Buying a laptop (budget gaming)

Amenomori

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Hello everyone, I'm new here and wanted to get a laptop for university and for gaming. I know Desktop gaming
is the way to go, but I don't spend that much time at home, so I'm going for a laptop. I also don't mind lowering the graphics to play games (not that I usually play taxing games though).

I'm from the Philippines, for reference. I also know the laptops here cost a lot more than the US.

Initially, I had planned to get the MSI GL62 6QD/6QE, but I have not seen any of those here. Those two come with GTX 950M DDR3 and GTX 950M GDDR5 respectively.

I have around a budget of $10000 (~46000PHP) and have seen these few laptops in the area. I also know that I can import laptops from the US, but I can only buy locally as I don't have a credit card and will be paying with cash (I could ask my parents, but I don't really want to wait for shipping and all that). If you know some places in the Philippines or can get the 6QD/6QE, it would be greatly appreciated as well!

Here are the laptops I have found (I don't remember everything however):

MSI GL62 6QC ($978 / 44995PHP):
Processor: i5-6300HQ
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GT940MX 2GB DDR3
RAM: 4GB DDR4 @ 2133Mhz
HDD: 1TB SATA 7200RPM

HP Pavilion 14(?) ($913 / 41995PHP):
Processor: i7-6500U
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GT940MX 4GB GDDR5
RAM: 4GB DDR4 @ 2133Mhz
HDD: 1TB

ASUS X555DQ ($805 / 36995PHP):
Processor: FX-8800P (15W I think)
Graphics Card: R6 M340DX
RAM: 4GB DDR3 @ 1600Mhz
HDD: 1TB

I was surprised by the HP Pavilion's price, but I don't know if its cooling is any good. The MSI however I believe has the much better cooling system. The ASUS one is there just in case I'm in a pinch and I have to buy it.

So how are these laptops? Which one would be the best to buy?
 
Solution
MSI has the best CPU out of all 3, and is the best all-round package. I take it a laptop with a 950/960M would be out of your price range entirely?

Imposing a stupid 15W TDP on the laptop FX's horribly throttles CPU performance in favor of graphics performance, and just limits the overall package power immensely. Laptop vendors set the TDP low so they can cheap out on the cooling solution.

dudeman509

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MSI has the best CPU out of all 3, and is the best all-round package. I take it a laptop with a 950/960M would be out of your price range entirely?

Imposing a stupid 15W TDP on the laptop FX's horribly throttles CPU performance in favor of graphics performance, and just limits the overall package power immensely. Laptop vendors set the TDP low so they can cheap out on the cooling solution.
 
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Amenomori

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Jul 20, 2016
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While they are out of my price range, if it's close enough to $1000, then I could put a bit more in (6QD/6QE were both 950M after all). The main problem is actually finding a laptop with 950M though. After 940MX, laptops go to 960M.