XPS 15 vs MXP vs Legion 730

[PepsterHD]

Hello everyone - I am looking for a laptop for school & light gaming (TF2 and other games like that) and I have narrowed it down to three choices.

 

1. MXP - i7 varient with the MX150

2. Legion - i7 varient once again with 1050ti

3. XPS 15 - FHD i7, 1050Ti.

 

I have heard positive things from all of these latops, but also some negative ones. Apparently Dell has absolutely terrible quality control. I've also heard the MXP power throttles.

 

What are your opinions on these, just a note that I will be repasting, undervolting, thermal padding and potentially adding copper shims no matter what.

 

Thanks!

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, PepsterHD said:

Apparently Dell has absolutely terrible quality control

QC in all laptops is a hit or miss. Macbooks can have QC issues too, but less

1 hour ago, PepsterHD said:

laptop for school & light gaming

Are you open to other options as well?

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

1 hour ago, PepsterHD said:

3. XPS 15 - FHD i7, 1050Ti.

i think Dell G5 series also have very similar specs but cheaper

[PepsterHD]

11 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

QC in all laptops is a hit or miss. Macbooks can have QC issues too, but less

Are you open to other options as well?

Yes I am, suggestions?

[genexis_x]

29 minutes ago, PepsterHD said:

Yes I am, suggestions?

Where are you from? Budget? Preferred max weight and minimum battery life?

[PepsterHD]

44 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Where are you from? Budget? Preferred max weight and minimum battery life?

Budget is under 2000 CAD, weight isn't super important as long it is under 5 lbs. I would perfer at least 8 hours of battery life 

[genexis_x]

7 hours ago, PepsterHD said:

I would perfer at least 8 hours of battery life 

You won't get such long battery life in most GTX laptops. If you settle down with 6 hrs you can have more options

[deferentlemur]

Agreed, you won't surpass 6 hours maximum unless you get one of the very few laptops with GPU and U-series CPU. If 6 hours is ok, look at MSI, Asus, and Razer. If you want more, you can probably get an ultrabook (HP Spectre, Dell XPS, Asus Zenbook) with modest specs and run an eGPU and still stay within your budget. I ran into the same issue, where most laptops I found with real GPUs had power-hungrier CPUs.

 

Also, be aware that battery life will plummet once the GPU is in use, regardless which way you go. So if you plan to game on-the-go, have your charger handy. Also, nVidia geforce experience defaults to 30 FPS on battery (don't know if that is in the driver as well), so in the long run it may not hurt to carry the charger anyway.