Latop

[Smuranjan]

I am looking for a gaming latop that is 8th generation i5 or above, gtx 1060 or above, 16gb of ram, and under 1600.(At this price you can build a custom pc from digital storm and maingear)

Digital Storm Configurator.pdf

[Wh0_Am_1]

Welcome to the LTT Forums! Do note you need to pay a premium for the current 8th gen CPU's so I will substitute a 7th gen I7. Here is a laptop from Acer with a 7700hq and a GTX 1070 for $1500.

[Smuranjan]

2 minutes ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Welcome to the LTT Forums! Do note you need to pay a premium for the current 8th gen CPU's so I will substitute a 7th gen I7. Here is a laptop from Acer with a 7700hq and a GTX 1070 for $1500.

The problem is, my dad will not approve the purchase because he wants 8th gen.

[Wh0_Am_1]

Just now, Smuranjan said:

The problem is, my dad will not approve the purchase because he wants 8th gen.

Show him this...

[Smuranjan]

I am also willing to wait as long as needed for a new laptop.

[Wh0_Am_1]

1 minute ago, Smuranjan said:

I am also willing to wait as long as needed for a new laptop.

Well... It is going to take a while for the 8750h to become affordable, IF it becomes affordable so you may as well get the 7700hq since it is faster than the 8550u and based on the same architechure, so you may be waiting a 6 months to a year and a half for such a laptop.

[AvocadosGuac]

4 minutes ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Show him this...

See, hes not doing a 8550u vs 7700hq...

 

Hes got the 8750u, 6 cores...

[Smuranjan]

So how are custom laptops able to provide i7-8750h for sub 1600-ish.

[Wh0_Am_1]

18 minutes ago, Smuranjan said:

I am looking for a gaming latop that is 8th generation i5 or above, gtx 1060 or above, 16gb of ram, and under 1600.(At this price you can build a custom pc from digital storm and maingear)

Digital Storm Configurator.pdf

Ok here is one with an I7 8750h, but you are trading the 1070 for a 1060 6gb and if all you are doing is gaming and some web browsing a 7700hq should be fine. (for $1600)

[Smuranjan]

2 minutes ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Ok here is one with an I7 8750h, but you are trading the 1070 for a 1060 6gb and if all you are doing is gaming and some web browsing a 7700hq should be fine.

Thank you for helping me find this,and all I really neede was a 1060 6gb

[Wh0_Am_1]

7 minutes ago, Jrock said:

See, hes not doing a 8550u vs 7700hq...

 

Hes got the 8750u, 6 cores...

He asked for a "8th gen core I5 and above" and according to userbenchmark  the 7700hq is faster than the 8550u

 

1 minute ago, Smuranjan said:

Thank you for helping me find this,and all I really neede was a 1060 6gb

Your welcome! But do note the laptop with the 1070 would be faster for gaming (at least with modern games minus CSGO) and many other tasks, minus photo editing.

[Smuranjan]

I will mainly be playing web games, with the heavy lifting being flight simulation. 

[genexis_x]

4 hours ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

you need to pay a premium for the current 8th gen CPU's

8300H>7700HQ and it's cheaper

4 hours ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Show him this...

You're comparing KBL-R ULV with KBL-H. Also userbenchmark is unreliable source.

3 hours ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Ok here is one with an I7 8750h,

That model is a toaster

4 hours ago, Smuranjan said:

I am looking for a gaming latop that is 8th generation i5 or above, gtx 1060 or above, 16gb of ram, and under 1600.(At this price you can build a custom pc from digital storm and maingear)

Digital Storm Configurator.pdf

Where are you from? Usage? Any special requirements?

[Wh0_Am_1]

30 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

8300H>7700HQ and it's cheaper

You're comparing KBL-R ULV with KBL-H. Also userbenchmark is unreliable source.

That model is a toaster

Where are you from? Usage? Any special requirements?

Well when it comes to computer comparison websites they are better than most, because of their large user base. 

Also good luck finding a laptop with a 8300H and a 1060 6GB or a 1070, they are generally paired with 1050s. 1050 TIs, and MX150s.

[Wh0_Am_1]

34 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

8300H>7700HQ and it's cheaper

You're comparing KBL-R ULV with KBL-H. Also userbenchmark is unreliable source.

That model is a toaster

Where are you from? Usage? Any special requirements?

Yes it is a bit of a toaster, but it was the best that I could find that had one of the best laptops that I could find that had a 1060 6gb, 16 GB of RAM, and was within the OP's budget. Go head and find a better laptop, I am not stopping you.

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Well when it comes to computer comparison websites they are better than most, because of their large user base. 

Performance of CFL-H CPUs mainly depends on cooling so every model is different

1 hour ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

 Also good luck finding a laptop with a 8300H and a 1060 6GB or a 1070, they are generally paired with 1050s. 1050 TIs, and MX150s.

I've seen many laptops with 8300H+1060

1 hour ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

but it was the best that I could find that had one of the best laptops that I could find that had a 1060 6gb, 16 GB of RAM, and was within the OP's budget. Go head and find a better laptop, I am not stopping you.

It's not the best. Buying laptop isn't just specs. If that's the case then people don't need to ask for suggestions in forums. Not going to argue with ppl who doesn't know laptops.

[Wh0_Am_1]

12 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

Performance of CFL-H CPUs mainly depends on cooling so every model is different

I've seen many laptops with 8300H+1060

 

This is the only laptop on Amazon that claims to have a 1060 and an 8300h, if you note it is poorly documented, has only one customer review and that is a one star one, and also does not have 16gb of RAM. Here is the only one on Newegg, as you can tell it also poorly documented because last I check there is no 1060 8GB model, and if if there was it would not sell for that cheap (though it later says that it is a 1060 3gb and there is a big difference between a 1070 and a 1060 3gb) it also has only 8gb of RAM, neither of these laptops appear to have decent cooling either. 

13 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

 

It's not the best. Buying laptop isn't just specs. 

 

I admit that laptops are not my focus, but that does not mean that I do not know them. The reason I am recommending the Predator 17 is because it has fairly decent cooling, it has power, while form factor and battery life do not appear to matter to greatly to this end user in this case, and it is within budget, the display also cover 89% of the Adobe RGB color spectrum and has Gsync, so it does not have the greatest display, but it's decent enough. The build quality appears to also be decent. 

 

13 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

 

 If that's the case then people don't need to ask for suggestions in forums. 

I find that a ton of people come here because they don't have the time of day to research the devices that they want to purchase, and they want to ask help of the people  who have already put in the effort.

13 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

Not going to argue with ppl who doesn't know laptops.

If you are going to challenge my recommendations, I would ask that you would recommend a counter of your own,  provide a link, and explain why it is better with the proof you can dig up, and sound logic to back it, because what matters in the end is not yours or my pride, what matters is that we find this guy a decent laptop so that he can get his game on, so if you want to prove me wrong, I ask you to please do it, otherwise you are just wasting time that could be spent helping someone else. Thank you.