Laptop for Destiny 2 and Hyper-V/VMWare

[VLAN]

Hey everyone, long time lurker, first time poster. I've been looking into getting a gaming laptop lately as my new job has me traveling a bit. I do some work in a single session of a Hyper-V or VMWare vm for testing OS builds so don't need an overkill on running multiple vm's at a time and when I have down time during my travels I'm looking to play with my clan in Destiny 2 and sometimes random steam games when we're bored such as golf with friends. Personally I'm fine with 60fps and don't really need the 120fps+ gaming experience. It would also mess with me switching between being at home and away when changing fps.

 

My current Desktop specs

i5-6600k overlocked at 4.2GHz

32GB of DDR4 RAM 2300MHz

GTX 1070

512GB NVMe SSD (it's an old apple one on a PCIe card, got it from an old broke macbook pro (¯\_(ツ)_/¯

4K LG 60Hz monitor (I forget the exact model at this time and I'm not home to check)

 

Ideal laptop specs

i7 (or i5 never really had an i7 before) previous or latest gen tho I'm worried about performance hit with the new security vulnerability patches coming soon

AMD Ryzen? Honestly never had an AMD chip so the whole area is new to me

minimum 16GB of RAM with an option to upgrade

256+ SSD/NVMe with the option to upgrade or have another slot

From what I've been reading a GTX 1660 Ti is actually pretty good so that or an RTX series card I suppose.

 

and thats about it. Don't need some high class gaming rig, just a general i can boot up and play at 60fps without breaking the bank.

 

Some laptops a friend or two suggested and that I've found especially with memorial day sale coming up.

ASUS - 15.6" Gaming Laptop - AMD Ryzen 7 - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q - 512GB Solid State Drive - Metalic Hairline Black

MSI - GS Series Stealth 15.6" Gaming Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660Ti - 512GB SSD - Matte Black With Gold Diamond Cut

MSI GL63 8SE-054 15.6" 120 Hz Intel Core i7 8th Gen 8750H (2.20 GHz) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 16 GB Memory 128 GB NVMe SSD 1 TB HDD Windows 10 Home 64-bit Gaming Laptop -- ONLY @ NEWEGG

[genexis_x]

Location? Budget? No preference on weight and battery life?

[VLAN]

1 hour ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Location? Budget? No preference on weight and battery life?

Location meaning? and Budget I mean under 2K would be ideal. No real pref on weight or battery if it will be plugged in all the time.

[genexis_x]

11 hours ago, VLAN said:

Location meaning? and Budget I mean under 2K would be ideal

Where are you from? 2k in what currency?

[VLAN]

7 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Where are you from? 2k in what currency?

Ah sorry. USA, Chicagoland. So USD.

[VLAN]

anyone else have some suggestions?

[genexis_x]

47 minutes ago, VLAN said:

anyone else have some suggestions?

Will get back to you soon, busy preparing for exams lately

[Jon Jon]

I would recommend any 8th or 9th gen i7 so you get 6c/12t since you are planning to run virtual machines.

 

I think either MSI is a great deal.

 

There is no real difference between the 8th and 9th gen i7, but there is between the GTX 1660ti and the RTX 2060.

 

I would personally go with the one you linked on Newegg, but $400 more may be worth it for the 144hz screen.

 

[VLAN]

19 hours ago, Jon Jon said:

I would recommend any 8th or 9th gen i7 so you get 6c/12t since you are planning to run virtual machines.

 

I think either MSI is a great deal.

 

There is no real difference between the 8th and 9th gen i7, but there is between the GTX 1660ti and the RTX 2060.

 

I would personally go with the one you linked on Newegg, but $400 more may be worth it for the 144hz screen.

 

Sadly the one from Newegg is sold out

[genexis_x]

On 5/22/2019 at 9:30 PM, VLAN said:

2k USD

You don't have to spend that much, under 1.5k will do

 

With 2060 GPU:

Eluktronics Mech-17 G1R / CyberpowerPC Tracer III 17S Slim VR 300 / EVOC 17GK7

Clevo P970RD/ED

Lenovo Legion Y740 15 81HE005XUS

Eluktronics Mech-15 G2, G2R / CyberpowerPC Tracer III 15Z Slim VR 300 / EVOC 16GK5-2060

Clevo P960RD, P950EF

Lenovo Legion Y540 15/17 - no reviews yet

Clevo NH58RDQ/EDQ, NH70RDQ/EDQ

HP Omen 15t customize with 144Hz

 

Or do you want 2070/1080 laptops? Can consider Eluktronics Mech-17 G1R with 2070 - $1.5k, or PowerSpec 1520/1720 - in store pickup only

[VLAN]

9 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

You don't have to spend that much, under 1.5k will do

 

With 2060 GPU:

Eluktronics Mech-17 G1R / CyberpowerPC Tracer III 17S Slim VR 300 / EVOC 17GK7

Clevo P970RD/ED

Lenovo Legion Y740 15 81HE005XUS

Eluktronics Mech-15 G2, G2R / CyberpowerPC Tracer III 15Z Slim VR 300 / EVOC 16GK5-2060

Clevo P960RD, P950EF

Lenovo Legion Y540 15/17 - no reviews yet

Clevo NH58RDQ/EDQ, NH70RDQ/EDQ

HP Omen 15t customize with 144Hz

 

Or do you want 2070/1080 laptops? Can consider Eluktronics Mech-17 G1R with 2070 - $1.5k, or PowerSpec 1520/1720 - in store pickup only

So I picked up the following

https://www.frys.com/product/9887955?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

 

It's nice but the display doesn't seem "sharp". I'll take a look at the ones you suggested as well.

[genexis_x]

8 hours ago, VLAN said:

So I picked up the following

https://www.frys.com/product/9887955?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

 

It's nice but the display doesn't seem "sharp". I'll take a look at the ones you suggested as well.

MSI GL series - questionable QC+QA. 9SDK only has 1660TI - 2060>1660TI

[VLAN]

On 5/29/2019 at 9:42 PM, GeneXiS_X said:

MSI GL series - questionable QC+QA. 9SDK only has 1660TI - 2060>1660TI

To be honest, after a week of having it, I'm rather enjoying it. the 1660ti does the job for me. Don't need the overkill of a 2060/70 anyways, but I do have 30 days for a full refund so I'll keep my eye out for other deals.