Laptops for University some gaming

[jaged]

1. What is your budget? under $1800 CAD

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15-15.6

3. What screen resolution do you want?

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?

5. How much battery life do you need?

6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)? Overwatch, CS:GO on highest res possible that the sorted machine will do.

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.) 1st year university. it IS computer science but probably won't be too much into heavier stuff until later in the coursework in following years

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? 1tb hd, at least 128ssd

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links. newegg.ca/ncix/bestbuy.ca

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop? as long as it's functional. appr a year or more

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ? not necessary but don't mindi f it's there

12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons. no brands specific.

13. What country do you live in? Canada

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
Have been looking at:
http/www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/asus-rog-asus-rog-gl552vw-15-6-gaming-laptop-intel-core-i7-6700hq-1tb-hdd-16gb-ram-windows-10-english-gl552vw-dh71/10400435.aspx?path=7efffbcb7c4cf4d231f84a496d8a6f8fen02
This one doesn't have an SSD though.

http/www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834331907&cm_re=80NV00Q9US-_-34-331-907-_-Product

 

[GreyCatz]

Greetings, jaged:

The ASUS ROG and the Lenovo that you linked are great machines, although the ASUS skimps on storage type (no SSD).

You might also consider this Lenovo rival (at $850, it's clearly a Black Friday special):
http/www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i7-8gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-960m-1tb-hdd-128gb-solid-state-drive-black/5623597.p?skuId=5623597&ref=199&loc=TnL5HPStwNw&acampID=1&siteID=TnL5HPStwNw-M1jp9BMOkdqfBpzjYGXUWQ&ref=199&loc=TnL5HPStwNw&acampID=1&siteID=TnL5HPStwNw-hi4seebTzVV5r6FrGeI8Ug

Compared to the Lenovo from Newegg the difference is touch-screen, half the amount of RAM, and only 128GBs of SSD storage, but for $600 less. Given your budget that's at least $500 you can use on some killer peripherals. (Or some useful college textbooks...)

Cheers,
GreyCatz.

 

[jaged]

Greetings, jaged:

The ASUS ROG and the Lenovo that you linked are great machines, although the ASUS skimps on storage type (no SSD).

You might also consider this Lenovo rival (at $850, it's clearly a Black Friday special):
http/www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i7-8gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-960m-1tb-hdd-128gb-solid-state-drive-black/5623597.p?skuId=5623597&ref=199&loc=TnL5HPStwNw&acampID=1&siteID=TnL5HPStwNw-M1jp9BMOkdqfBpzjYGXUWQ&ref=199&loc=TnL5HPStwNw&acampID=1&siteID=TnL5HPStwNw-hi4seebTzVV5r6FrGeI8Ug

Compared to the Lenovo from Newegg the difference is touch-screen, half the amount of RAM, and only 128GBs of SSD storage, but for $600 less. Given your budget that's at least $500 you can use on some killer peripherals. (Or some useful college textbooks...)

Cheers,
GreyCatz.

just had a closer look at your suggested replacement to my original thoughts....that's best buy USA. I'm in Canada. I tried looking for that part on the canadian site and it doesnt even come up. Ah well, thought it was too good to be true at $850.

Glad to see my original suggestions were quality though. They appeared to be to me but i wanted a second opinion.


You don't think i should look for one with a new 10 series GPU? that'd put the cost up even higher though for sure.

 

[GreyCatz]

Greetings, jaged:

The ASUS ROG and the Lenovo that you linked are great machines, although the ASUS skimps on storage type (no SSD).

You might also consider this Lenovo rival (at $850, it's clearly a Black Friday special):
http/www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i7-8gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-960m-1tb-hdd-128gb-solid-state-drive-black/5623597.p?skuId=5623597&ref=199&loc=TnL5HPStwNw&acampID=1&siteID=TnL5HPStwNw-M1jp9BMOkdqfBpzjYGXUWQ&ref=199&loc=TnL5HPStwNw&acampID=1&siteID=TnL5HPStwNw-hi4seebTzVV5r6FrGeI8Ug

Compared to the Lenovo from Newegg the difference is touch-screen, half the amount of RAM, and only 128GBs of SSD storage, but for $600 less. Given your budget that's at least $500 you can use on some killer peripherals. (Or some useful college textbooks...)

Cheers,
GreyCatz.

just had a closer look at your suggested replacement to my original thoughts....that's best buy USA. I'm in Canada. I tried looking for that part on the canadian site and it doesnt even come up. Ah well, thought it was too good to be true at $850.

Glad to see my original suggestions were quality though. They appeared to be to me but i wanted a second opinion.


You don't think i should look for one with a new 10 series GPU? that'd put the cost up even higher though for sure.

Hello, jaged:

Sorry about the US/Canada mixup. The Newegg.ca Lenovo is still a great machine - I just added the BestBuy option to 'stir things up'...

A 10-series GTX is definitely going to push you well past USD1,500. Check this link for more details:
http/www.ultrabookreview.com/10939-laptops-nvidia-1070-1080/

I did actually find a USD1,300 GigaByte laptop on Amazon (US) with a 6GB GTX1060, but it said that it could only be shipped inside 'Continental United States'.

Cheers,
GreyCatz.

 

[jaged]

Greetings, jaged:

The ASUS ROG and the Lenovo that you linked are great machines, although the ASUS skimps on storage type (no SSD).

You might also consider this Lenovo rival (at $850, it's clearly a Black Friday special):
http/www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i7-8gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-960m-1tb-hdd-128gb-solid-state-drive-black/5623597.p?skuId=5623597&ref=199&loc=TnL5HPStwNw&acampID=1&siteID=TnL5HPStwNw-M1jp9BMOkdqfBpzjYGXUWQ&ref=199&loc=TnL5HPStwNw&acampID=1&siteID=TnL5HPStwNw-hi4seebTzVV5r6FrGeI8Ug

Compared to the Lenovo from Newegg the difference is touch-screen, half the amount of RAM, and only 128GBs of SSD storage, but for $600 less. Given your budget that's at least $500 you can use on some killer peripherals. (Or some useful college textbooks...)

Cheers,
GreyCatz.

just had a closer look at your suggested replacement to my original thoughts....that's best buy USA. I'm in Canada. I tried looking for that part on the canadian site and it doesnt even come up. Ah well, thought it was too good to be true at $850.

Glad to see my original suggestions were quality though. They appeared to be to me but i wanted a second opinion.


You don't think i should look for one with a new 10 series GPU? that'd put the cost up even higher though for sure.

Hello, jaged:

Sorry about the US/Canada mixup. The Newegg.ca Lenovo is still a great machine - I just added the BestBuy option to 'stir things up'...

A 10-series GTX is definitely going to push you well past USD1,500. Check this link for more details:
http/www.ultrabookreview.com/10939-laptops-nvidia-1070-1080/

I did actually find a USD1,300 GigaByte laptop on Amazon (US) with a 6GB GTX1060, but it said that it could only be shipped inside 'Continental United States'.

Cheers,
GreyCatz.

This GL502VM seems good. has a 1060 as well. The other laptops I was looking at all had 960/970 GPU so this should be much better.
http/www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/asus-asus-rog-gl502vm-15-6-gaming-laptop-metallic-intel-core-i7-6700hq-1tb-hdd128gb-ssd-16gb-ram-gl502vm-bb71-cb/10460926.aspx?path=bca569f279f9668be17da1e371ee36been02

$1699($200 off).

Might have to took a long look at this one.

appreciate the feedback.