Good Laptops Between $1000 and $1500

[noahnoha]

Hi. I am looking for a good gaming laptop in the range of $1000 to $1500 and I am having a bit of trouble narrowing it down to just one. Does anybody have any recommendations? Thanks, 

 

Noah

[VerticalDiscussions]

You can get an Alienware 15 for 1249$, with a GTX 970M and a Skylake mobile cpu. I vote for that.+

 

http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-15-r2/pd

[noahnoha]

1 minute ago, VerticalDiscussions said:

You can get an Alienware 15 for 1249$, with a GTX 970M and a Skylake mobile cpu. I vote for that.+

 

http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-15-r2/pd

Thanks, I've added it to my potential laptop list!

[Pastel_Skunk]

I clicked the wrong post

Edited February 16, 2016 by nerdsunlimitedofficial
i clicked the wrong post

[Dr_Pleeper]

Pls don't buy this for minecraft.....

[noahnoha]

1 minute ago, Dr_Pleeper said:

Pls don't buy this for minecraft.....

I want to use it for gaming (Im sorry, included a minor bit of minecraft), video editing, and the internet. Any Recommendations?

[Dr_Pleeper]

Just now, noahnoha said:

I want to use it for gaming (Im sorry, included a minor bit of minecraft), video editing, and the internet. Any Recommendations?

Sager: http://www.sagernotebook.com/Gaming-Notebook-NP8657-S.html

[don_svetlio]

2 minutes ago, noahnoha said:

I want to use it for gaming (Im sorry, included a minor bit of minecraft), video editing, and the internet. Any Recommendations?

Lenovo Y700 dominates the 1000-1200$ market. I'd suggest that + a good M.2 SSD to go along

[noahnoha]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

Lenovo Y700 dominates the 1000-1200$ market. I'd suggest that + a good M.2 SSD to go along

 

1 minute ago, Dr_Pleeper said:

Sager: http://www.sagernotebook.com/Gaming-Notebook-NP8657-S.html

Thanks! They have both been added to my list.

[don_svetlio]

Just now, noahnoha said:

 

Thanks! They have both been added to my list.

Be sure to pay attention to thermals. A poor cooling solution on a 970M can result in the card performing worse than Intel HD 4600

[noahnoha]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

Be sure to pay attention to thermals. A poor cooling solution on a 970M can result in the card performing worse than Intel HD 4600

Noted.

[don_svetlio]

Just now, noahnoha said:

Noted.

Just a few headers.

Avoid Acer Nitro series - poor cooling, poor build, poor customer support
Avoid Asus 15.6' laptops, even RoG - poor cooling, poor build, extremely bad customer support

[noahnoha]

12 minutes ago, nerdsunlimitedofficial said:

I clicked the wrong post

I was a Minor bit confused...

[noahnoha]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

Just a few headers.

Avoid Acer Nitro series - poor cooling, poor build, poor customer support
Avoid Asus 15.6' laptops, even RoG - poor cooling, poor build, extremely bad customer support

Thanks. I will keep a close eye on thermals before I buy

[don_svetlio]

Just now, noahnoha said:

Thanks. I will keep a close eye on thermals before I buy

Indeed do! High temps can shorten a GPU's life significantly

Basically, look for a moderately thick laptop, so as to have decent fans and look for copper heatsinks preferably

[exercutor5]

I second the Sager.

[boyboy]

anyone have a MSI GE62 APACHE? i want to ask a few questions

[AlanAlan]

22 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

Lenovo Y700 dominates the 1000-1200$ market. I'd suggest that + a good M.2 SSD to go along

Hey don do you work for Lenovo it seems like you also advertise and suggest lenovo products. You always hating in other brands. 

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, AlanAlan said:

Hey don do you work for Lenovo it seems like you also advertise and suggest lenovo products. You always hating in other brands. 

If you've followed my posts carefully you'd see I also recommend the Inspiron 7559 and MSI's GE62/72 laptops quite often and I've also linked the sources to my claims against Asus and Acer mainly.

[AlanAlan]

5 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

If you've followed my posts carefully you'd see I also recommend the Inspiron 7559 and MSI's GE62/72 laptops quite often and I've also linked the sources to my claims against Asus and Acer mainly.

Alright then.

[don_svetlio]

Just now, AlanAlan said:

Alright then.

It all depends on the budget. For 800-900$ budgets I say Inspiron. For 1000-1200 I say Y700. Above that you either go for the MSI or for a Clevo

[infamoustrey]

If we are going to cite customer support as a detriment then Lenovo is not an exception.

 

Edit:

 

Quote

Avoid Acer Nitro series - poor cooling, poor build, poor customer support

Instead of making generalizations, I'm going to link to a full review. The Acer Nitro certainly isn't perfect but it's not what I would call Poor quality.

 

Quote

Avoid Asus 15.6' laptops, even RoG - poor cooling, poor build, extremely bad customer support

The same goes for Asus laptops, they tend to be made of plastic, and while that gives a less premium feel it certainly doesn't qualify poor build quality. And the thermals on most newer Asus models are actually pretty respectable(not going over 100F, unlike the y700 which hits 110F).

 

What everyone needs to realize is that every laptop is different. They all come from different engineering teams which value different things. So ultimately you'll probably have to look at all of the options and see which factors are most important to you.

[Trav_X]

My MSI GE72 Apache Pro-242 is probably the best laptop I've ever had. It's usually $1400 dollars USD, but I got mine at a discount for $1200 new. It has an i7-5700HQ, GTX 970M, a ton of ram and storage, and generally looks cool with the nice IPS 1080p 17.3 inch screen. Runs games flawlessly, I feel the 970m is pretty much the best in mobile cards, the 980m is marginally better and not usually worth the extra price unless you get one of those 4K laptops and whatnot. Also, the Razer Blade Stealth is a great choice, and the Alienware ones are good if you are willing to spend a little more for the same performance with cool aesthetics.