~$12-1400 USD Gaming Laptop

[Ryujin2003]

My brother has an old ASUS gaming laptop that is about 5 years old. Its slowly beginning to meet its demise. Sometimes failing to output video as well as other hardware issues. His GPU is also older, so he is looking to modernize.

 

Budget: $1200-1400 USD

Requirements: x2 drives (atleast 1 M.2 and 1 HDD)

15 inch preferable, but happy with 17 as well.

Looking for portability. Doesn't have to be Ultra Thin, but not 15 lbs either.

minimum GTX 1060 3GB (but preferable 6GB), or other comparable GPU.

i7 preferable, but i5 will work as well. This will be used for gaming 99% of the time.

 

I've looked and there are quite a few MSI and ASUS machines out there. I'm not huge into gaming laptops, and only have experience with my 1 MSI.

[Going_AFK]

what is your budget

 

[Ryujin2003]

Just now, Going_AFK said:

what is your budget

 

Sorry, I made the rookie mistake of leaving the price only in the title. $1200-1400 USD.

[Going_AFK]

do you mind a 980M cause I can really see more so the 980M and It is faster than the 980M

 

[Droidbot]

http://outlet.us.dell.com/ArbOnlineSales/Online/InventorySearch.aspx?c=us&cs=22&l=en&s=dfh&brandid=2201&sign=PXhcOSHtr1T4IOw%2fPR7UdeeAMR8L%2b429z2wEUcaUDzx7sCHCCo87fk10juKAT3FAwuoZ4tse2ssxn6nCYTRQGIlp4cckKokcBdk7B5I1yIPsAWoSu4FchtXWbzbGR%2fUNwj3AvEya8wJ14yZ71kidp1Q62gbmPBYLcfbLfZa%2f9kV5DMHEyLhZUINgz3M0z0eh%2fHfpawBTg9uKtQRTdf4K0kIaeLW4GGJYXn4NKitmpA8xaMqiAj7PTduJU8CALs3ptgmNXAA%2bFkhvcOkNF%2fRjgw%3d%3d

 

refurb alienware 15r3

7700hq, 8gb ram, 180gb sata m.2 ssd, 1tb hdd, gtx 1070, ips display

 

$1479, is it worth it to your bro or not? 

[Ordinarily_Greater]

The GL502VS with a GTX 1070, wait

[genexis_x]

4 minutes ago, Ordinarily_Greater said:

The GL502VS with a GTX 1070, wait

It's over budget

 

5 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

http://outlet.us.dell.com/ArbOnlineSales/Online/InventorySearch.aspx?c=us&cs=22&l=en&s=dfh&brandid=2201&sign=PXhcOSHtr1T4IOw%2fPR7UdeeAMR8L%2b429z2wEUcaUDzx7sCHCCo87fk10juKAT3FAwuoZ4tse2ssxn6nCYTRQGIlp4cckKokcBdk7B5I1yIPsAWoSu4FchtXWbzbGR%2fUNwj3AvEya8wJ14yZ71kidp1Q62gbmPBYLcfbLfZa%2f9kV5DMHEyLhZUINgz3M0z0eh%2fHfpawBTg9uKtQRTdf4K0kIaeLW4GGJYXn4NKitmpA8xaMqiAj7PTduJU8CALs3ptgmNXAA%2bFkhvcOkNF%2fRjgw%3d%3d

 

refurb alienware 15r3

7700hq, 8gb ram, 180gb sata m.2 ssd, 1tb hdd, gtx 1070, ips display

 

$1479, is it worth it to your bro or not? 

Nice deal, OP should get a laptop with 1070 like this one

[Ordinarily_Greater]

5 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

It's over budget

 

Nice deal, OP should get a laptop with 1070 like this one

But is refurb a good laptop to choose?

[genexis_x]

6 minutes ago, Ordinarily_Greater said:

But is refurb a good laptop to choose?

If you trust refurb, get it.

If you don't trust, don't get it.

Easy answer.

[Ryujin2003]

9 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

If you trust refurb, get it.

If you don't trust, don't get it.

Easy answer.

When it comes to Dell, I would trust their refurb. Dell is very strict. They have come a long way.

[genexis_x]

4 minutes ago, Ryujin2003 said:

When it comes to Dell, I would trust their refurb. Dell is very strict. They have come a long way.

Then go for it

[Pendragon]

1 hour ago, Droidbot said:

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Duuuude. I would only recommend Alienware from refurb nowadays cause you can only find the non gsync versions of 1070 with overclockable CPUs on outlet. Fuck gsync cause it disables the mux switch. 

[Ryujin2003]

1 hour ago, Ordinarily_Greater said:

The GL502VS with a GTX 1070, wait

I'll take a look at this too.

2 hours ago, Droidbot said:

http://outlet.us.dell.com/ArbOnlineSales/Online/InventorySearch.aspx?c=us&cs=22&l=en&s=dfh&brandid=2201&sign=PXhcOSHtr1T4IOw%2fPR7UdeeAMR8L%2b429z2wEUcaUDzx7sCHCCo87fk10juKAT3FAwuoZ4tse2ssxn6nCYTRQGIlp4cckKokcBdk7B5I1yIPsAWoSu4FchtXWbzbGR%2fUNwj3AvEya8wJ14yZ71kidp1Q62gbmPBYLcfbLfZa%2f9kV5DMHEyLhZUINgz3M0z0eh%2fHfpawBTg9uKtQRTdf4K0kIaeLW4GGJYXn4NKitmpA8xaMqiAj7PTduJU8CALs3ptgmNXAA%2bFkhvcOkNF%2fRjgw%3d%3d

 

refurb alienware 15r3

7700hq, 8gb ram, 180gb sata m.2 ssd, 1tb hdd, gtx 1070, ips display

 

$1479, is it worth it to your bro or not? 

So his "budget" is his wife's idea, he isn't too concerned. The Alienware does look great! I've only heard good things from my clients with the new ones. I only see them for drive upgrades.

 

I had to undervolt my MSI laptop due to heat considerations, and I've got a 6700HQ and 1060. How are 7700 and  1070 laptops with heat? Any experience with these?

[Droidbot]

6 hours ago, Pendragon said:

Duuuude. I would only recommend Alienware from refurb nowadays cause you can only find the non gsync versions of 1070 with overclockable CPUs on outlet. Fuck gsync cause it disables the mux switch. 

Eh, it's good value for what you get. At least it isn't ASUS

6 hours ago, Ryujin2003 said:

I'll take a look at this too.

So his "budget" is his wife's idea, he isn't too concerned. The Alienware does look great! I've only heard good things from my clients with the new ones. I only see them for drive upgrades.

 

I had to undervolt my MSI laptop due to heat considerations, and I've got a 6700HQ and 1060. How are 7700 and  1070 laptops with heat? Any experience with these?

Take a look at Dave2D on YouTube for reviews of the 15R3, he does noise and thermal tests

 

On top of that the only issue I remember is the bending heatsinks that @Pendragon mentioned in another thread.

[Pendragon]

4 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

heatsinks

Only of concern if you want to heavily overclock. Which I do.