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I'm looking to buy a gaming laptop soon. I want a PC with a 1060 in it preferably and a i7. 

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7 minutes ago, Skylord_Milkyway said:

I'm looking to buy a gaming laptop soon. I want a PC with a 1060 in it preferably and a i7. 

#WaitForRyzen

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1 minute ago, ♠FlamieMeister♠ said:

#WaitForRyzen

#TooLongUntilRazenAvailableForLaptops

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2 minutes ago, ♠FlamieMeister♠ said:

#WaitForRyzen

Laptops for ryzen won't appear until q3 of 2017 

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9 minutes ago, Skylord_Milkyway said:

I'm looking to buy a gaming laptop soon. I want a PC with a 1060 in it preferably and a i7. 

The new Dell Inspiron 7000 may peak your interest also gigabytes sc15

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7 minutes ago, wayland64 said:

Does size and storage matter?

Eh. I want a 13" but size doesn't matter to much

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3 minutes ago, ♠FlamieMeister♠ said:

#WaitForRyzen

#iwouldbutthatswaytofaroff4me

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1 minute ago, Skylord_Milkyway said:

Eh. I want a 13" but size doesn't matter to much

Smallest would be 14 and those are way out of your budget

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1 minute ago, wayland64 said:

Smallest would be 14 and those are way out of your budget

Figured as much. Alienware has one but I haven't heard much about there laptops recently so

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6 minutes ago, Skylord_Milkyway said:

Figured as much. Alienware has one but I haven't heard much about there laptops recently so

Linus recently released a video on it. 

 

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Just now, wayland64 said:

Linus recently released a video on it. 

 

Oh I didn't realize he did. Neat

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2 minutes ago, Thomas Reed said:

New Alienware 13 is currently on sale for $1399 (Normal price $1669) http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/alienware-13-laptop 

 

I would pay the extra 25 for the wireless card upgrade. And then when your recievce it buy another 8gb of ram and a 1-2 TB HDD and you would be under $1500 and have a much better machine 

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18 minutes ago, wayland64 said:

Hopefully it will help

Do you think the OLED display is worth the extra $250? 

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Just now, Skylord_Milkyway said:

Do you think the OLED display is worth the extra $250? 

No it's 13in not 27in and if you do get it you will have to deal with scaling in Windows which is horrible 

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No it's 13in not 27in and if you do get it you will have to deal with scaling in Windows which is horrible 

Yeah I figured as much. I didn't think there'd be much of a difference since it was 13"

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Just now, Skylord_Milkyway said:

Yeah I figured as much. I didn't think there'd be much of a difference since it was 13"

Spend the 250 upgradeing ram yourself or by Dell to 16gb, upgrading the wireless card for some extra speed if you plan on using a a wireless network. And upgrading your storage either with a harddrive or SSD to give you storage for your games. Also possibly consider upgrading to Windows 10 pro  if you need the extra features

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48 minutes ago, wayland64 said:

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Wait what. No OLED is nice. 1440p is fine on 13in. It's not 4k.

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12 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

Wait what. No OLED is nice. 1440p is fine on 13in. It's not 4k.

It's a waste of money it's a 1060 not a 1070. The money is much better spent elsewhere in the machine

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17 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

Wait what. No OLED is nice. 1440p is fine on 13in. It's not 4k.

I don't think the $250 is worth it unless it's a 1070

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The OLED display on the AW 13 is one of the nicest displays on the entire market.  If you like eye candy and don't mind some windows scaling it's awesome.  

 

The MSI GS43VR is the main other option at 14".

 

15" The Clevo P650HP6 is the best value option under 1500 with a 1060.

 
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1 minute ago, Galm said:

The OLED display on the AW 13 is one of the nicest displays on the entire market.  If you like eye candy and don't mind some windows scaling it's awesome.  

 

The MSI GS43VR is the main other option at 14".

 

15" The Clevo P650HP6 is the best value option under 1500 with a 1060.

Clevo's are so so you never really know what you are getting. And Windows scaling is abysmal, so most games you will have to downlscale to 1080p to get to work and be payable also it's a 1060 not  1070 so 1440p is not the ideal resolution, to get decent frame rates. So the there is not really a reason to get the 1440p screen besides if you are editing or are only consuming media.

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4 minutes ago, wayland64 said:

are only consuming media.

Yes. Basically. It's still a treat to look at. I can use 1440p unscaled on a 15in screen. I feel like I could use it on a 13in screen. For thats personal. You literally pay for the insane blacks. It's actually just to look at LOL. It impacts your day to day usage. I tried out the X1 Yoga OLED and I just liked using the machine cause it was noticeably better than other screens. 

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(Retired) T560: i7-6600U, HD520, 16gb, 512gb SSD, 1620p

(Retired) P650RS: i7-6820HK, 1070, 16gb, 512gb + 1tb HDD, 4k Samsung PLS

(Retired) MBP 2012 Retina: i7-3820QM, GT650M, 16gb, 512gb SSD, 1800p

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2 hours ago, Skylord_Milkyway said:

Eh. I want a 13" but size doesn't matter to much

MSI 14.0" GS43VR PHANTOM PRO-06, GIGABYTE 15.6" P55Wv6-NE2, or the Alienware 13 are the 3 best bang for your buck

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