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I have been looking into these laptops so far:

 

XMG p505 pro: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Schenker-XMG-P505-PRO-Clevo-P651SG-Notebook-Review.132393.0.html

 

Gigabyte P35X v3-CF1: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Gigabyte-P35X-v3-Notebook-Review.129889.0.html

 

MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro: http://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-GS70-2QE16SR51-Notebook-Review.134025.0.html

 

Been thinking about the Alienware 15 but that's a bit thicker

 

I live in the UK and my budget is 1300 GBP (inc vat) which is roughly 1100 GBP without vat. 

 

Any suggestions? I need to make a decision soon-ish. 

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Just curious as to why "powerful" is a prerequisite for a university laptop? What are you studying?

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MSI GS70

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im about to get the gs70. iv allredy tryed it. its really great

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Just curious as to why "powerful" is a prerequisite for a university laptop? What are you studying?

 

Nah powerful is just because I like video games. I'm doing Physics with some computer science on the side. 

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im about to get the gs70. iv allredy tryed it. its really great

 

What is the temperature like? I've seen reviews about it with that being really hot under load so I had my concerns about it.

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netbook+ mini itx desktop pc....

netbook for mobility and battery

mini itx for gaming

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The MSI GS series should be really good. I would prefere that over the others. Though the new G501 looks really nice too http://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/G501JW/

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netbook+ mini itx desktop pc....
netbook for mobility and battery
mini itx for gaming

 

 

I did think about this, getting a desktop + dell xps. However I will be gaming on the move A LOT as I will travel between cities quite often for family. 

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What is the temperature like? I've seen reviews about it with that being really hot under load so I had my concerns about it.

like I said. I don't own it yet. I still have to wait a month or 2. but for the time iv tryed it. it wasn't that bad. was farely warm to the touch, but nothing too bad. I was playing battlefield 4 on ultra settings for about 30 min on sport mode for the gpu

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I did think about this, getting a desktop + dell xps. However I will be gaming on the move A LOT as I will travel between cities quite often for family. 

you wont be gaming on the move. You'll always be tethered to a wall for gaming. I wish gaming laptops would last longer but NOPE

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Personally I'm debating over the GS 60 or 70. Also interested in Asus' 501 that's yet to be released.

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msi gs 30?

msi gs 70 for the three

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