Replacement for Alienware 13 R3

[A Silver]

So I have an Alienware 13 (specs at bottom of my signature) and it is great but the battery life is way lower than it should be and it is bulky and I have seen similar laptops which weigh less and are less bulky. I am probably not going to change it for something else but if I was, what are some good 13/14 inch laptops with a GTX 1060 minimum and a decent CPU (i5 or i7) with at least 2 m.2 slots so I could move my 1tb m.2 drive from the alienware. Preferably with a back lit keyboard too. Also it needs to be relatively light weight as the Alienware was a pain to carry on long journeys as it is so heavy.

[EG!]

21 minutes ago, A Silver said:

So I have an Alienware 13 (specs at bottom of my signature) and it is great but the battery life is way lower than it should be and it is bulky and I have seen similar laptops which weigh less and are less bulky. I am probably not going to change it for something else but if I was, what are some good 13/14 inch laptops with a GTX 1060 minimum and a decent CPU (i5 or i7) with at least 2 m.2 slots so I could move my 1tb m.2 drive from the alienware. Preferably with a back lit keyboard too. Also it needs to be relatively light weight as the Alienware was a pain to carry on long journeys as it is so heavy.

Do you have a maximum budget?

Because there are plenty of options like Razer Blade with 1060, lightweight, great battery but expensive.

[A Silver]

Just now, EG! said:

Do you have a maximum budget?

Because there are plenty of options like Razer Blade with 1060, lightweight, great battery but expensive.

I got my Alienware almost new for around £1000 so it would need to be around that. I don't mind going for second hand.

[EG!]

5 minutes ago, A Silver said:

I got my Alienware almost new for around £1000 so it would need to be around that. I don't mind going for second hand.

The 1060 Alienware 13" are almost double what you payed so I don't think that there are that many option for 13" laptops with a 1060.

I don't know what used razer blades go for.

I think an other option is a massive power bank which gives your laptop extra juice to draw from.

 

Somebody else might be able to help you better

[A Silver]

9 minutes ago, EG! said:

The 1060 Alienware 13" are almost double what you payed so I don't think that there are that many option for 13" laptops with a 1060.

I don't know what used razer blades go for.

I think an other option is a massive power bank which gives your laptop extra juice to draw from.

 

Somebody else might be able to help you better

I mean unless I win the lottery, I won't be changing it any time soon as I just spent so much upgrading my PC. What I will probably do is send the laptop in to dell to get the battery replaced as I am sure that is the issue as on eco-mode (where it uses integrated graphics instead of the DGPU) it should last at least 4 hours but it barely lasts one hour.

[truecrafting]

hey there m8 i think i found the perfect fit for u https://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-i7-7700HQ-Graphics-Windows-Leopard/dp/B074LMNWZB/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1512468262&sr=8-5&keywords=gaming+laptops You can just replace the nvme ssd and sell it on ebay or something

 

edit:just realized i was looking at it with usd and plugged the wron numbers but with that performance and just 200 quid over budget i think you should just get it 

Edited December 5, 2017 by truecrafting

[ErrystioT]

Gigabyte Aero 14? Though it's pretty steep in price, but has a whopping 94Wh battery that can last you about 7hrs of normal usage. There are not many variants of 13"/14" laptops with a GTX 1060 and they're not cheap mostly to get when bought new. You're pretty lucky getting your Alienware 13 at around £1000 with GTX 1060.

[Imglidinhere]

11 hours ago, A Silver said:

So I have an Alienware 13 (specs at bottom of my signature) and it is great but the battery life is way lower than it should be and it is bulky and I have seen similar laptops which weigh less and are less bulky. I am probably not going to change it for something else but if I was, what are some good 13/14 inch laptops with a GTX 1060 minimum and a decent CPU (i5 or i7) with at least 2 m.2 slots so I could move my 1tb m.2 drive from the alienware. Preferably with a back lit keyboard too. Also it needs to be relatively light weight as the Alienware was a pain to carry on long journeys as it is so heavy.

I know you can grab the new Inspiron 7577 for $950 with a 1060. Only has the i5-7300HQ, and it's a 15" machine... but it's under a grand!

[genexis_x]

On 12/5/2017 at 5:38 PM, EG! said:

Razer Blade

On 12/5/2017 at 6:06 PM, truecrafting said:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-i7-7700HQ-Graphics-Windows-Leopard/dp/B074LMNWZB/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1512468262&sr=8-5&keywords=gaming+laptops

Avoid these, Razer laptops have poor internal quality, poor QC and poor support. MSI GP laptops have mediocre build quality and overpriced

[truecrafting]

On 12/7/2017 at 12:42 PM, ZM Fong said:

Avoid these, Razer laptops have poor internal quality, poor QC and poor support. MSI GP laptops have mediocre build quality and overpriced

that's the thing with laptops there har d to choose that fine line between Quality and Performance i personaly think if Silver carea about build quality he's gonna have a hard time finding that perfect laptop.