Acer predator helios 300 or alienware

[cwong92]

I wanna buy a gaming laptop for my brother, but I'm not sure which one is better, both prices are acceptable for me.

Acer predator (PH317-52-75BK)
https://my-store.acer.com/gaming-2/predator/predator-ph317-52-75bk

Alienware (cav15-87816g-1060-fhd)
https://www.nbplaza.com.my/dell-laptop/2941-dell-alienware-cav15-87816g-1060-156-fhd-gaming-laptop-i7-8750h-8gb-1tb8gb-gtx1060-6gb-w10.html


Predator spec:
Intel® CoreTM i7-8750H processor (9 MB Smart Cache, 2.2 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 4.1 GHz, DDR4, 45 W)
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 with 6 GB of dedicated GDDR5 VRAM, supporting NVIDIA® CUDA, PhysX, PureVideo® HD technology, GPU Battery Boost technology, ShadowPlay technology, GameStream technology, Multi-Frame sampled Anti-Aliasing (MFAA), Dynamic Super Reso
17.3" 144Hz display with IPS technology, Full HD 1920 x 1080, high-brightness LED-backlit TFT LCD NTSC 72%
8GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD + 1TB SATA HDD

Alienware:
Intel® Core™ i7-8750H (6-Core, 9MB Cache, up to 4.1GHz w/ Turbo Boost)
8GB, DDR4, 2400MHz Ram
1TB 5400 rpm Hybrid Hard Drive with 8GB Cache
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with 6GB GDDR5 graphics memory
15.6 inch FHD (1920 x 1080) 60Hz IPS Display
Windows 10 Home Single Language, English, 64-bit
1Yr Premium Support: Onsite Service - Retail

Thanks in advance for your advice!!!

 

[vapour]

Between the two, predator has better specs with the extra ssd and better screens etc.

What games does he play?
living in US?
budget?

 

[cwong92]

Mostly minecraft...
Jk lol, I bought him fallout 4 and gta v, and I'm getting him fallout 76 too.
My brother is living in Malaysia
Budget is $1500, I'm in Aust now I can only buy it for him thru malaysia site like lelong.com.my or directly from Dell or acer store

How come predator is better? It's around $350 cheaper

 

[tejayd]

The links are broken for me. But I know the acer laptop had good reviews. I purchased an msi gs63 laptop with basically the same specs recently and did some research at the time. The ssd is nice to have. This dell was also one I had come across. https://www.dell.com/en-us/member/shop/dell-laptops/dell-g5-15-gaming/spd/g-series-15-5587-laptop/fncwfs625sv2. It seemed like a good value for the hardware.

 

[vapour]

Acer should serve you well then.