Looking for a gaming laptop with GTX 980m, & 16GB RAM?

[Scarlette Rose]

I am only an amateur at laptop specs, not sure exactly what is the best for what I want.
I need something that I could run, for example, Elsword, or csgo, with good fps.
I'm not sure about coolers, though.
I am also a little confused as to which processor is the best. I believe the i7-6700K seems to be good..? Whichever has the best GHz I suppose.

http/www.ebay.com/itm/DELL-ALIENWARE-17-R3-6TH-GEN-i7-6820HK-4-1GHz-16GB-1-0TB-256GB-SSD-FHD-1-YR-WNTY-/262491581941?hash=item3d1db7adf5%3Ag%3ASXYAAOSwV-RXEU~-

http/www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Alienware-17R3-i7-6700HK-8GB-1TB-1080P-GTX980-Warranty-/301993042137?hash=item46503020d9:g:~icAAOSwGotWk7qK

http/www.ebay.com/itm/RM-MSI-GT72-Dominator-Pro-G-034-17-3-i7-6700HQ-24GB-256GB-SSD-1TB-980M-4Gb-/351739507558?hash=item51e54ef366:g:Fm8AAOSw6kxXHqhm

One that has similar specs to these ones. (and similar price??)
(brand doesn't really matter that much to me personally, as long as its not built to just break)
16gb RAM would be preferable.
Touch screen would be nice, but not necessary. Not sure how necessary an optical drive would be.

edit:
http/www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Alienware-17R3-i7-6820HK-16GB-1TB-1080P-GTX980-Warranty-/301956779957?hash=item464e06cfb5:g:~icAAOSwGotWk7qK

this seems to be the best one, when overclocked its up to 4.1ghz, which should be great, but then im still worried about cooling..which i know nothing about

Do NOT suggest me a desktop, thank you.
I also have had a bad experience with Lenovo..the manager of the store I bought it from told me they are built to break and are mostly plastic after I'd brought it in to be fixed for a THIRD time..in less than a year..so I guess goodbye to 1000$ there. I don't trust the brand anymore, Justify it if you want to, but please don't suggest me one.

 

[jaguarskx]

A GTX 980m would be overkill for CSGO and probably Elsword as well since free MMORPG generally do not have demanding graphics requirement so that the those games can appeal to a potentially large player base that do not have a gaming laptop or desktop.

While I have not seen any benchmarks for the GTX 980m and CSGO, the GTX 780m (2 generations old) can run that game on ultra settings at 1080p and gives an average of 190 FPS. Of course the actual displayed FPS is limited by the laptop's or the monitor. The vast majority of laptops have LCD screens with only 60Hz refresh rates which means the screen cannot display more than 60 FPS. A handful of gaming laptops might have a 120Hz screen which allows for up to 120 FPS to be displayed on the screen, but I do not know of any laptop models off hand. The GTX 980m would be capable of easily pushing in excess of 200 FPS in CSGO using ultra settings at 1080p, but most of the performance is lost due to the refresh rate of the LCD screen.

A laptop with a GTX 960m should be a bit less expensive and should be capable of push 150 FPS in CSGO with ultra settings and 1080p should be more than enough.


Regarding the CPU, most games do not take advantage of more than 2 cores and they are not very dependent on the CPU meaning past a certain clockspeed the performance increase is negligible. CSGO is not particular demanding on the CPU and Elsword is probably in the same boat. Though, it's nice to have a laptop with a powerful quad core CPU in case you play games that can take advantage of more than 2 cores.

 

[jaguarskx]

Don't worry about the amount of RAM a laptop has. RAM is usually the easiest thing to upgrade in a laptop and it is also not every expensive.

 

[starscream27]

give this one a look

https/www.amazon.com/G751JY-VS71-WX-17-Inch-GeForce-Version/dp/B01DT4A2K6/ref=dp_ob_title_ce