Mid range gaming laptop

[Pullaggro]

1) What is your budget?
£700-£849

2) What size notebook would you prefer?
15" - 16" screen

3) Purchasing from the UK

4) No preference on brands, I simply do not wish to purchase a chunky odd-looking alienware type laptop.

5)Laptop must be new, not refurbished.

6) Purchasing new laptop as I would like to try new graphic intensive pc games such as GTA V etc. at medium-high settings

7) Will you be taking the notebook with you to different places, leaving it on your desk or both?
Both, weekdays will be stationary but travel on weekends.

9) How many hours of battery life do you need?
Does not matter as I only ever use my laptop at a desk so will have access to charger at all times.

11) What OS do you prefer? Windows (Windows 7 / 8), Mac OS, Linux, etc.
Prefer Windows 7, but unlikely to be able to get a good laptop with it, so I am not too bothered.

12) Are the notebook's looks and stylishness important to you?
Not really, I prefer something plain more than anything.

13) When are you buying this laptop?
Within a few weeks

14) How long do you want this laptop to last?
At least 3 years

15) How much hard drive space do you need? Do you want a SSD drive?
At least the standard 512gb



I have found these following laptops but they seem all so similair to me, I cannot understand the differences. Obviously I am open to other suggestions.

http/www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/N550JK-CM604H-ASUS-N550JK-CM604H_1742567.html
http/www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/9S7-175912-472-MSI-GE70-2PC(Apache)-472UK_1698823.html
http/www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/P35G-V2-CF5--Gigabyte-P35G-V2-CF5_1660284.html
http/www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/NX.MQLEK.002-Acer-Aspire-V-Nitro-VN7-591G-Black-Editi_1728639.html

I also found this other website where you custom build your own laptop
http/www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/optimusVI-15/

If I take the default settings but add a 16GB DDR3 Ram it comes upto £834 with a GTX 960m graphics card which looks very promising.
Could also upgrade the processor to an i7 which jumps the price to £917, slightly over budget but would be willing if the processor upgrade makes a big difference.


Thanks a lot.

 

[hang-the-9]

The i7 CPU will help with some games, although if you can get a faster video card instead it will be better.
At the range where you run into medium and higher level video cards, the laptop will have a CPU to match it, I'd look into a system with the fastest video card and a solid state hard drive if possible.

From the brands you have, ASUS and MSI would be the top two.

 

[Tchota]

http/www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/P35G-V2-CF5--Gigabyte-P35G-V2-CF5_1660284.html

This one have faster GPU with more vram, and maybe a better battery

http/www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-860M.107794.0.html
http/www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-850M.107795.0.html

 

[Pullaggro]

Thanks for the comments but would the pc specialist, optimus VI not be the best option given its graphics card and 2.9ghz processor? (for the i5) Again I know very little about laptops but thats what i'm assuming.

 

[Tchota]

Sorry, I forgoth about the pc specialist laptop. Is the graphic card is better, the higher clock might be useful when gaming. But I dont know what is the quality of some of the components, like the screen, the power supply, the battery, etc

http/www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/proteusII-15/ with gtx 970 is also a good option, inside your budget

http/www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-970M.126694.0.html
http/www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-960M.138006.0.html

 

[Pullaggro]

Oh yes how did I overlook that. Surely the proteus 2 that you linked is by FAR the best option because of the GTX 970M? I could upgrade to an 8gb ram aswell.

 

[Tchota]

That store have a very good record: https/uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.pcspecialist.co.uk

So its ok for you to buy a laptop there.

GL 😉

 

[Pullaggro]

Thanks very much for your comments, think im gonna go with your recommendation on the proteus 2