What gaming laptop to buy?

[Car712]

Hey, so I am looking to sell my Dell I7 "non-gaming" laptop (with an intel iGPU, yeah, its awful....), and get a GOOD gaming laptop that can get good FPS on most games (im not talking RDR2 here, but im also certainly not talking Minecraft). I am looking for one in the $700-$850 range, and I want it to be *somewhat* thin, if that's even possible.. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated!

[Fasauceome]

9 minutes ago, Car712 said:

I am looking for one in the $700-$850 range

USD?

[Car712]

7 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

USD?

Yep

[TheBean]

what games? what settings?

[Fasauceome]

9 minutes ago, Car712 said:

Yep

here are some options

https://www.newegg.com/obsidian-black-acer-aspire-7-a717-72g-700j-gaming-entertainment/p/N82E16834316600?Item=9SIACA18UJ6033&Description=gaming laptop&cm_re=gaming_laptop-_-34-316-600-_-Product

 

https://www.newegg.com/black-msi-gf-series-gf65-thin-9sd-gaming-entertainment/p/N82E16834155337R?Item=N82E16834155337R&Description=gaming laptop&cm_re=gaming_laptop-_-34-155-337R-_-Product&quicklink=true

 

https://www.newegg.com/stealth-black-asus-tuf-gaming-fx505du-mb53-gaming-entertainment/p/N82E16834235244?Item=N82E16834235244&Description=gaming laptop&cm_re=gaming_laptop-_-34-235-244-_-Product&quicklink=true

 

The second and third ones have 120Hz screens and a 1660 ti so they're pretty compelling. super similar overall.

[Car712]

51 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

here are some options

https://www.newegg.com/obsidian-black-acer-aspire-7-a717-72g-700j-gaming-entertainment/p/N82E16834316600?Item=9SIACA18UJ6033&Description=gaming laptop&cm_re=gaming_laptop-_-34-316-600-_-Product

 

https://www.newegg.com/black-msi-gf-series-gf65-thin-9sd-gaming-entertainment/p/N82E16834155337R?Item=N82E16834155337R&Description=gaming laptop&cm_re=gaming_laptop-_-34-155-337R-_-Product&quicklink=true

 

https://www.newegg.com/stealth-black-asus-tuf-gaming-fx505du-mb53-gaming-entertainment/p/N82E16834235244?Item=N82E16834235244&Description=gaming laptop&cm_re=gaming_laptop-_-34-235-244-_-Product&quicklink=true

 

The second and third ones have 120Hz screens and a 1660 ti so they're pretty compelling. super similar overall.

Thanks for those! I am definitely looking at getting the MSI one, but I have another question, what matters more, CPU or GPU on these? Because I found this one which has an i7 and 16gb of ram, but a 1650 4gb: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1513106-REG/acer_nh_q5faa_002_nitro_7_an715_51_752b_i7_9750h.html Would this be a good one as well, or would it end up being a similar situation to the i7 and intel iGPU?

[Fasauceome]

2 minutes ago, Car712 said:

Thanks for those! I am definitely looking at getting the MSI one, but I have another question, what matters more, CPU or GPU on these? Because I found this one which has an i7 and 16gb of ram, but a 1650 4gb: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1513106-REG/acer_nh_q5faa_002_nitro_7_an715_51_752b_i7_9750h.html Would this be a good one as well, or would it end up being a similar situation to the i7 and intel iGPU?

For gaming, focus on he graphics card. Laptops won't be equipped with an underpowered CPU for gaming. An i5 with a 1660 ti will perform a lot better than an i7 and 1650 across the board.

[SatanOnCrack]

Going off of what Fasauceome said, I'd recommend this one instead:

https://cukusa.com/msi-gf65-thin-9se-013-gaming-laptop.html

 

It's only $100 more than the msi one he linked but it has an Intel Core i7-9750H Six Core Processor instead of Intel Core i5 9th Gen 9300H, 16gb of ram instead of 8gb, and it comes with a 2060 instead of a 1660. Using that link you can also choose if you want to get more ram (32gb or 64gb) or change the size of the ssd from 512gb to 1tb or 2tb and also choose whether or not to add another ssd (512gb, 1tb, or 2tb) if you'd like.