Can't decide between gaming laptops!

[Nocmj1]

Hi everyone,

I am looking to pick up my first gaming laptop.

I'm more into AAA titles and RTS games than Esports titles and need to have a balance of performance and portability, as I will have to carry the laptop around to and from work.

I have narrowed it down to the following after the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G15 stopped being on sale here in the UK and just got too expensive for me.

The ones I am thinking of are compared below. I'd really appreciate it if anyone could help me deciding which one I should get! Thanks!

Laptop MSI GS66 Stealth 11UE-250UK HP OMEN 15-en1001na ASUS ROG Zephyrus M16  Gigabyte AORUS 15P (AORUS 15P KD-72UK224SH) CPU Intel Core i7 11800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H Intel Core i7 11800H Intel Core i7 11800H CPU Mark Score 21835 21689 21835 21835 Turbo 4.6 GHz 4.4 GHz 4.6 GHz 4.6 GHz Screen 15.6" 1440p 165Hz 15.6" IPS 1440p 165Hz 16" WUXGA 1920 x 1200 144Hz 15.6" FHD IPS 240Hz RAM 16 GB DDR4 (2 Sticks) 3200 MHz (2 x SO-DIMM) 16 GB DDR4 3200 MHz (2 x SO-DIMM) 16 GB DDR4 (1 x soldered, 1 x SO-DIMM) 3200 MHz 16 GB DDR4 3200 MHz (2 x SO-DIMM) Storage 1TB NVMe PCIe Gen4x4 SSD 512 GB SSD M.2 PCIe - NVMe 1 TB SSD M.2 PCIe 4.0 - NVMe 512 GB SSD M.2 PCIe 4.0 - NVMe GPU GeForce RTX 3060 6GB GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GeForce RTX 3060 6GB GeForce RTX 3060 6GB GPU TDP 95 W 100 W 60-80W 115 W MUX Switch? Yes No No No? Weight 2.1 kg 2.5 kg 1.9 kg 2.2 kg Price (£) 1669.97 1542.96 1699.98 1699.99

[GeorgeB123]

If it's for gaming, I'd probably go with the HP omen due to it's stronger GPU. 1TB SSD would be nice, however, you could upgrade it later on and buy an external ssd enclosure for your old 512gb and turn it into an external drive (if a second slot isn't present). If there's a second pci-e m.2 slot for a second NVMe ssd then it'd be easily upgradable with another 512gb or 1TB if you wanna keep a big gaming library on your laptop. It's rather heavy but all gaming laptops pretty much are...that's why I bought an ultrabook (I don't play heavy games tho). Assuming the price is the same across all products, the CPU's are the same really, it comes down to having a stronger GPU or a bit less weight and possibly less drive space.