Gaming Laptop Recommendations around ~$1,500 w/ GTX970M, SSD, 15.6"?

blabbate

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Anybody have an recommendations for a reasonable gaming laptop around $1,500 with a GTX970M (or possibly 965M), SSD for boot, 15.6" screen? Slim and light is a bonus, but not required.

I'm looking at things like:
ASUS ROG G501JW-DS71
Acer Aspire V15 Nitro

But I'm pretty overwhelmed by all the options out there. Any help would be great.

Thanks!
 

blabbate

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That looks ... just about perfect? Are there any downsides that don't show up in the specs? Noise, heat, etc? Because that looks pretty great. Thanks!
 


Here are a few reviews of the laptop, consisting of various configurations:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2477456,00.asp

http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/msi-ge62-apache-review/

http://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-GE62-Notebook-Review.137007.0.html

http://www.trustedreviews.com/msi-ge62-apache-review

http://www.computershopper.com/laptops/reviews/msi-ge62-apache

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/laptops/2015/02/19/msi-ge62-2qe-apache-review/1

 

AdviserKulikov

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The downsides are that your friends will be compelled to kill you in order to pry it from your cold dead hands, due to how awesome that keyboard is.