Laptop advice

[Silgalias]

Hi there, I'm looking to buy a 17" gaming laptop for my son and we have narrowed the choices down to the HP Omen 17 ,i7 10750 with the 2070 super max p and the PCS Vyper 17 (Eluktronics Max 17) i7 10875 with the 2070 max p.
Pcs Vyper has magnesium alloy chassis, 91wh battery and is extremely light and slim. Comes with 16gb (2x8)2666 ram and 1tb m.2 ssd.
Omen 17 is resin chassis and a bit of a chonk, but it has Gsync. And comes with 16gb (2x8) 2933 ram 512 m.2 ssd and 1 tb 7200rpm HDD.
Both have a 144 MHz 17.3" 1920x1080 panel and a good array of ports including Thunderbolt 3.
I was wondering how the 10875 with the 2070 max p would compare to the 10750 with the 2070 super max p. I understand that the 2070 super is around 9% better performance than the 2070 but how would the extra cores on the 10875 factor in?
With HP's 10% off for black Friday both come in at about my £1500 limit.
Any thoughts?

 

[USAFRet]

Not knowing how it will be used, with what software...impossible to make a choice.

In reality though..for a general use thing...the user facing differences between the two would be minimal to non-existant.

 

[Silgalias]

He is an avid gamer playing FPS's and MMO's also assassin's creed odyssey, red dead, watchdogs etc. Also he's going to university next year to do engineering.
So a bit of everything.

 

[USAFRet]

He is an avid gamer playing FPS's and MMO's also assassin's creed odyssey, red dead, watchdogs etc. Also he's going to university next year to do engineering.
So a bit of everything.

Flip a coin.
Either will work.

But...my son started with a 17" laptop for his first year. Quickly changed to a 15", because the 17 was too big and heavy to lug around all the time.

 

[Silgalias]

Lol no issues there my son huge, I think my wife may have dallied with a sasquatch when I wasn't looking. 😁

 

[USAFRet]

Lol no issues there my son huge, I think my wife may have dallied with a sasquatch when I wasn't looking. 😁

So is my son....