Looking for Gaming Laptop

[Burdinee]

My friend is shipping to boot camp in a month or so and wants to find a gaming laptop that he could use once he graduates. His budget is around $2000 but he can go up to $2500 if needed. He usually plays games like Arma 3 and the occasional competitive FPS. Size isn't really an issue since he won't be moving around daily but he doesn't want the hassle of a monitor and a desktop. 

[genexis_x]

Location? No preference on weight and battery life?

[Burdinee]

He'll be using it in the barracks so he doesn't need to worry about battery or weight but he still wants a laptop because he'll have to move around a bit.

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, Burdinee said:

He'll be using it in the barracks so he doesn't need to worry about battery or weight but he still wants a laptop because he'll have to move around a bit.

Please answer:

2 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Location? No preference on weight and battery life?

[Burdinee]

He'll be in Southern California.

[Super Spartan]

On 2/13/2019 at 2:49 AM, Burdinee said:

My friend is shipping to boot camp in a month or so and wants to find a gaming laptop that he could use once he graduates. His budget is around $2000 but he can go up to $2500 if needed. He usually plays games like Arma 3 and the occasional competitive FPS. Size isn't really an issue since he won't be moving around daily but he doesn't want the hassle of a monitor and a desktop. 

 

this suits his needs perfectly: EVOC High Performance Systems P750TM1-G - 15.6" FHD 144Hz / QFHD 60Hz - i5-9600K / i7-9700K / i9-9900K - GTX 1060 / 1070 / 1080

 

It comes with the custom Prema BIOS for free since it's from HIDevolution who are a Prema Partner.

 

Prema BIOS Benefits:

·        Restores user ability to overclock or underclock the CPU

·        Restores user control over CPU power settings (voltage, watts, amps) for optimal performance and/or thermal efficiency

·        Restores ability to control non-turbo CPU core ratio

·        Restores ability to control CPU c-states and p-states

·        Restores ability to control BCLK (northbridge) and FCLK (System Agent) frequency

·        Restores ability to enable Intel Speed Shift Technology functionality

·        Restores ability to disable Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX) functionality which is intended for software developers who want to use that feature and causes erratic system behavior

·        Restores ability to control RSR, Watchdog Timer, ASPM, ACPI sleep and hibernation functionality

·        Restores ability to control RAM timings, clock speeds and enables the utilization of XMP profiles

·        Restores ability to control selection of Legacy, UEFI and CSM to install whatever operating system is desired

·        Restores ability to control CPU-based DEP, AES (encryption) and Virtualization

·        Restores ability to control GPU scaling, PCIe speed and power management features

·        Restores control over Thunderbolt and USB 3.1 configuration

Restores control over SATA port configuration and Intel LPM. Having the ability to disable drive ports allows exclusive control over what drive receives the BCD/boot sector, system and recovery partitions during Windows Setup and eliminates the need to physically remove non-OS drives when installing a new OS.

 

When configuring it, tell him to opt for the "Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut + Fujipoly Extreme Thermal pads" for the best cooling ever and to prevent overheating or thermal throttling.

 

HIDevolution does a superb job in terms of quality control and have excellent customer service. Here's an image of the perfect thermal paste application they did on my EVOC (AKA Clevo) laptop:

 

 

 

Another laptop he may want to look at is: Custom Built MSI GE75 8SF Raider-049 - 17.3" Thin Bezel FHD 144Hz - i7-8750H - RTX 2070

[genexis_x]

RTX 2070 (no Max-Q) laptops:

MSI GT75 8SF

Clevo P750TM-R

Gigabyte Aorus 15-X9

MSI GT63 8SF

MSI GE63 8SF

Eluktronics Mech-17 G1R (TongFang GK7CP7S)

Clevo PB51EF/PB71EF

(most of them are lacking reviews, if the purchase isn't urgent then you might want to wait for reviews first)

 

GTX 1080 laptops:

MSI GT63 - runs a little hot