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I am in the discord group now. Glad to see we have a chat group 24X7 Please do the same for next gpu gen. If I had known Alienware heatsink issue and sucking keyboard 2 years ago, I wouldn't have suffered such a long time. Build Quality is very difficult to identify by just googling it. Good review is not just that A is better than B, but put all things together, give all options, but note in terms of X, A>B>C>D... in terms of Y, .... etc That's pretty tough work, common end user like me couldn't possibly do it. You are a hero and you rock

Thanks, did you mean "https://www.reddit.com/r/SuggestALaptop" ? I have got Grizzly Conductonaut, and conformal coating is on the way. Will apply it this weekend. I also found "Predator 17x 1080gtx owners lounge" (http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/predator-17x-1080gtx-owners-lounge.802834) It's my first Acer laptop, so far pretty satisfied. Your build quality article is very informative and helpful. As I believe most of us don't want to spend endless time to tune and troubleshoot the laptop, but would rather rest and play games. Anyway that's why we need a gaming laptop, aren't we ~

Thanks for reply. How is build quality of Eluktronics Mec series ? I just bought Acer Predator 17 X from Micro Center according to your original post link. I am very satisfied with it except full stress load cooling, but Grizzly Conductonaut is shipping on the way now. Vermintide 2 with highest graphic setting is about 60~100FPS (100FPS for most of time), 70~80C, without OC.

Will check it out. Thanks.

Hi Boss @Galm, I am going to pull the trigger recent 2 weeks. I checked out all your articles in first post, that's brilliant. Just want to know if we have up to date deal for what I need as below: 1. Price around $2000. I can afford up to $3000, but I might resell it to junior student in 1~2 years. So I though it might be more difficult to do so if too costly. 2. It's a home laptop, 99% at home, no need portable, definitely 17'' (or above ?), game mainly, don't care of Aesthetic Quality, but do care Built Quality like cooling. 3. I can do some work like repasting and changing M.2 SSD or Memory, but prefer to rest and play without bothering else. What do you think about laptop upgrading plan ? Buy a top end one and keep it for 3 years then resell, OR buy an above average laptop for 1~2 years then resell ? If the difference is just around $200 or so per year, I prefer latter. As far as I can see best deal for now would be below in your original post, what do you think of that for now? Acer Predator 17 with a GTX 1080 for 1999! http://www.microcenter.com/product/475582/Predator_17_GX-792-7448_173_Gaming_Laptop_Computer_-_Black