Looking For School/Light Gaming Laptop

[Krond]

So I'm looking for a laptop for school, that can also do some light gaming (games like FFXIV, WoW, some gamecube/wii emulation, other light games).

My course is "Cyber Defense and Cloud Administration", a 2 year course for a diploma and relevant cisco/comptia certs.

My budget is $5000 CDN

The laptop needs a 256gb SSD minimum, and either USB type A or type C ports for both an external SSD and a flash drive.

Some nice-to-haves but not required: 4k, decent contrast ratio and colour grading (OLED would be nice), touch screen, HDMI port

I'd like to get something that'll last a few years. My course is 2 years, but I'd like to transition the laptop for use in work afterwards.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Edited May 29, 2020 by Krond
added nice-to-have

[Guest]

A Hi-spec Razer Blade 15in, would be good. You can get a well built laptop, with everything you need. You can get an OLED 4k or a high refresh rate panel, and good hardware in the laptop.

[Krond]

I've heard negative things regarding the Razer Blade 15's build quality, is there any merit to that?

[Guest]

The build quality is high, similar to a XPS or surface. But some people have problems with it failing after a year or so, it's more of a chance. You might want to get the extended warranty especially since you're spending so much on it.

[Krond]

Speaking of the XPS, do we know if the 2020 XPS systems will be available with an OLED screen?

[Krond]

I also had my eye on a Zenbook Pro Duo; any thoughts on that device?