Need a good gaming laptop

[DerpySnake]

Currently I am looking for laptops, a GTX 1050 based system to be exact, but I'm not sure what to get, I was thinking building my own or getting a laptop and putting one in, but I'm not sure, if anyone has any recommendations I'd certainly appreciate it, but remember, I'd prefer building my own or adding a gpu to a laptop without one.

 

[KirbysHammer]

Currently I am looking for laptops, a GTX 1050 based system to be exact, but I'm not sure what to get, I was thinking building my own or getting a laptop and putting one in, but I'm not sure, if anyone has any recommendations I'd certainly appreciate it, but remember, I'd prefer building my own or adding a gpu to a laptop without one.

1. You can't build a laptop

2. You can't upgrade 99% of laptops, especially not if there is no dedicated card to begin with.

What's your budget and other specs you want?

 

[jaguarskx]

You can't build your own laptop... not anymore. The DIY laptop market died back in 2007 or 2008. There was an extremely limited market where you could pick a laptop chassis and one or at most two different motherboards that would fit in a specific chassis. One motherboard would have had integrated GPU or a dedicate GPU chip soldered into the motherboard. The other motherboard (if a 2nd version existed for a specific chassis) would have a MXM interface to insert a MXM format GPU; think of it as a mini graphics board you would plug into a mini PCIe port.

As far as I am aware nVidia has not released any GTX 1050 GPUs in MXM format. There is a MXM format (version 3.1) GTX 1050 Ti card, but based on a comment in a different IT forum, the selling price was quoted at $450. Then you need a laptop with a compatible MXM port to stick the GTX 1050 Ti into. The problem is if the laptop has a MXM port, it is going to be sold with a GPU already installed... sometimes soldered in depending on brand, make and model of the laptop.

 

[DerpySnake]

My budget would be around £900 at most, cheaper would be better though.

Note: GBP not USD.

 

[KirbysHammer]

How does this look?

https/www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-Leopard-079UK-Gaming-Laptop/dp/B01N1YANAG/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1503250271&sr=1-1