gigabyte aero 15 vs alienware 15

[Alexntxir]

hey everyone i want to get a laptop for college.I need it for gaming and coding,programming etc. It will be my main pc and i ll hook it up with a dell monitor i have and a mechanical keyboard when i m home
I m between 2 choices so far
aero 15
i7-7700HQ
gtx 1060 6g
M.2 SATA 512GB SSD
16 gb ram

and alienware 15
i7-7700HQ
gtx 1070
8 gb ram

both are around 2.000 euros in my country
if you have any other laptop i m open to suggestions

 

[Barty1884]

What are the rest of the specs on the Alienware?

What country are you in? Hard to recommend others without knowing where you'd be buying unfortunately.

The Alienware would look to be the better gamer, with the stronger GPU - but the lower RAM may let you down in some titles and in other tasks.
Without knowing the storage in there, it's impossible to judge. I would assume an Alienware in 2017 will have an SSD, but you never know...

 

[Alexntxir]

yeah sorry. i ll move to belgium for masters degree so i ll buy it from there propably (currently living in greece)

actually the alienware can configure it many ways so i ll buy it with the following
i7-7820HK 8 MB cache
GTX 1070
8 gb ram ( ican upgrade to 16 with 150 euros more )
the price is 2223 with the gb ram
what more details do you need?

 

[Barty1884]

What storage is included in the Alienware?

Can you upgrade the Alienware's RAM manually? (I would expect you can, but I don't know which model you're looking at specifically).
Upgrading to 16GB may well be something you could do yourself opposed to paying Dell +$150.

 

[Alexntxir]

it has 1 TB SATA 6 Gb/s (7.200 rpm)
i could upgrade to 128 GB M.2 SATA 6 GB/S SSD + 1 TB SATA (7.200 RPM) 6 GB/S (STORAGE) for 150 euros more
or to 128 GB M.2 SATA 6 GB/S SSD for 250 euros more

 

[Barty1884]

Ouch.

The Aero seems like the better "all rounder" then.

The Alienware should still be the better gamer with a 1070..... but wow.

The Aero is around ~2,000 EUR you said?
The Alienware, with the appropriate upgrades to make it roughly comparable on all levels (excluding the GPU) what?
Base: 2,223 EUR
+150 EUR for 16GB RAM
+150 EUR for 128GB SSD

So that's about 2,500 EUR?
You'd be paying a ~500EUR premium to go from a 1060 (6GB) to a 1070, and sacraficing some storage in that case.

My vote would be for the Aero out of the two options given. The Alienware looks like a horrible deal.

 

[Alexntxir]

i can also configure it like this
i7-7700HQ
GTX 1060 6 gb
128 GB M.2 SATA 6 GB/S SSD (OPSTARTSCHIJF) + 1 TB SATA
16 gb ram
around 2000 euros

 

[Barty1884]

I still like the sound of the Aero better, in all honesty.

What are the screens on each?

 

[Alexntxir]

alienware
15.6 inch FHD IPS display (1.920 x 1.080) 60 Hz with anti-reflection coating 300 nit, suitable for NVIDIA G-SYNC
aero 15
15.6" Full HD 1920x1080 WVA High-Res Display X-Rite™ Pantone® Certified Display

 

[Alexntxir]

one thing that worries me is the temperatures since i ll use it as my main pc.i never had a laptop before so i don t know how hot they become and if it will shut down because of the heat

 

[Barty1884]

Looking at some reviews, it does appear the Alienware would have the "better" display due to Gsync support and a faster g2g response time.

Either way though, I think the Aero should still be a pretty nice screen for gaming.