Gaming laptop advice

[yassine.m91]

Hello,

I'm looking for a gaming laptop that can run games like COD & Battlefield smoothly.

Found this one online

[ Asus ROG GL502VM-FY185T Gaming Laptop - Intel Core i7-7700HQ, 15.6 Inch FHD, 1TB+256GB, 16GB, 6GB VGA - GTX1060, Win 10, Titanium Gold ]

costs around $ 1,850, relatively within my budget.

Would you recommend buying it ? or

Thanks

 

[Barty1884]

$1,850 what? USD?

If so, I'd probably avoid it personally.

Even looking at new laptops, you're exceeding the price of solid gaming laptops with 7th Gen i7's and 1070's.
~$1,400
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154945

Or even an 8th Gen i7 +1070:
$1,600
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154900


Some great deals to be had on open box/refurbished laptops too:
$1,250
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315894R

$1,305
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=1TS-001A-00997R

 

[kukkakaali]

I'd say you can go easily with that. With that laptop you would not have problems in the future either. Going with a cheaper, you would be fine now but not in the future.

 

[Barty1884]

I'd say you can go easily with that. With that laptop you would not have problems in the future either. Going with a cheaper, you would be fine now but not in the future.

What are you addressing here?

"Cheaper" how so? Plenty viable option that are cheaper, while offering the same or substantially more performance.

While some of the laptops I linked come with a smaller SSD initially, most are comparably spec'd except have a stronger GPU.

Heck, even taking the cheapest of the bunch:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315894R

Remove/sell the 256GB SSD and drop in a 1TB M.2 drive and you'd still be ahead by ~$400 ?