Looking for a laptop - Gaming/University Work

[Section35]

Hey! Sorry for the vague title.

 

In the next 8 months or so I'll be moving towns for university, and my current laptop is old and less-than-optimal. Normally I'm good at finding solid consumer-grade laptops for my friends, but I apparently can't take my own advice lol. Anyway, I was wanting suggestions for a laptop that can handle some gaming and university work. I'm studying paramedicine so I won't need anything intense on the university part, just google docs etc. Here's a link to my steam profile and games list, so you can get a rough idea of what kind of games I play (I've recently stopped playing ArmA 3 as often, so take that out of the equation.) I also play World of Tanks on the rare occasion. I'd prefer it to be as light as possible, I'm not concerned about thickness a whole lot, so long as it's not ridiculously thick. My budget is anywhere between 500-1500 AUD.

 

Thanks for the help, feel free to ask any other questions that might help you, and I'll answer them as best as possible!

[userzero]

State your budget mate

[Section35]

Oh hahaha, my bad, I'll edit the original post.

[userzero]

Kapow 

http://au.pcmag.com/laptops/4168/guide/the-best-gaming-laptops-of-2017

https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/sub-1000-gaming-laptops

 

Google is your friend lol. From experience of my own I like Alienware, Asus, and MSI.

[Section35]

Yeah I just don't trust my own research skills for these kinds of things haha, I prefer to have someone else confirm my hunches. Thanks man!

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, userzero said:

Kapow 

http://au.pcmag.com/laptops/4168/guide/the-best-gaming-laptops-of-2017

https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/sub-1000-gaming-laptops

 

Google is your friend lol. From experience of my own I like Alienware, Asus, and MSI.

nah, laptop website guide and recommendations are pretty much suck, also brands don't matter much in laptops

[Section35]

20 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

nah, laptop website guide and recommendations are pretty much suck, also brands don't matter much in laptops

Fair point. Any personal recommendations?

[genexis_x]

4 hours ago, Section35 said:

Fair point. Any personal recommendations?

What are your requirements? eg good display, portable, long battery life, good input devices etc

[Section35]

On 11/17/2017 at 11:01 PM, ZM Fong said:

What are your requirements? eg good display, portable, long battery life, good input devices etc

Decent display, nothing super badass, maybe 1080p? Portable, I don't want it to be ridiculously thick, but a little thickness is alright. So long as the battery can last me a day at university or so, that's all good, a few USB ports, maybe an SD port, a CD drive if that's possible.