Looking For A Top End Gaming Laptop

[mark_htfc]

Hi,

I was wondering if you would be able to help, as I am a bit out of touch with laptops.

I am ideally looking for something that is at the top end of the gaming laptop range, and something that should hopefully last for a good few years and still be able to cope with new games that come out. If it has 4K then great, but not an important requirement so as long as it is has at least full HD.

I have a budget of around £3k, but if something was cheaper than that but just as good as something at £3k than that would be better (on the bank at least).

Cheers
Mark

 

[mark_htfc]

take a look at the Acer Predator Helios 500 can normally be found with a nice i9 cpu for near to 2k

powerful machines in any spec really i think they have somewhere in the region of 400w power bricks as well so i would not expect them to be too portable.

Thanks, I will have a look at that one. 2k will probably be at a better price range over 3k.

I assume the ones at the 3k range then will be more of a brick than a thinner one? Maybe closer to the 2k range might be a better option depending.

You've got a fair few options at the 3k end of the spectrum.

I guess knowing a bit more might help narrow things down somewhat, do you have a screen size in mind (17 / 15)? would you rather have 4k or 144Mhz? Is portability a concern? Do you need any specific ports (TB3 / Ethernet)? How important is battery life? How much storage are you going to need?

I wasn't 100% sure what I was exactly wanting, so I didn't think to list specifics. Screen size I don't think matters too much between 15 or 17, but 17 would probably be better. As for 4k or 144mhz, what is the difference? Is 144mhz better than UHD? Portability isn't that much of a concern, as I will be primarily using it at home (it is so I have an option to sit in the living room or sit in bed and play rather than always having to sit at the PC). Battery life is also not a major concern as it would probably be mostly plugged in when I play, if it held charge for about 3/4 hours though that would be alright. Storage wise probably not a lot, as it will mainly be used for just installing games, I have seen some that come with a 1tb and a additional 256gb so probably something along those lines.

I also assume that i9 is the best one that you can get in a laptop at the minute (i9 is what I would definitely look at over an i7/i5)? Although it seems like a lot of laptops I have seen come with the i7, so that might be the way to go. & a GTX 1080 is the best GPU? Is 1080 really needed? As I have seen that a lot of laptops comes with the 1070.

By the sounds of it then I assume the 3k range is towards the top end of the price spectrum? Would 2k also potentially get me a top end machine as well that isn't necessarily the best out there?

 

[mark_htfc]

Thanks for that Loki. The first option looks like a right beast. I just need to weigh up my options and decide whether to splash out on a gaming laptop, or upgrade my current PC rig and then save up for the other.