Gaming Laptop £700

[Mr Penguin]

Hi, looking for a new laptop with a £700 budget.

I have been doing some looking recently and the majority of the laptops I am seeing are RTX 3050 4gb and 1660ti 6gb with either 5800-h, 11400-h and 10300-h.

The laptop will be used for college/work etc as well as gaming. 

It would be nice to have 16gb RAM but at this price it is unrealistic so I will most likely add 8gb ram in a few months for £30 - £40. 

I will also be running Linux as well. Most other features I want within the laptop are standard across all for this price range (needs ethernet port!)

 

Another thing I have come across as well is the fact that the 1660ti 6gb and 3050 4gb perform very closely to each other and that the 1660ti is still a great GPU for gaming with more VRAM what you can get the around the same price. You do miss DLSS along with the fact that manufacture pair them with older CPUs however they are still a good option.

The ASUS TUF Gaming F15 is the laptop has mostly caught my attention but I am not sure.

I can go over £700 to £750 but only if it is worth it.

 

I have found: 

https://www.box.co.uk/FX506HCB-HN144T-ASUS-TUF-GAMING-F15-Intel-Core-i5-8GB-RA_3855955.html

https://www.box.co.uk/top-gaming-laptops

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-gf63-thin-nvidia-rtx-3050-8gb-15.6-fhd-144hz-intel-i5-11400h-gaming-laptop-lt-2ep-ms.html

 

Would be great to have some recommendations or some of your thoughts

 

[Ralphred]

The two you have picked look great for the price, and the release dates mean you are not going to have any unfixable linux issues.

Personally, I'd save another £100 and get a lenovo, excepting that the Asus, then the MSI.<< All this is based on previous experience with those manufacturers, the Asus specs also mention a spare ram slot, so upgrade available.