Gaming Laptop for around £2,000 or less

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Hi Guys

I have ordered the Alienware M17x R4 but Dell have no idea when they will get all the parts at the moment they tell me it won't be before end of Nov but no idea how long after that either!

I want a decent gaming laptop for up to the £2,000 mark, the 2 I have my eye on at the moment are the Clevo Vortex Eite and the MSI GT70-0NE

Clevo

Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3740QM (2.70GHz) 6MB

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB)

Graphics Card
2 x NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680M - 4.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11

Memory - Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)

DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)

Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)

Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)

Sound Card
Intel 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio + SPDIF/MIC/Headphone Jack

Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1202 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N + BLUETOOTH 4.0

USB Options
4 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD

Battery
Vortex Extreme 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,800 mAh/89.21WH)

Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 300W AC Adaptor

Operating System
Not Required

Total Cost £1,915.00

or......

MSI GT70-0NE

Specification:-
- Processor: Intel Ivybridge I7-3630QM 2.40GHz
- Chipset: Intel HM77 Chipset
- Memory: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz, 4 slots, Max: 32GB
- LCD Size: 17.3" Anti glare full HD 1920x1080 LED backlight
- Graphics: nVIDIA Geforce GTX680M 3D Graphic Card
- Graphics VRAM: GDDR5 4GB
- HDD (GB) 2*128GB SSD in RAID 0 + 750GB 7200RPM SATA
- Optical Drive: BD Writer / Blu-ray
- Audio: Audio Boost, 2 Speakers, 1 subwoofer
- Webcam: HD Webcam(30fps@720p)
- Card Reader: SD(XC/HC)/MMC/MS(PRO)/xD
- LAN: 10/100/1000 Bigfoot Killer E2200 series
- Wireless: LAN 802.11 b/g/n
- Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.0

Total Cost £2,099.00

The Clevo has a better spec but people say they are fugly, are they really that bad?

There are also some other considerations regarding MSI laptops with cashback.

A bit of advice would be much appreciated

Thanks

 

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Thanks Guys

The Dell situation is pretty bad, the worst part is they had various offers on at the time that meant a good discount but didn't have the stock to back them up, poor marketing if you ask me.

The Clevo is a nice machine but I would like to see one in the plastic before I could drop £2,000 on it, I have seen the Alienware and the MSI.

I hate the decision process that goes on in my head, I don't want to regret the purchase I make!

 

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Well this was a pointless exercise for me, I hadn't cancelled my Dell order yet and it is now showing as shipped and the tracking details for DHL are all correct.