Help choosing a laptop

[Dreaper]

My budget is a max of 850$ and im ok with getting a preowned laptop. Main things ill be doing is Photoshop, school work, and light gaming like Civ 5/Civ 6. So far i have found two laptops that might be good so i wanted a opinion between the two or if you have another suggestion that would be great. 

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-HP-Omen-Laptop-15-ax250wm-i7-770HQ-NVIDIA-GTX-1050ti-12GB-RAM-1TB-15-6-HD-/183212859212?_trksid=p2349526.m4383.l4275.c10#viTabs_0

 

https://www.amazon.com/FX503VD-Powerful-i7-7700HQ-Quad-Core-Processor/dp/B076H2J8ZV/ref=sr_1_6?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1526504651&sr=1-6&keywords=gaming+laptop

[LukeSavenije]

maybe this one?

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/inspiron-15-7000-gaming/spd/inspiron-15-7567-laptop

 

or if you're okay with a 1050

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/inspiron-15-5000-gaming/spd/inspiron-15-5577-gaming-laptop/fndnpi404h

[Dreaper]

2 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

maybe this one?

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/inspiron-15-7000-gaming/spd/inspiron-15-7567-laptop

 

or if you're okay with a 1050

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/inspiron-15-5000-gaming/spd/inspiron-15-5577-gaming-laptop/fndnpi404h

both are worse, both i linked are 7700HQ's with 1050tis 

[jtmoseley]

2 minutes ago, Dreaper said:

both are worse, both i linked are 7700HQ's with 1050tis 

Stay away from HP Omen... My friend has one of their Rx 580 laptops and so far he has had to send it in twice, each time took about a month b/c they manufacture on a per order basis. Support is garbage.

[Dreaper]

Just now, jtmoseley said:

Stay away from HP Omen... My friend has one of their Rx 580 laptops and so far he has had to send it in twice, each time took about a month b/c they manufacture on a per order basis. Support is garbage.

Whats wrong with it though? 

[jtmoseley]

1 minute ago, Dreaper said:

Whats wrong with it though? 

Bad support...? The computer bricked itself twice. All he does is play games, he did absolutely nothing to it.

[Dreaper]

Just now, jtmoseley said:

Bad support...? The computer bricked itself twice. All he does is play games, he did absolutely nothing to it.

Ok i was more meaning why did it brick 

[jtmoseley]

Just now, Dreaper said:

Ok i was more meaning why did it brick 

Who the hell knows... It just did it one day, got stuck on bluescreen. 

I don't think that it was the owner's fault... But the more disappointing thing was how bad their support was. And that if something does go wrong, it'll be out of commission for a month at least.

[LukeSavenije]

8 minutes ago, Dreaper said:

both are worse, both i linked are 7700HQ's with 1050tis 

my mistake, I selected I7, but for some reason i got on one with a i5

 

I found this on newegg, but its refurbished if you don't have a problem with that

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9SK62T9086

 

 

[genexis_x]

For that budget, consider Dell G5/G7. Dell 7577 if you don't mind outdated CPU. Omen 15 has OKish build quality and cooling. FX-VD is meh.

[Dreaper]

8 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

For that budget, consider Dell G5/G7. Dell 7577 if you don't mind outdated CPU. Omen 15 has OKish build quality and cooling. FX-VD is meh.

its down between the Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming and the ASUS M580VD-EB54 

 

not sure which has better battery 

 

[genexis_x]

34 minutes ago, Dreaper said:

its down between the Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming and the ASUS M580VD-EB54 

 

not sure which has better battery 

 

Inspiron 7000 has better battery life, build quality and cooling