Looking for a gaming laptop for the £1000-1200MAX mark

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Hey guys!

Not been around much due to moving the gaming rig on a few years ago.
I'm looking for a laptop for games and work purposes, just website monitoring and emails etc nothing intensive.

My max budget is £1200 but I have a few must haves

120/144hz IPS panel
RTX 2060
Upgradeable storage
Dual channel memory
CPU side of things I'm really not sure.

Games I will be playing are
Company of heroes 2
Age of empires
Heroes & generals
Few FPS etc

I would like a 17.3 for the bigger screen but not a deal breaker.

If I could have some recommendations please that would be fantastic! Cheers
 
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Here's a start with your budget and required options:


Chassis & Display
17.3" Matte Full HD 144Hz 72% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080)

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Six Core Processor 9750H (2.6GHz, 4.5GHz Turbo)

Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair 2666MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2060 - 6.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1

1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE 7mm SERIAL ATA III 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 128MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)

Memory Card Reader
Integrated 6 in 1 Card Reader (SD /Mini SD/ SDHC / SDXC / MMC / RSMMC)

AC Adaptor
1 x 180W AC Adaptor

Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre Cloverleaf UK Power Cable

Battery
46WH Lithium Ion Battery

Sound Card
2 Channel High Def. Audio + SoundBlaster™ Cinema

Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (2.4 Gbps) + BT 5.0

USB/Thunderbolt Options
2 x USB 3.1 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD

Keyboard Language
RGB BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD

Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

£1,203.00
inc VAT and Delivery

144Hz display, 6 core Intel I7, 16GB 2666 (2 x 8GB), RTX 2060, 512GB NVMe system/games drive, 1TB media storage drive.

Has a spare M.2 drive slot, so total of up to 3 drives.

Anything you don't like?
 
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Nope that looks fantastic, what model is this?

It's a Clevo NH70RDQ.

More likely find it under a different name.

It's against the forum rules to name competitors.

Try googling "Specialist bespoke laptop builders in the UK" or similar.
 
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Ok so my search has to change a little

Budget has changed to a maximum of £1000

However a 144hz display and some decent storage is preferred.

Now in the laptop department, are the and Ryzen CPUs the better choice? Also, rtx2060 over a gtx1660ti for 1080p, really worth the extra? As I've noticed for the £1000 mark gets you a i5 and gtx1660ti or a and Ryzen 7 and a gtx1660ti
 
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I was going to go with a Clevo, but there was so much talk about thermal issues I went with a HP Omen, really nice and good value, however the one I had as 1400 for RTX2070MQ and i7 9750.

For 1200 you can get the 1660Ti and i7 9750 though I'm sure.
 
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Hey guys!

Not been around much due to moving the gaming rig on a few years ago.
I'm looking for a laptop for games and work purposes, just website monitoring and emails etc nothing intensive.

My max budget is £1200 but I have a few must haves

120/144hz IPS panel
RTX 2060
Upgradeable storage
Dual channel memory
CPU side of things I'm really not sure.

Games I will be playing are
Company of heroes 2
Age of empires
Heroes & generals
Few FPS etc

I would like a 17.3 for the bigger screen but not a deal breaker.

If I could have some recommendations please that would be fantastic! Cheers

If you could wait 1-2 months you will have a much better choice of laptops as the Ryzen 4000 laptops and the new 14nm Comet Lake models will be coming to market.

These will force sales of older laptops and the new offerings such as the Dell G5 Gaming SE will be priced from £799.

Either way you’ll get more laptop for your money!
 
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I've seen Asus has got the TUF A15 which looks perfect for what I want

144hz IPS
RTX2060
Ryzen 4800H
Decent storage

Just no idea on release date or price at the moment unfortunately
 
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I've not had tried a game yet where the CPU is the bottleneck in gaming on a RTX 2060 don't forget its a mobile variant so around 30% slower than the desktop counterpart and half the TDP.

Where the Ryzen loses out is raw CPU performance to the Core i7 chips in heavy CPU tasks, most are 6 cores the Ryzen is 4. Still a brilliant mobile CPU with excellent thermals, don't rule it out.
 
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I've not had tried a game yet where the CPU is the bottleneck in gaming on a RTX 2060 don't forget its a mobile variant so around 30% slower than the desktop counterpart and half the TDP.

Where the Ryzen loses out is raw CPU performance to the Core i7 chips in heavy CPU tasks, most are 6 cores the Ryzen is 4. Still a brilliant mobile CPU with excellent thermals, don't rule it out.

I've seen a Acer Helios 300 for £999 however it has a i5-9300h and a gtx1660ti

If you had £1000 to spend on a laptop now, which would you choose and why? I want the smoothest hassle free gaming, nothing competitive but be able to enjoy PC games without paying loads more for small gains.

What I do like about the Helios 300 is the 2.5" drive bay to add a 1tb SSD in the future

However this laptop has got to last me around 2 years, so it's quite a careful purchase too
 
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The Acer is a good buy, whichever one you pick will do a good job at playing most titles @ 1080p High. I would say where the Acer wins is the CPU. The Ryzen is a bit slower. The ASUS has a NVME 512GB drive and an extra 8GB of memory.

I am happy with my ASUS, the only issue I have with a gaming laptop is fan noise. Both will be loud when gaming.

Should also say the ASUS has a spare 2.5' bay
 
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