Need help picking between two laptops

[J405]

First Post!  Hello Everyone!

 

I need help deciding if spending an extra $350-400 is worth it.  

 

I'm looking at two 4k laptops with similar specs. I'm going to leave out the brand names and provide the differences.

 

When I was searching for a laptop, I had three things in mind.  Gaming, watching hi res video and some photo editing.

 

I planned to play Overwatch, Unreal Tournament and The Division.  I do not plan to play above 1080p unless the game can run at 35 fps or above on 1440p or 4k.  Medium to high or ultra settings are fine to me when playing above 1080p.  

 

Anyways here are the differences

 

The cheaper laptop has 

 

I7-6700hq

GTX 980 4gb

256 gb of SSD

 

The more expensive laptop has 

 

I7-6820hk

GTX 980 8gb

128 gb of SSD

 

So what does everyone think?  Is the cpu, the extra VRAM but smaller SSD worth $350-400?

 

Thank you in advance.  I plan to buy one of these laptops very soon.

 

 

 

 

[aneil1998]

Does the more expensive have an HDD? If not, can you add one? If you cannot add a HDD or it odesn't come with one, then get the cheaper option

[Electronics Wizardy]

what models? there is much more to a laptop than specs. Things like the keyboard and screen quality make a much bigger difference to me than the cpu and gpu.

[J405]

@aneil1998 yes both have 1tb.   @Electronics Wizardy They are both Alienware 17.

 

Screen Quality seems to be good with the 4k panels that AW uses so that's why I boiled it down to these two. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

12 hours ago, J405 said:

@aneil1998 yes both have 1tb.   @Electronics Wizardy They are both Alienware 17.

 

Screen Quality seems to be good with the 4k panels that AW uses so that's why I boiled it down to these two. 

If you have the money id get the one with the faster cpu, You can always upgrade the ssd later.

[J405]

Yes they are both within my budget of $2200 so I think you're right.  The only thing upgradeable would be the SSD so I think I will go with the higher model.  

 

Thanks for the replies!