Purchase of a Laptop Help

[Zhil]

Hi,

I'm looking at purchasing a gaming laptop to use when visiting my parents and on an ad hoc basis while at home. Something to match or be near too my desktop (which is now 4 years old) which is:

Intel Core i7-5820K
16GB RAM
Geforce GTX 980

My most played game so far is Warhammer Total War 2, so I'll want it for that and the future WTW 3. Likewise, I want to future proof so I don't have to buy another one. I've never actually owned a laptop before.

I was looking at the following:
GT62VR NVIDIA GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5, 15.6 UHD 4K IPS, INTEL I7 7700HQ GAMING LAPTOP
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...-intel-i7-7700hq-gaming-laptop-lt-27h-ms.html

SABRE 15W V8-CF1 NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 15.6" FHD 120HZ, INTEL I7-8750H GAMING LAPTOP
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...z-intel-i7-8750h-gaming-laptop-lt-08y-gi.html

GE63VR NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X, 15.6 FHD 120HZ 3MS, INTEL I7 7700HQ GAMING LAPTOP
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-ge63vr-nvidia-gtx-1060-6gb-gddr5x-15.6-fhd-120hz-3ms-intel-i7-7700hq-gaming-laptop-lt-26e-ms.html

All of them are priced at £1499.99 atm which is roughly my budget.

Which would be best? (or do you have other suggestions that aren't those three?)

Thanks for any help

 

[AMDPower]

Hi

and welcome to the forum

Tough choice to be honest and I might not be the most experienced in gaming laptops but since you state gaming and future proof then the next question is how long do you really want to keep it and at what resolutions do you expect to play games at
4k, 1080p, 144p? FUDH ect ect?

The 7700HQ is slower than the i7 8750HQ but in gaming its not that mauch faster specially if you play to use 4k type resolutions as at this level is mostly GPU that makes the biggest difference to the FPS although the CPU matters given these two its not going to be nigh and day difference many be few FPS as the 7700HQ is still a decent chip.

Honestly i would take the machine with the 1070 over the 1060 but another issue is that the GTX 1070 cannot do 4k all games very well, you will have to turn down many setting on some games and most likely future titles. Even some titles cant be maxed out on a 1080ti. I would still take the 1070 over the 1060 specially if you are going to be keeping it a while. You can always upgrade ram and Hard drive on these gaming laptops but CPU you cannot.

for office and productivity type tasks the 8750HQ is faster.

here is a review of the CPU only
https://www.techspot.com/review/1604-intel-core-i7-8750h/page2.html

To summarise if future gaming is a concern and you dont mind bumping the resolution down to 144p over 4k then this laptop should last a few years as 1070 is a fast GPU specially at 1440p resolutions

The 1060 is decent card but only at 1080p resolutions.

 

[MiSJAH]

This is likely to be the best set up you can get for your budget:

Chassis & Display

15.6" Matte Full HD 60Hz 45% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080)

Processor (CPU)

Intel® Core™ i7 Six Core Processor 8750H (2.2GHz, 4.1GHz Turbo)

Memory (RAM)

16GB Corsair 2133MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 8GB)

Graphics Card

NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 - 8.0GB GDDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1

1st Hard Disk

1TB WD Blue™ 3D NAND 2.5" SSD, (upto 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)

1st M.2 SSD Drive

500GB WD Black™ M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3400MB/s R | 2500MB/s W)

AC Adaptor

1 x 200W AC Adaptor

Battery

Lithium Ion Battery (7180mAh)

Power Cable

1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)

Sound Card

Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack

Bluetooth & Wireless

GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-9260 M.2 (1.73Gbps, 802.11AC) +BT 5.0

USB Options

3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 3.1 Type C PORT AS STANDARD

Keyboard Language

RGB BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD

Warranty

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

£1,489.00 inc VAT and Delivery

 

[AMDPower]

This is likely to be the best set up you can get for your budget:

can you give the exact model and make?

yeah this would be a much better buy if he can find it for that price.

 

[Zhil]

This is likely to be the best set up you can get for your budget:

Where is this from?

 

[MiSJAH]

Where is this from?

Mentioning competitors is forbidden in the forums.

 

[Zhil]

Mentioning competitors is forbidden in the forums.

Oh, can you say the make and model of laptop then please?

 

[MiSJAH]

It's a Clevo/Sager chassis. These are sold as barebones models that have different configurations set up by bespoke notebook companies.

 

[WantoN]

Best way to future proof is to get the best graphics card you can with a 1080p screen. It'll play games well for years. If you can afford a gsync monitor then even better, although battery life will suffer.

The PPI @ 1080p 17.3" will be excellent, eg :
27" 1440p - 108.79 pixels per inch
17.3" 1080p - 127.34 pixels per inch

So what you're getting is better sharpness than a decent 1440p monitor.