ASUS GM501GM or MSI GP63 Gaming Laptop?! - $2500 Budget

[davidnathanlacey]

I am looking to purchase a laptop for gaming and have narrowed it down to two options.


[G-SYNC] ASUS ROG ZEPHYRUS GM501GM 8th Generation Intel Core i7-8750H up to 4.1GHz Processor 9MB Cache, 6x Cores, 12x Threads /
16GB DDR4 RAM /
256GB Ultra-Fast PCIe NVME SSD + 1TB Hybrid High-Performance Hard Drive SSHD (FireCuda) /
15.6" FHD 1920x1080 Anti-Glare ULTRA-RESPONSIVE 144Hz IPS Level 3ms G-SYNC LED Display / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5

OR

MSI GP63 Leopard 8RE 8th Generation Intel Core i7-8750H up to 4.1GHz Processor, 9MB Cache, 6x Cores, 12x Threads /
16GB DDR4 RAM / 512GB Ultra-Fast SSD + 1TB 7200RPM Hard Drive /
15.6" FHD 1920x1080 Anti-Glare 120Hz Wideview 94%NTSC Color 3ms Refresh Rate Display /
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5

Any advice?

 

[cl-justin]

If you're going to spend that much on a gaming laptop, I'd get one with at least a 1080 graphics card

 

[davidnathanlacey]

If you're going to spend that much on a gaming laptop, I'd get one with at least a 1080 graphics card

I'm based in South Africa, and any laptop with a GTX 1070 or 1080, ends up being too expensive OR is affordable only with a 7th Generation i7.