Defiance XS ii or HP OMEN

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Hi everyone,

I'm struggling to compare the following two laptops. Both seem good spec, I'd appreciate your thoughts. The laptop will be used for fairly intensive gaming (DCS, modern AAA etc). I'd like it to be future proofed for at least 4 years as I can only afford an entirely new laptop every 4/5 years or so!

Laptop 1: 15.6" Defiance XS ii: (£1253)

Chassis & Display
Defiance Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD 144Hz 72% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Six Core Processor 8750H (2.2GHz, 4.1GHz Turbo)

Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair 2666MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 - 6.0GB GDDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1

Storage Drive
500GB Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 6 in 1 Card Reader (SD /Mini SD/ SDHC / SDXC / MMC / RSMMC)
AC Adaptor
1 x 150W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre Cloverleaf UK Power Cable
Thermal Paste
COOLER MASTER MASTERGEL MAKER THERMAL COMPOUND
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Def. Audio + MIC/Headphone + SoundBlaster X-Fi MB3
Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-9260 M.2 (1.73Gbps, 802.11AC) +BT 5.0

Laptop 2: 15.6" HP OMEN 15-dc0029na (£1250)

OS: Windows 10 Home 64

Display: 39.6 cm (15.6") diagonal FHD 144 Hz IPS anti-glare micro-edge WLED-backlit (1920 x 1080)

Processor: Intel Core i7-8750H (2.2 GHz base frequency, up to 4.1 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 9 MB cache, 6 cores) Processor family: 8th Generation Intel Core i7 processor

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB GDDR5 dedicated)

Memory: 8 GB DDR4-2666 SDRAM (1 x 8 GB); 2user-accessible memory slots; Transfer rates up to 2666MT/s.

Storage 1 TB 7200 rpm SATA 256 GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Does one win hands down?
 
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Also, spec the first one with a PCIe SSD to match the second. The first also has double the RAM so if swapping the SATA SSD to a PCIe SSD keeps the price difference to within £100 take the first.
 
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Thanks for your reply.

I've swapped the SATA SSD for 500GB Samsung 970 EVO M.2 PCIe NVMe (up to 3400MB/R, 2300MB/W). 1st laptop now comes to £1304. If I only go for a 250GB version it's £1243, but since I'm not going for a second hard-drive it might be worth the space.
 
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Hmmmm, I'm not sure how tight your budget is but an extra £20 gets you an RTX 2060 model (OPTIMUS IX RTX) if you can wait until the end of the month? The 20th March!!
 
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