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Portable Gaming Laptops?

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Commendable
Aug 9, 2016
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Hey, i need a portable gaming laptop, available in Australia. Please 13-14". Im going to be using it for school in a Multimedia and IST class, Graphic Design and for gaming. Nothing over $2000 AUD. Preferably something light and thin. I was looking at the Alienware 13 and i thought it was decent, unfortunately the Aorus laptops are close to impossible to find here.
 
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I usually go Gigabyte or MSI, look at the prices over at scorptec, you should be able to find something that fits, including Aorus... (though I wouldn't consider a sub-$2000 aorus today) and usually ready to pick up immediately. one warning though - if you are thinking "Gaming" as in latest action games on high+ settings, then you may want to look at the Pascal (i.e...


I usually go Gigabyte or MSI, look at the prices over at scorptec, you should be able to find something that fits, including Aorus... (though I wouldn't consider a sub-$2000 aorus today) and usually ready to pick up immediately. one warning though - if you are thinking "Gaming" as in latest action games on high+ settings, then you may want to look at the Pascal (i.e. 1060, 1070, 1080) generation nvidia cards as they have a ridiculous increase over the previous generation, but that would take you over 2k.
 
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MSI GS43VR. 14" 1080p screen, GTX 1060, and only weighs 3.75 lbs. I've played around with them at microcenter and am just waiting for a sale to pounce on one. They're nice.