Lenovo Y720 vs Asus ROG Strix GL502VM

[minemarcius]

Hello, I'm looking for a good gaming laptop around 1400€, I've selected that Lenovo Y720 and Asus ROG Strix GL502VM are the best deals currently, the problem is their specs are very similar, only difference I see is Asus has a bit more RAM (12GB instead of 8), although it's not as important to me as I can upgrade the RAM down the line from what I've read. 

 

Few things that I'm looking for in a laptop (besides gaming):

At least 2h of battery life whilst doing simple tasks.

Needs to be portable enough to be moved everyday (home-office-class)

Bearable thermals (Least thermal throttling)

Good enough keyboard for typing.

Thunderbolt is nice to have (It's really confusing whether ASUS has thunderbolt or not)

 

Base specs for both are I7 7700HQ and GTX 1060. Y720 costs ~1400€, Asus ~1360€

 

Thank you

[Unimaginative Name]

The ROG Strix is cheaper, has more RAM (out of the box), is lighter, and, IMHO, looks better. I'd buy the ASUS. Also see if you can get an SSD in one (or plan to put one in immediately).

[minemarcius]

Just now, Unimaginative Name said:

The ROG Strix is cheaper, has more RAM (out of the box), is lighter, and, IMHO, looks better. I'd buy the ASUS. Also see if you can get an SSD in one (or plan to put one in immediately).

Forgot to mention both have 128GB SSDs  as I've said specs wise- only RAM differs

[Unimaginative Name]

1 minute ago, minemarcius said:

Forgot to mention both have 128GB SSDs  as I've said specs wise- only RAM differs

Then on a day to day basis, I'd choose the Asus. There is a bit of brand loyalty (I love Asus), but I think it's for a reason. It's cheaper at the moment and has more RAM initially so I'd go with that. Do both have IPS displays?

[minemarcius]

Just now, Unimaginative Name said:

Then on a day to day basis, I'd choose the Asus. There is a bit of brand loyalty (I love Asus), but I think it's for a reason. It's cheaper at the moment and has more RAM initially so I'd go with that. Do both have IPS displays?

Asus one isn't IPS, although it's Anti-Glare while Lenovo is IPS without anti Glare

[Unimaginative Name]

2 minutes ago, minemarcius said:

Asus one isn't IPS, although it's Anti-Glare while Lenovo is IPS without anti Glare

I'm not sure what to make of that. IPS will still probably look "better", but with a laptop, you'll almost always be looking at it head-on. So it probably won't be that big of a difference.

[minemarcius]

13 minutes ago, Unimaginative Name said:

I'm not sure what to make of that. IPS will still probably look "better", but with a laptop, you'll almost always be looking at it head-on. So it probably won't be that big of a difference.

So far I really like the ASUS one, but I'll have to look into the quality of its panel further

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, minemarcius said:

At least 2h of battery life whilst doing simple tasks.

Needs to be portable enough to be moved everyday (home-office-class)

Bearable thermals (Least thermal throttling)

Good enough keyboard for typing.

Thunderbolt is nice to have (It's really confusing whether ASUS has thunderbolt or not)

Y720 is better. Much better build quality, slightly better cooling, longer battery life, only complain is the display. GL502VM is more portable but the cooling is quite mediocre due to fairly thin chassis, keyboard wise Y720 is better and it comes with X4 PCIe lanes Thunderbolt. NEVER buy laptop by brand, choose by model.

[Froody129]

1 hour ago, ZM Fong said:

Y720 is better. Much better build quality, slightly better cooling, longer battery life, only complain is the display. GL502VM is more portable but the cooling is quite mediocre due to fairly thin chassis, keyboard wise Y720 is better and it comes with X4 PCIe lanes Thunderbolt. NEVER buy laptop by brand, choose by model.

They have crap battery life though. OP if you’re just going to use this to game and have it plugged in that’s cool, but you do get laptops with better battery with decent specs still