Light gaming laptop

GothicGhost · 21 Aug 2015 at 21:26

I need a laptop as my job doing 14 hours night shifts security and my tablet not very good and limited on what you can do.

So I need a laptop mostly for games but I am limited to one store due to the credit I have with them and don't have cash right now to look around

So with £1200 max I got it down to two laptops but not sure what one would be better?

MSI GP60 Intel® Core™ i7, 8Gb RAM, 1TB Storage, 128Gb Solid State Drive, with 2Gb GTX 940M Dedicated Graphics

or

Acer VN7-591G Intel® Core™ i7 Processor, 8Gb RAM, 1Tb HDD Storage, 15.6 inch Laptop, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960M 2Gb Dedicated Graphics

Only thing I see is the acer has the 960m.

Thanks for any advice.

MOOGLEYS · 22 Aug 2015 at 00:04

Have a look at the Asus G551JW if it's available from your store. I have one for light gaming and it does very well and is well built. It has the 960m and plays games well even GTA V runs fairly well.

GothicGhost · 22 Aug 2015 at 04:18

Thanks but out of stock on that one

HungryHippos · 22 Aug 2015 at 12:05

Would go 17" for gaming laptop tbh, look at the ASUS G751 too.

The Running Man · 22 Aug 2015 at 12:40

For gaming the 960 would be a minimum.

Minstadave · 22 Aug 2015 at 12:41

The Running Man said:
For gaming the 960 would be a minimum.

Have to agree.

MagicBoy · 22 Aug 2015 at 12:41

Eulogy said:
Would go 17" for gaming laptop tbh, look at the ASUS G751 too.

17" laptops invariably are not light. As per the OP.

GothicGhost · 22 Aug 2015 at 20:16

I got a bit extra in about 6 weeks time so could use cash and buy from any shop.

Just looking on ocuk now see what they got lol.

Is the ASUS ROG G551JW-CN080H any good looking about £1000 cash when I order something.

Thanks.

Manwith Noname · 22 Aug 2015 at 21:50

MagicBoy said:
17" laptops invariably are not light. As per the OP.

People say this often. Personally, I don't think today's 17" laptops are that heavy, particularly if you have a good rucksack for it.

Though I would say it largely depends on other things you may be carrying and the methods by which you travel around. If you are getting in a vehicle of some sort and only walking small distances, weight is really a non issue. At least when all in it's only around 4Kg.

MOOGLEYS · 22 Aug 2015 at 21:57

GothicGhost said:
I got a bit extra in about 6 weeks time so could use cash and buy from any shop.

Just looking on ocuk now see what they got lol.

Is the ASUS ROG G551JW-CN080H any good looking about £1000 cash when I order something.

Thanks.

That's what I'm using at the moment. It's a great machine and I would recommend it over the other two you mentioned. It's a nice balance between performance and size and has decent build quality and is very quiet compared to other machines.

MagicBoy · 23 Aug 2015 at 01:21

Manwith Noname said:
People say this often. Personally, I don't think today's 17" laptops are that heavy, particularly if you have a good rucksack for it.

Though I would say it largely depends on other things you may be carrying and the methods by which you travel around. If you are getting in a vehicle of some sort and only walking small distances, weight is really a non issue. At least when all in it's only around 4Kg.

Each to their own, that decision is the OPs. Personally I'm happy with a 2kg 15" MacBook. Perfect blend of performance and size/weight for my uses. I wouldn't recommend it as a Windows gaming laptop however.

The other think to keep in mind if that weights don't tend to include the PSU, and a 4kg+ 17" gaming laptop will also have a large and hefty brick.

GothicGhost · 25 Aug 2015 at 03:07

My issue is I ride a motorbike to work so less weight would be better but I have so much gear in my backpack it don't really matter lol.

Looking at money again I mite have still use this certain store in a about 5 weeks but I can go bit higher so was looking at the MSI GE62 2QF (Apache Pro)-021Uk.

Also seen the MSI GE70 and has only got a 960m 2GB but have bigger screen.

swinchester · 25 Aug 2015 at 12:11

I own Gigabyte-P34G-V2

14inch screen
860m with 4GB
16GB ram
I7

Runs everything on high settings 60fps+

I ride a motorbike to work everyday, This laptop is super thin and light (same as a mac book)

Portable gaming when I need it or I hook it up to my 27" screen at home and use it as a desktop gaming rig.

I would NOT recommend a 17" screen, 14" screen is absolutely fine if you want portable gaming.

GothicGhost · 26 Aug 2015 at 13:35

Thanks.

I will take a look in a shop about the 14inch could be bit small for me.
I as will using unity3D editor and that needs bit of space on sceen lol.

Cheers.

swinchester · 26 Aug 2015 at 13:59

GothicGhost said:
Thanks.

I will take a look in a shop about the 14inch could be bit small for me.
I as will using unity3D editor and that needs bit of space on sceen lol.

Cheers.

I also use unity engine and screen size has never been a problem and if im honest I would buy a monitor or use a existing monitor for unity or any type of development.

When editing or developing I use my laptop for tutorials and my 24inch monitor for the main screen (unity).

Honestly if you want to carry a laptop around on a motorcycle like I do don't get anything bigger than a 15inch screen, it will be just too heavy and big.