Best budget laptop

spitball91

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So I'm looking into getting 1 of these 3 laptops. Now obviously for the best performance and graphics the i7 1060 is the better choice but I don't know if it's necessary for the extra cash.

I'm just looking for which one could run games such as pubg, LoL, gta 5, fallout 4, ww2 and I know it's not out yet but far cry 5 at around medium with some low/verylow mixed in (preferably ultra distance on pubg) at around 50-60fps stable. I already play on the Xbox one s so anything is better then locked 30 fps with all low settings as some sources have said.

Like I said I don't doubt the i7 1060 could give that performance but if I could get one of the cheaper i5s and get about the same performance I'd love to save some cash.

Also side note the i5s I would eventually upgrade to 16gb ram and throw a 1tb hdd or something in them if that matters.

i7-7700HQ with gtx 1060 6gb: www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspiron-15-6-laptop-intel-core-i7-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-1tb-hdd-256gb-ssd-matte-black/6162034.p?skuId=6162034

i5-7300hq with gtx 1060 6gb: www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspiron-15-6-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-256gb-ssd-matte-black/6162037.p?skuId=6162037

i5-7300hq with gtx 1050 ti 4gb: www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspiron-15-6-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-256gb-solid-state-drive-black/5872507.p?skuId=5872507

Sorry but one last side question would the gtx 1060 be bottlenecked by the i5-7300hq cpu?

Thanks guys for all your input and suggestions.
 

Lutfij

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In all honesty and retrospect you're going to save the money by buying the highest end laptop your wallet can afford. I'd side with the i7+GTX1060 however is your budget capped at 1200USD? Perhaps the community can offer a better solution?
 

spitball91

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Well honestly I'd be putting this on payments. So I'm not sure of a real budget. I was trying to find the best budget laptop that could play at about the settings and fps that I want. And these seem to have good performance on the pubg benchmarks I've watched even the i5 1050 ti
 

spitball91

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Im still wondering if the i5 will bottleneck the 1060? If not that may be the one i go for just my budget and preference. It won't be used for hours nor do I expect to use it for *hardcore gaming later in the future. As I intend to build a desktop when I move and have more room but for now this is my only option so I'm not trying to spend alot into it.