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New Portable or Ultra Portable Gaming Laptops vs ASUS G46VW

erviin

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I have a two years old ASUS G46VW.
I want to find a better portable gaming laptop staying in the 13 to 15 inches range, under the 2.25 kilos mark for weight, and without compromising temperature.
Must Have: rear hot air exhausts. Full HD. Sturdy construction. Backlit Keyboard.
Desirable features: touch screen. spill proof keyboard.
I've been searching for a while now (about two months) and I find some negative review on every portable gaming laptop, especially related to temperature while mine seems to have a built-in freezer.
Suggestions?
Thanks!

Seen these questions in all other similar posts so here I answer them:
1. Budget? Not an issue.
2. Size of the notebook that you are considering? 13" to 15"
3. Screen resolution? Full HD. (1080p)
4. Portable or desktop replacement laptop? Portable.
5. How much battery life? Don't care.
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? Yes. At highest possible settings.
6.b. What Games? SWTOR, WoW, Heroes of the Storm, Vampire: Bloodlines
7. Other tasks you want to do with your laptop?
Watch movies & TV Series. MSOffice. Emails, Social Networks. Programming. MSVisio, MSProject, MSSQL, MySQL, Visual Studio .Net
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? SSD at least 500Gb.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop? 2 to 4 years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? None.
12. Brands that you prefer to buy, brands that you don't like, reasons.
Like: Asus ROG & Razer because of their Build, Quality & Design. Asus gets a plus for low temperatures.
Dislike: Apple. Just because. Dell because of cheap build & cheap plastics, cheap everything but prices.
13. What country do you live in? Varies. Argentina, Germany, Italy, Spain, U.S.
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I'd like a touch screen on it, a Core i7, and at least 32Gb of RAM. Must have Backlit keyboard.