Laptop for £1k to £1200 - which one too much choice

EViLHomer48 · 15 Aug 2018 at 21:33

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x ASUS TUF FX504GM NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB, 15.6" 120Hz 3ms, I7-8750H, 8GB DDR4 Gaming Laptop= £1,099.99
1 x ASUS ROG GL703GM NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5, 17.3" FHD 120Hz 3ms, i7-8750H Gaming Laptop= £1,199.99

Total: £2,311.08 (includes shipping: £11.10)

So the above choice both look good. Saw the ROG Strix in a large retail store today and it looks good. It would be perfect if 256 SSD and 7200 RPM main drive.

There is nothing else in the price range that I can see, but which is best for gaming and also working (only Office products). A 1060 6GB is the same graphics card as main desktop so should be happy. The larger screen also seems a better bet for Fortnite.

Will be driving past OC tomorrow and could pick up. Saw another post about waiting for Nvidia 11, but have been undecided for the last 3 months and need to commit soon.

willhub · 16 Aug 2018 at 10:17

I'd go with the 17", you can always upgrade the SSD and the bigger screen is defenitly a plus, having had a 15" then a 17" I would always go with 17".

EViLHomer48 · 17 Aug 2018 at 12:51

what sort of bloatware gets 'included' on Asus laptops, first foray into a decent price one? Still tempted on the ROG703 for the 17 inch screen

trickynickyuk · 17 Aug 2018 at 14:07

not much bloatware at all I have the gl702zc and its just the standard widows 10 home with asus gaming center, I would defo go for the 17" especially if you are going to be gaming

willhub · 17 Aug 2018 at 16:43

What's wrong with Windows 10 home? Not really any different for gaming compared to Pro?

trickynickyuk · 17 Aug 2018 at 20:11

theres nothing wrong with windows 10 home I was just stating a fact that my asus laptop came with home edition. comparable to pro for gaming there isn't any difference the main thing you get is bitlocker and that's it, sorry if I put it across wrong

EViLHomer48 · 19 Aug 2018 at 14:23

in the end I plumped for the Asus ROG, but didn't get freebies like the case and mouse that came with the TUF, but I couldn't find the TUF out anywhere to check it out.
@Loki - why no goodies with the more expensive laptop?
Also the box it came in is the poshest thing compared to what my deceased Medusa 5.1 analogue headphones came in at the time.

Finally got Windows updated and the screen and keyboard are excellent. Not yet gamed on it as downloading