Looking for a gaming laptop

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Jan 11, 2017
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1. What is your budget?
Flexible cap at $2,000, absolute cap at $2200.

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
I don't really have a preference, but I have a good monitor so an HDMI port would be nice.

3. What screen resolution do you want?
1920x1080. I don't need anything more than that.

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

5. How much battery life do you need?
Two to three minutes. I plan on having it plugged in at all times when under any load.

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)?
I'm looking for have little trouble getting 60fps on medium for.. say, Witcher 3. I also enjoy Cities Skylines, but I can keep that on low-medium settings.

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Nothing really. Maybe

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
Ideally have the OS on an SSD with at least 128GB and an HDD with at least 1TB.

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Amazon or NewEgg, but I'll trust the judgement of those who know better than I.

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
Until the sun burns out.

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
I don't use one. I can get an external one if needed.

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.
Preferably one with reasonably good customer service, but I'll trust the judgement of those who know better than I.

13. What country do you live in?
United States

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I've built gaming desktops before, so I can handle a bit of techno-babble. I don't enjoy the stress of handling a naked motherboards and such though, so I'm dialing it back to a laptop that can handle at least low settings on new games for the next three years.

I've had my eyes on the MSI GT72S Dominator and the ASUS ROG Strix, but
 
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17.3" FHD 120Hz Wideview Screen
Intel® Kabylake i7-7700HQ
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 [8GB]
16GB RAM
256GB M.2 SSD + 1TB HDD
Microsoft Windows 10 Home - 64-Bit
Priice: $1,793.53

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17.3" FHD 120Hz Matte Screen w/G-Sync
Intel® Kabylake i7-7700HQ
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 [8GB]
16GB DDR4 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory
512GB M.2 SSD + 1TB HDD
Microsoft Windows 10 Home - 64-Bit
Price: $1,939.03

Both have GTX1070 which is an great GPU and should give you amazing gaming perf in both modern and upcoming titles

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1070-Laptop.169549.0.html
Hello, please check out the following:
http://www.xoticpc.com/msi-ge72mvr-apache-pro-001.html

17.3" FHD 120Hz Wideview Screen
Intel® Kabylake i7-7700HQ
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 [8GB]
16GB RAM
256GB M.2 SSD + 1TB HDD
Microsoft Windows 10 Home - 64-Bit
Priice: $1,793.53

http://www.xoticpc.com/asus-gl702vs-ds74.html

17.3" FHD 120Hz Matte Screen w/G-Sync
Intel® Kabylake i7-7700HQ
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 [8GB]
16GB DDR4 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory
512GB M.2 SSD + 1TB HDD
Microsoft Windows 10 Home - 64-Bit
Price: $1,939.03

Both have GTX1070 which is an great GPU and should give you amazing gaming perf in both modern and upcoming titles

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1070-Laptop.169549.0.html
 
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