 or 2 games with hyper threading support, but it's kind of pointless normally.

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I feel like we're getting a bit out of hand here to be honest. Like, we're suggesting laptops with i7s and shit, when he asked for a gaming one. Ik there are 1 or 2 games with hyper threading support, but it's kind of pointless normally.

right now the selection is the highest end laptops

 

but they are overpriced and weights a ton

 

no way am i carry those around

 

the alt is to get a normal laptop

 

and get a desktop for the same price as the above 4 laptops

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because he can carry to school?  :mellow:

who is gaming at school?

 

gaming is desktop

school is laptop

 

these do not mix

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I agree, I think a desktop would be better. There are a lot of things that can occurs at school such as Laptop accidentally dropped or something, if it's a GT80 or an Alienware then it's done..... You should build him a strong desktop PC. Laptop should be used for light use.

And the laptop will get stolen. it would look retarded if someone stole a big desktop 

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I feel like we're getting a bit out of hand here to be honest. Like, we're suggesting laptops with i7s and shit, when he asked for a gaming one. Ik there are 1 or 2 games with hyper threading support, but it's kind of pointless normally.

well the i5 chips are all dual core in mobile, so i7 is the only way for a quad.

 

Greeting

 

its nearly my son birthday. after all his hard working in study I decided to buy him a new gaming laptop (because he's also obsessed with gaming) but I cannot decide which one to buy beyond these 4? so can all of you helping me with this? 

 

i hope you guys can recommend something good, thanks :ph34r:

None. The Clevo P377SM-A is the best. AW17 R1 and AW18 cannot use 900M cards (properly), so they're out. Neither the M18x R2.

 

MSI GT72 and GT80 would be good contenders, but their CPUs are power limited and thus suck. The clevo does not suck in that manner. It's also cheaper.

 

Did I mention that the P377SM-A can take a 120Hz internal screen? No? WELL NOW YOU KNOW.

 

The AW17 R2 also is a terrible machine that isn't even close to being in the category of the two MSI models or the AW18 or the Clevo I listed. Don't bother with it.

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