Need help choosing a laptop

[Smusms]

Hello! First of all I want to point out I know desktops are better for gaming. I am currently building one but want a gaming laptop for the mobility. That being said I have absolutely no idea what is good in regards to laptops. I would prefer a 17in laptop but honestly will take/pay anything if it's good. Preferably under $2000 but again, I can pay more if needed. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thank you!

[YedZed]

but but but the XPS 13 is better than the Optiplex 760 for gaming.... wahhhhhhhhhhhh

[astrosheen]

13 minutes ago, Smusms said:

Hello! First of all I want to point out I know desktops are better for gaming. I am currently building one but want a gaming laptop for the mobility. That being said I have absolutely no idea what is good in regards to laptops. I would prefer a 17in laptop but honestly will take/pay anything if it's good. Preferably under $2000 but again, I can pay more if needed. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thank you!

If you are buying a laptop for the mobility why get a 17inch?  With a $2000 budget i'd go http://www.razerzone.com/store/razer-blade but wait until they update it with the 1000 series GPU. Or if you need it now go for it

 

[Smusms]

1 minute ago, astrosheen said:

If you are buying a laptop for the mobility why get a 17inch?  With a $2000 budget i'd go http://www.razerzone.com/store/razer-blade but wait until they update it with the 1000 series GPU. Or if you need it now go for it

 

That's what I'm kinda leaning towards at the moment but I'm worried about their quality. You always hear about razer products being pretty cheap quality wise. And when I say mobility I mainly mean more mobility than a desktop. Not necessarily macbook air type mobility if that makes any sense.

[PSnewbie]

I too wanted a razer Blade, but don't do it. They are too small/thin to adequately dissipate the heat they generate so under any kind of gaming load they will thermal throttle, the MSI GS63vr is cheaper and cools it's 1060 slightly better, but you can get a gt62vr, which is 6.4 lbs. with a 1070 and/or a 4k screen for cheaper or the same price as a Blade. I've personally progressed through that lineup myself. There is a video of a blade playing overwatch where the cpu is at 95 Celsius the whole time. that kinda killed it for me with getting a Blade to game on.

[Pendragon]

3 hours ago, astrosheen said:

With a $2000 budget i'd go http://www.razerzone.com/store/razer-blade but wait until they update it with the 1000 series GPU. Or if you need it now go for it

You are quite fucking misinformed. the 1060 in the new razer blade. GOOD JOB. That thing runs to 95C on a fresh overwatch run under non-sustained heavy load. It will actually kill your laptop. There's other thread where people were dicussing the 970m Razer Blade and the unique niche of people that should get it, but NOBODY should get this. 

[exercutor5]

12 hours ago, Smusms said:

Hello! First of all I want to point out I know desktops are better for gaming. I am currently building one but want a gaming laptop for the mobility. That being said I have absolutely no idea what is good in regards to laptops. I would prefer a 17in laptop but honestly will take/pay anything if it's good. Preferably under $2000 but again, I can pay more if needed. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thank you!

What do you expect to see in your laptop? Battery life? Storage, weight requirements?