Replacing old laptop

burstfyre20

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Ok, so I've had my laptop for four years now and its been good to me those four years but its time to retire it. The speakers are dying, the headphone and microphone ports don't work, the hdmi port cuts out, the usb ports stop and start working randomly and the right corner hinge is utterly destroyed. Considering that I had bought it as a floor model from frys, I'm surprised I got this much use out of it. Mechanically, its still good but my Nvidia Shield K1 replaces it as my school machine for note taking n' such. Now, I'm looking for a new mobile gaming computer, preferably staying under $1000. I found a few options that fit what I'm looking for, I just need some additional advice/opinions before I can make a decision. This also isn't happening until the Spring so odds are that prices may lower and I can get something better than the machines I have my eye on right now. Currently, I'm thinking that the Sager is the best option since it does have the strongest GPU among the 4 and it does have a i7. Considering that laptops have little room for expansion, my gut says go with the one with the best core components because you can always add bigger drives or more ram.

Option 1: HP Pavilion 15-bc020nr- $779.99
Intel i5 6300HQ
12GB DDR4-2133 Ram
Nvida Geforce GTX 960M 4GB
15.6" 1080p Display

Option 2: DELL Inspiron i7559-5012GRY- $827.99
Intel i7 6700HQ
8GB DDR3L Ram
Nvida Geforce GTX 960M 4GB
15.6" 4K Display

Option 3: SUMMER TRACER 15 MK- $811 (Configured with no HDD/No OS)
Intel i7 7700HQ
8GB DDR4-2133 Ram
Nvida Geforce GTX 1050Ti 4GB
15.6" 1080p Display

Option 4: SAGER NP7850- $925.38 (Configured with no HDD)
Intel i7 7700HQ
8GB DDR4-2400 Ram
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1060 6GB
15.6" 1080p Display

As a Comparison, here's my current Laptop.
Asus K55A
Intel i5 3230m (Doesn't have the i7 listed in the specs cause technically its the R500A-RS52 model)
8GB DDR3-1600Mhz Ram (Upgraded from the original 6GB)
Intel HD 4000
15.6" 720p Display
It also has a 240GB Mushkin Chronos SSD and a 2TB Samsung Spinpoint M9T 5400RPM HDD for storage and a Intel 7260 dual band wireless adapter. I plan on transferring those components to the new laptop, aside from the wireless adapter if the one the new laptop has is better.
 

burstfyre20

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It does, the license is tied to my microsoft account so I can just install windows 10 on the new machine and sign in with my account. If it didn't, I can get a free license through my school's information technology department dreamspark.