New gaming laptop advice

[Daniel Martinez]

Hello guys.

So I'm going to buy a gaming laptop and I have a dilemma between these two: Acer Aspire VX15 and MS I GL62M 7re-624

 

Here are the specs:

VX15

I5 7300HQ @ 2.5 GHz (up to 3.5GHz)

16GB 2400MHz DDR4 RAM

GTX 1050Ti 4GB 

1920x1080p 15,6"

256GB SSD

 

GL62M

I5 7300HQ @ 2.5 GHz (up to 3.5GHz)

8GB 2400MHz DDR4 RAM

GTX 1050Ti 4GB 

1920x1080p 15,6"

1Tb HDD

 

 

So basically the only differences are brand, amount of RAM and the size of the drive. I'm mostly going to use FSX, but other games are also on the shortlist. I know FSX benefits from more RAM, but I'm afraid of running out of disk space. Also need this to do some university work but nothing too crazy. Also worth mentioning that both of them cost $899 on amazon. Thanks in advance 

 

VX15:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01MR82G0W/ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496101372&sr=8-1-fkmr0&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=vx15+7300hq

 

GL62M:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01MYBL5O4/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496101681&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=gl62m+7re-624

[The Sloth]

if you spend a bit more, you can get a dell Inspiron 7000. 

[Damascus]

Lol, so much definitely the Acer with 16GB ram and an ssd.  A 1tb hdd is like 40 bucks

[The Sloth]

3 minutes ago, Damascus said:

Lol, so much definitely the Acer with 16GB ram and an ssd.  A 1tb hdd is like 40 bucks

the problem with them are quality control, most of these laptops will break within a year. 

[Daniel Martinez]

5 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

the problem with them are quality control, most of these laptops will break within a year. 

So Acer isn't that good with quality control?

[Daniel Martinez]

10 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

if you spend a bit more, you can get a dell Inspiron 7000. 

The one with the 960m, and 8GB of RAM but an i7?

[The Sloth]

3 minutes ago, Daniel Martinez said:

The one with the 960m, and 8GB of RAM but an i7?

nope, the new one with the 1050ti and an i7. 

 

5 minutes ago, Daniel Martinez said:

So Acer isn't that good with quality control?

yup, Aspire are very poor quality. 

[Daniel Martinez]

11 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

nope, the new one with the 1050ti and an i7. 

 

yup, Aspire are very poor quality. 

I've been looking and I can't quite stretch to the Inspiron. Where I live an extra $100 in MSRP represents about a $200 increase in price. Looking strictly for $900 laptops. So if the Acer isn't reliable, then I shall go with the MS I because it's quite an effort to pay $1200 for a $900 laptop. Do you recommend upgrading later to 16GB RAM?

[Pendragon]

15 minutes ago, Daniel Martinez said:

I've been looking and I can't quite stretch to the Inspiron. Where I live an extra $100 in MSRP represents about a $200 increase in price. Looking strictly for $900 laptops. So if the Acer isn't reliable, then I shall go with the MS I because it's quite an effort to pay $1200 for a $900 laptop. Do you recommend upgrading later to 16GB RAM?

Acer is fine...

 

Where do you live?

[Daniel Martinez]

32 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

Acer is fine...

 

Where do you live?

Colombia. Everything sold in the US is about 30-40% more expensive here (in dollars). Man I wish I lived in the States, such a small PC community over here. And where do you live sir?

[The Sloth]

35 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

Acer is fine...

 

Acer Aspires are known for lower quality, they won't last long. 

 

53 minutes ago, Daniel Martinez said:

I've been looking and I can't quite stretch to the Inspiron. Where I live an extra $100 in MSRP represents about a $200 increase in price. Looking strictly for $900 laptops. So if the Acer isn't reliable, then I shall go with the MS I because it's quite an effort to pay $1200 for a $900 laptop. Do you recommend upgrading later to 16GB RAM?

look for a higher end model of that MSI laptop, try to find one with better specs. ram and hard drives are something you can compromise on, don't compromise on the cpu or the gpu. 

[Daniel Martinez]

42 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

Acer Aspires are known for lower quality, they won't last long. 

 

look for a higher end model of that MSI laptop, try to find one with better specs. ram and hard drives are something you can compromise on, don't compromise on the cpu or the gpu. 

There's one with an i7 7700HQ for about the same price. All other specs are the same

(8GB 2400MHz DDR4 RAM

GTX 1050Ti 4GB 

1920x1080p 15,6"

1Tb HDD)

[The Sloth]

2 minutes ago, Daniel Martinez said:

There's one with an i7 7700HQ for about the same price. All other specs are the same

(8GB 2400MHz DDR4 RAM

GTX 1050Ti 4GB 

1920x1080p 15,6"

1Tb HDD)

i would get thet, remember to reinstall windows. 

[Ivan Reynolds]

I know you want a laptop with a quality. You can check this affordable gaming laptops with the price and quality you need.

[Pendragon]

2 hours ago, nerdslayer1 said:

Acer Aspires are known for lower quality, they won't last long. 

 

aspire is shit. the vx15 is fine. ish. not as good but "fine". 

 

2 hours ago, Daniel Martinez said:

Colombia. Everything sold in the US is about 30-40% more expensive here (in dollars). Man I wish I lived in the States, such a small PC community over here. And where do you live sir?

where i stay is Canada. but i travel for work. so all over the place. its okay, canada is also shit for buying computer stuff. canadian rubles is a real problem. also fuck import taxes from purchasing from us.