Cannot Make up my mind

[BrianZUUUU]

I'm just an ordinary student, and my Mac book Air 2012 is wearing off pretty quick and the battery is straight off dead now, I'm still researching for the perfect laptop for my usage, little bit of audio editing and lots of gaming at 1080p for 60fps would be appreciated, I Hope it's portable

But I'm not really sure that should I save up my money to buy the latest Razer blade stealth 2017 or buy a cheaper alternative but Razer stealth is a bit over budget for now

Helpppp.

 

[ApolloX75]

Personally I would avoid the Razer Blade lineup like the plague, way too many quality control issues. There are way better options from MSI; Asus; Acer and Dell for high end gaming at much cheaper prices.

 

Edit: Forgot about Clevo. Clevo makes some pretty damn good gaming laptops.

[dizmo]

Don't get the Razer. It's a horrible product as far as reliability goes.

I'd try and get an 8th gen laptop with at least 16GB of RAM, an SSD, and a 1060 or 1070.

 

Why did you bother mentioning budget, if you're not going to give us a figure?
Makes it pointless.

[Kur0s]

There is the Omen by HP with a GTX 1060, 12gb of RAM with 7700HQ. Ive worked on a couple of them. They seem nice. You must add a m.2 drive for games/boot and keep the HDD as storage. It only has one 2.5 inch bay. 

[zombienerd]

Budget Gaming Laptops are a dime a dozen. 

 

In the $900-1000 range, I'd pick This one

In the $800 range, I'd point you at This one.

In the $700 range, I'd go This one

 

They're all MSI.  I'm a bit of a fan of them.  They all get excellent reviews.

[Silentprototipe]

Get something with the MX150 inside, those are fairly cheap at usually the 600-700 range. However if you can find the HP X360 (Ryzen 5) on sale for $570 pick it up. Its a really strong laptop with the R5 2500U and Vega 8 graphics 

[genexis_x]

24 minutes ago, zombienerd said:

In the $900-1000 range, I'd pick This one

In the $800 range, I'd point you at This one.

In the $700 range, I'd go This one

 

They're all MSI.  I'm a bit of a fan of them.  They all get excellent reviews.

R u serious. GL series laptops have mediocre build quality, mediocre cooling system despite many heatpipes, poor display, OKish input devices and poor battery life (if that matters).

[genexis_x]

57 minutes ago, BrianZUUUU said:

I'm just an ordinary student, and my Mac book Air 2012 is wearing off pretty quick and the battery is straight off dead now, I'm still researching for the perfect laptop for my usage, little bit of audio editing and lots of gaming at 1080p for 60fps would be appreciated, I Hope it's portable

MSI GE Raider, MSI GS, Clevo P950, Gigabyte Aero 15

[kb5zue]

I have been using an Acer Aspire for the past 3 years and have never had a problem.  Just sayin..........

 

[zombienerd]

1 minute ago, ZM Fong said:

R u serious. GL series laptops have mediocre build quality, mediocre cooling system despite many heatpipes, poor display, OKish input devices and poor battery life (if that matters).

Find a less expensive laptop than those with the GPU/CPU Specs they have, and then your comment has merit.   I'd be happy with a cheap hunk of plastic when I'm on a budget as long as it benchmarks well.

[zombienerd]

9 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

MSI GE Raider, MSI GS, Clevo P950, Gigabyte Aero 15

The guy says that a Razer Blade Stealth ($1300) is too expensive for him, and you recommend 4 machines that cost more.  With the exception of the GS, which can be in the 1100 range.

 

That helps  

[genexis_x]

2 minutes ago, zombienerd said:

Find a less expensive laptop than those with the GPU/CPU Specs they have, and then your comment has merit.

Dell 5577/7567/7577, Acer VX15/Nitro 5, Lenovo Y520, Clevo based laptops, there are many other better options. Also look for deals. Don't forget that cooling affects performance. I don't really wanna argue with a MSI fanboy.

[genexis_x]

2 minutes ago, zombienerd said:

The guy says that a Razer Blade Stealth ($1300) is too expensive for him, and you recommend 4 machines that cost more.  With the exception of the GS, which can be in the 1100 range.

OP needs lots of gaming at 1080p@60FPS so Ultrabook is not an option (Blade Stealth is Ultrabook). IMO he needs a laptop with 1060 GPU for his needs. Portable laptops with 1060 are slightly expensive than regular 1060 laptops.

[zombienerd]

7 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Dell 5577/7567/7577, Acer VX15/Nitro 5, Lenovo Y520, Clevo based laptops, there are many other better options. Also look for deals. Don't forget that cooling affects performance. I don't really wanna argue with a MSI fanboy.

All of those machines are more expensive when you compare chip for chip, spec for spec to those 3 MSI's.  

Deals can be had with sales, indeed, but those machines I linked are the lowest price for the spec on Newegg and Amazon as of today.

That $950 MSI has an i7-7700, 1050ti, 512gb m.2 SSD.  Find one of those linked machines with that for $950.  I'll wait.  Granted, you can find a similarly spec'd REFURBISHED Acer VX for about the same price, but that's a limited 90 day warranty.

 

As for "fanboy", not really.  I've owned a few MSI laptops back in the 2008-2012 time frame, but the only MSI stuff I own now are my GTX 960's.  I push price per performance more than brand loyalty.  And the MSI's happen to win today.

[genexis_x]

2 minutes ago, zombienerd said:

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Sorry but I prefer overall build quality over performance, again cooling system will affect performance. When buying gaming laptops, NEVER go for brand as all brands have good and bad products, for instance MSI has good laptops like GE,GS and GT. One thing I don't like MSI is their advertising. Most of the advertisements are literally nothing special.

[LucasGgGg]

pick up dell laptops, buddy,to get what you want--sufficient gaming ability you have to lose most of portability and battery life.

Razer blade stealth is a good laptop, nice looking and outstanding screen. But you got to know that it only have UHD 620 integrated graphic card, pretty weak especially using its 3k resolution screen,so blade stealth without razer core is just an normal use ultra book with cool rgb lights, good touch screen and nice 17-8550(useless for you).Of course you get mobility and 9hours battery life,but your gaming need will not be fulfilled.

 

Thin and portable with at least 1050ti,15-7300HQ,go find in amazon