College Gaming Laptop suggestions

[Damascus]

Aero 15 has baller battery and a 1060, Alienware 13 is the same.  Both are fantastic, light and powerful devices well under budget

[genexis_x]

5 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Ya but that's a contradiction right there lol. I'd say it's a bad time to be shopping for laptops with new hardware about to come out for them.

there are gaming laptops with solid battery life like Dell 7567 and Gigabyte Aero 15
yup better wait for new 6 core HQ chips, 6c12t i7 inside a laptop!

[Bendy_BSD]

1 minute ago, JerrBear said:

If you need something with a touchscreen to take notes on, the Surface Book 2 just came out, however it is very expensive.

Or a paper and pen.  It's cheaper and it's more hands on.

[Streetguru]

Just now, azurite2 said:

Yeah, that's a fair point.

Now you want a nice solid laptop for just work, used thinkpad has you covered at well under $500, best keyboards ever. Just needs an SSD

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834319927
 

[azurite2]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

Now you want a nice solid laptop for just work, used thinkpad has you covered at well under $500, best keyboards ever. Just needs an SSD

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834319927
 

Perfect!

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

there are gaming laptops with solid battery life like Dell 7567 and Gigabyte Aero 15
yup better wait for new 6 core HQ chips, 6c12t i7 inside a laptop!

The dell was under $1000 with a 1060? Just did a quick scan in google.

See the desktop replacements that are like $2000 would make since if it was the only machine you had and it had to be portable.

[azurite2]

Just now, Streetguru said:

The dell was under $1000 with a 1060? Just did a quick scan in google.

See the desktop replacements that are like $2000 would make since if it was the only machine you had and it had to be portable.

Yeah, I've had Dell's in the past and wasn't a huge fan, but haven't touched them in quite a while so they may have improved a lot, I don't know.

[genexis_x]

4 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

The dell was under $1000 with a 1060? Just did a quick scan in google.

That one is the new 7577, has a shorter battery life but according to LaptopMag it still has about 7 hours battery life during normal usage which is still decent. Also the 1060 is the Max-Q version which is slightly less powerful, however it can be tuned to match the performance of a regular mobile 1060 due to its good cooling system

2 minutes ago, azurite2 said:

Yeah, I've had Dell's in the past and wasn't a huge fan, but haven't touched them in quite a while so they may have improved a lot, I don't know.

They have both good and bad models, same goes to other brands

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, azurite2 said:

Perfect!

Or ya it probably needs a new battery too, you also might get a slightly better or worse machine. I paid like $150 for a like next generation model in the end. bought a T420 ended up with a T520 that had an i7

from another quick search, seemed alright.

https://www.amazon.com/Extended-Notebook-Battery-Replacement-Thinkpad/dp/B00JL7LUM0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1510462190&sr=8-3&keywords=T420+battery
 

[Streetguru]

Just now, azurite2 said:

Yeah, I've had Dell's in the past and wasn't a huge fan, but haven't touched them in quite a while so they may have improved a lot, I don't know.

Everyone makes good and bad laptops, same with every other product these companies put out.

[Guest lilbman]

Alienware 15 R3 has a whoppin' 99Whr battery.  Pair it with the base 1080p non G-Sync screen and it lasts about 8 hours.  Sure, it's a bit heavy, but it's a tank. 

[Streetguru]

Speaking of which

 

[JerrBear]

14 hours ago, Ripmin-PSN said:

Or a paper and pen.  It's cheaper and it's more hands on.

Where I go school, they force Microsoft OneNote onto us. However I agree paper is the better option in most situations. 

[Bendy_BSD]

6 hours ago, JerrBear said:

Where I go school, they force Microsoft OneNote onto us. However I agree paper is the better option in most situations. 

Dang. 

 

I feelz bad for you.

[D13H4RD]

How about the Dell Inspiron 15G 7577?

 

Doesn’t last as long as its older cousin but it’s better battery life than most other 1060-equipped laptops (only a few like the Aero 15 and its magnesium-cladded cousin, the Alienware 13 R3 can compete with it).

 

Yeah, it has a Max-Q GTX 1060 but you can overclock it to match a regular mobile 1060 as it has a better-than-average cooling system. Certainly better cooling than a number of the RoG STRIX laptops (ironic considering the Gxxx line generally has boss cooling but it seems only the GL502VM has acceptable thermals with the rest running super warm) and much better than the Razer Blade (Blade 14 runs very warm while the Blade Pro w/ GTX 1080 is a mega toaster)