Programming and gaming

[broidk]

Going to university next year and need my self a laptop for around $1500 little over little under whatever. It needs at least an i7 w/ 16gb ram and I do like bigger screens. Also I need to keep it light for portability. I would like to have an ssd + hdd if possible. Also if possible, don't know exactly how it works, but I think I am just going to take my monitor, mouse & keyboard to just hook up to the laptop and would need to ports to do that b/c I have a full tower PC and the thing is huge -_- I would like to keep it as new as possible as in 7th gen i7/ 10 series gpu (1060 at the lowest) if possible.
I'd like it look like an aesthetically pleasing chassis(Not like uber gamery like alienware) again if possible, like I really like the look of some asus computers.

Side question, wondering if the ssd is to small, 128gb or 256gb if getting something like the samsung portable ssd T3 would be fast enough just hooked up to like I guess a thunderbolt 3 port? for programming like getting files open and moving things around whatever it may be.

 

[Supahos]

https/m.newegg.com/products/N82E16834233181

If you can go $1599 this is a hell of a rig my nephew just got for the exact same purpose

 

[joex444]

If you're going to university then you're old and smart enough to use Newegg's Power Search:

https/www.newegg.com/Product/PowerSearch.aspx?SubCategory=32&N=100006740&IsNodeId=1

 

[Herc08]

You are asking a lot for $1,500. Gaming laptops are not made to be cheap, especially if you want an Kaby Lake processor with a 15 to 17-inch screen. I would recommend doing some research on gaming laptops with a GTX 1060.

But this just $80 over your budget. https/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16834234297

Taht T3 is probably overkill. With just a normal SSD, it should still eb snappy. It has the ROG logo, but at this price, I believe it's a steal. It probably will get hot much, so be mindful of cooling.

 

[Supahos]

I'd pay $19 for another 250gb of SSD and an ips display

 

[cryoburner]

I'd pay $19 for another 250gb of SSD and an ips display

That Gigabyte one has a bigger battery too. 75Wh as opposed to 62Wh on the Asus. Plus there's a DVD burner, which could potentially be useful on occasion. The DVD drive can be swapped out as well, in case you want to add an additional storage drive at some point.

The Asus screen supports G-Sync, but I believe it's only a 60Hz panel, making that of limited usefulness. It's also a bit lighter, though not much so.

 

[broidk]

Yeah I know it's a lot to ask but I have been looking and seen some things around 1500-1700 with wht I want, I just wanted some second opinions and to see if there were any options tht I might've missed

 

[Herc08]

Yeah I know it's a lot to ask but I have been looking and seen some things around 1500-1700 with wht I want, I just wanted some second opinions and to see if there were any options tht I might've missed

That's pretty much the best price range to be in if you want the GTX 1070. But most gaming laptops are not going to designed like a regular laptop, because these are specialty laptops, so companies like to throw a twist on them.