Ultimate Gaming Laptop

[Orothinius]

I need to buy a laptop since im moving to Thailand from The Netherlands and cant take my normal PC with me..

 

Im in the process of building a house etc, but move around alot as it is, so i need to game on the go.

 

What laptop would suite me best, i need something i can use for 1-2 years on the go and then some years as a desktop replacement..

 

Needs to support min 2 screens, id prefer a 17 inch laptop, needs ssd's and all the good stuff.

 

 

 

Budget is 2000-4000 US 

 

 

Right now im thinking of the MSI dragon edition 2

 

 

 

[Scia]

I'd suggest the MSI one aswell.

What I can tell you is that the ASUS G-Series laptops are the worst junk ever made, stay as far away from them as you can, unless you got some Penicilin laying around.

[nishank93]

Actually, Anandtech says the Dragon Edition doesn't have adequate cooling, and a single fan is definitely not enough. I'd stay away from the MSI and go with Asus G750.

[TheRetiredSlave]

For absolute top-of-the-line performance, I would go with something like an Alienware 17 or 18, or the Sager NP9390 or NP8270.. Configured with roughly equal specs, they wind up being about the same price. For cooling, all of these models have dedicated cooling for the CPU and GPU, so they'll stay cool even under extreme load on both at the same time. In the case of the Alienware 18 and the NP9390, both of the GPUs also have their own dedicated cooling fans.

 

Also, these models will be easily upgradeable in the future when compared to things like the G750 (which, as far as I know, Asus makes their own custom GPUs instead of using the standard laptop MXM3.0 form factor).. SSDs and RAID arrays are optional from the factory, or you will be able to add them later.

 

Of course, these models are all solidly in the "desktop replacement" category of laptops, so you shouldn't really expect to carry them around 24/7 unless you have a giant backpack and massive shoulder muscles.. 

[Warcony]

Specs wise MSI dragon edition 2 fits what you want to do but I have heard from numerous sources like Anand that there's cooling issues.  Without adequate cooling you are going to lose performace. I'd stay clear of it until MSI figures it out. In the meantime check out Asus, maybe Alienware... just don't get the Razer Blade lol