Suggest A Laptop

[Nicsgamertag]

I have been needing a new laptop for college and see this as the perfect excuse to also get a new gaming machine. I’ve eyed the Acer Predator Helios 300, but after some further research I am willing to spend extra $$$ for something with a nicer display and battery. Does anyone have thoughts or advice between these two Best Buy certified open box items.
Price for the 15.6 is 1,115$
Price of 17.3 is 1,175$


https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-15-6-laptop-intel-core-i7-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-1tb-hard-drive-128gb-solid-state-drive-soft-touch-black/6077503.p?skuId=6077503

Or

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-rog-strix-gl702vs-17-3-laptop-intel-core-i7-12gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1070-1tb-hard-drive-armor-titanium/5712361.p?skuId=5712361

 

[jasonkaler]

Rather spend the few extra bucks. Otherwise you're going to regret it later.
I just got myself an asus rog and am very happy with it.

 

[GreyCatz]

I'm definitely with jasonkaler on this one. If your budget allows for $1,164 then get the 8GB 1070 option. The 1060 card is very powerful but it's only 3GBs. An extra $84 will add 5GBs' worth of VRAM - that's a bargain in my book!

Just remember it will be noticeably heavier to lug around and you lose the SSD option. No big problem - this ASUS actually has 2 additional storage slots (1 M.2 SATA and 1 M.2 NVMe) so start saving up for a 256GB SSD. You can check the details on page 85 in this manual:
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/GL702VSK/0409_E12080_GL702VS_A.pdf?_ga=2.25065466.1758077404.1513980968-1700893871.1513980968

Cheers,
GreyCatz.