Laptop Help

[iPC]

Hi, I was just wondering if you had any suggestions for laptops around 1000$ (up to 1300$) that had dedicated graphics (1050Ti and above), a 7700HQ or up, and 16G of RAM. I would prefer a 15.6" 4K screen, but I haven't really found anything in that range.

[Bazilias]

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-Gaming-GeForce-VX5-591G-75RM/dp/B01N12YZ7B/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1496236189&sr=1-1&keywords=gaming+laptop&refinements=p_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A2289792011%2Cp_n_size_browse-bin%3A2423841011%2Cp_n_feature_three_browse-bin%3A9647486011%2Cp_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A13580790011
 

It's not 4K but you need to give something up for your budget.

[iPC]

5 minutes ago, RaptorCandy said:

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-Gaming-GeForce-VX5-591G-75RM/dp/B01N12YZ7B/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1496236189&sr=1-1&keywords=gaming+laptop&refinements=p_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A2289792011%2Cp_n_size_browse-bin%3A2423841011%2Cp_n_feature_three_browse-bin%3A9647486011%2Cp_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A13580790011
 

It's not 4K but you need to give something up for your budget.

Hows the color gamot and the like?

[Bazilias]

Just now, iPC said:

Hows the color gamot and the like?

It has an IPS display so the colors should be good.

[Gaurav S Rao]

I found one for $1000 specfically with a 4K Display,but the problem is... It is a Skylake Model with a GTX 960M,is it acceptable?

https://www.amazon.com/ZENBOOK-UX501VW-DS71T-Gaming-GeForce-Windows/dp/B018AX3OHO/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1496236486&sr=1-5&keywords=gaming+laptop&refinements=p_n_feature_three_browse-bin%3A13580800011

[Gaurav S Rao]

Was looking as the same laptop as @iPC listed,seems a excellent choice but it has a 1080P screen (15.6 inch) and a laptop at that price range definately won't have a 4K display and and a powerful enough GPU at that price range,if your budget was $1400-1600,then a MSI Gaming Laptop would meet your needs with a 1060 tho (probably still not powerful enough) and the above ASUS skylake laptop,even worse even though it is a 960M and a i7 6700HQ,definately (or maybe partially able to play on that hardware,less demanding games like CS:GO,etc)

[MEC-777]

Moved to laptops section.

[iPC]

7 hours ago, Gaurav S Rao said:

Was looking as the same laptop as @iPC listed,seems a excellent choice but it has a 1080P screen (15.6 inch) and a laptop at that price range definately won't have a 4K display and and a powerful enough GPU at that price range,if your budget was $1400-1600,then a MSI Gaming Laptop would meet your needs with a 1060 tho (probably still not powerful enough) and the above ASUS skylake laptop,even worse even though it is a 960M and a i7 6700HQ,definately (or maybe partially able to play on that hardware,less demanding games like CS:GO,etc)

Thanks! Might skip the 4K screen and have the Pascal chips. Wondering what you thought of the HP OMEN. My friend is thinking of getting one with a 4K screen for around 1200$ and upgrading RAM and SSD for another 90 or so.

[Guest lilbman]

5 minutes ago, iPC said:

Thanks! Might skip the 4K screen and have the Pascal chips. Wondering what you thought of the HP OMEN. My friend is thinking of getting one with a 4K screen for around 1200$ and upgrading RAM and SSD for another 90 or so.

HP Omens are shitty, IMO, terrible build quality, keyboard, screen, thermals, and battery life.  If you want a budget gaming laptop, have a look at the Dell Inspiron 7567.  They're actually on sale right now, I believe.

[iPC]

Just now, lilbman said:

HP Omens are shitty, IMO, terrible build quality, keyboard, screen, thermals, and battery life.  If you want a budget gaming laptop, have a look at the Dell Inspiron 7567.  They're actually on sale right now, I believe.

Thanks for the input.

[Pendragon]

10 hours ago, iPC said:

Hi, I was just wondering if you had any suggestions for laptops around 1000$ (up to 1300$) that had dedicated graphics (1050Ti and above), a 7700HQ or up, and 16G of RAM. I would prefer a 15.6" 4K screen, but I haven't really found anything in that range.

No 4k, but everything else is solid. Specced properly comes to around $1200. 

 

https://www.gentechpc.com/product-p/sager-np7850.htm

 

You can easily replace the screen with a 4k Sharp one if you want 4k that much. 

[iPC]

2 hours ago, Pendragon said:

No 4k, but everything else is solid. Specced properly comes to around $1200. 

 

https://www.gentechpc.com/product-p/sager-np7850.htm

 

You can easily replace the screen with a 4k Sharp one if you want 4k that much. 

Thanks! Do you know what battery life is like?

[Pendragon]

19 minutes ago, iPC said:

Thanks! Do you know what battery life is like?

Just know that this specific laptop uses Clevo's N850xx chassis. That means you can look up reviews for the Gigabyte Sabre 15 as it uses the same chassis. So.

3.5-4 hours. Decidedly underwhelming. 

 

If you realistically plan on getting it, let us know, we can spec it properly. alot of pitfalls in laptop speccing. 

[iPC]

7 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

Just know that this specific laptop uses Clevo's N850xx chassis. That means you can look up reviews for the Gigabyte Sabre 15 as it uses the same chassis. So.

3.5-4 hours. Decidedly underwhelming. 

 

If you realistically plan on getting it, let us know, we can spec it properly. alot of pitfalls in laptop speccing. 

True. Thank you!

[Pendragon]

Just now, iPC said:

True. Thank you!

With the 1060 in this chassis, it absolute requires liquid metal to function properly. only gentech at the moment offers it. if you get it at another retailer, you will experience extreme high temps and throttling. 

[iPC]

Would this laptop be ok for school as well as gaming?

[iPC]

Also, sorry if this is a stupid question, but can I just use my desktop copy of windows for OS?

[Pendragon]

30 minutes ago, iPC said:

Would this laptop be ok for school as well as gaming?

its fine. most gaming laptops are just as good for school. downside is shit battery life.

 

24 minutes ago, iPC said:

Also, sorry if this is a stupid question, but can I just use my desktop copy of windows for OS?

yes. IF it's a legit consumer copy you can install it on different machines. BUT it needs to be uninstalled on the desktop. 

 

but why bother, you can get windows for cheap from places like Kinguin, Windowsstoreswap on reddit, win7 upgrade to win 10 (still works fyi). 

[iPC]

14 hours ago, Pendragon said:

its fine. most gaming laptops are just as good for school. downside is shit battery life.

 

yes. IF it's a legit consumer copy you can install it on different machines. BUT it needs to be uninstalled on the desktop. 

 

but why bother, you can get windows for cheap from places like Kinguin, Windowsstoreswap on reddit, win7 upgrade to win 10 (still works fyi). 

Should I just have them clean install windows?

[iPC]

What do you think of buying a razerblade stealth and using a Dell Graphics Amplifier and switch out my desktop GPU when I needed to game on the ultrabook?

[iPC]

Would that work?

[Pendragon]

15 minutes ago, iPC said:

Would that work?

no. alienware graphics amp only works with alienware laptops because its a proprietary connector.

 

secondly a razer blade stealth is garbage. 

[iPC]

Just now, Pendragon said:

no. alienware graphics amp only works with alienware laptops because its a proprietary connector.

 

secondly a razer blade stealth is garbage. 

Oh. Oops

 

[iPC]

would you suggest that kind of route? or no.

[Pendragon]

11 hours ago, iPC said:

would you suggest that kind of route? or no.

eGPU? no.

 

not with your budget.