Which is the best Gaming Laptop?

[jeffery30162]

I have a price range of about $1,500 and have a few questions.

I am in search of a laptop that can be used for gaming and school

I have came between these:

Lenovo y50 UHD ($1,369 with student discount)
>4k Multi-Touch Screen
>GTX 960m 4GB
>512gb SSD
>Great Sound System
>16gb DDR3
>Red Backlit keyboard
>Great Battery Life

EUROCOM M5 Pro ($1414.8 with student discount)
>1080 IPS NON-Touch
>GTX 970m
>500GB 7200RPM HHD
>8gb DDR3
>White Backlit keyboard
>Decent Battery Life

EUROCOM M5 Pro ($1,332.9 with student discount)
>4k NON-Touch
>GTX 965m 2GB
>500GB 7200RPM HHD
>8GB DDR3
>White Backlit keyboard
>Decent Battery Life

EUROCOM M5 Pro ($1,467 with student discount)
>1080 IPS NON-Touch
>GTX 980m 4GB
>500GB 7200RPM HHD
>8GB DDR3
>White Backlit keyboard
>Decent Battery Life

EUROCOM M5 Pro ($1,631 with student discount)
>4k NON-TOUCH
>GTX 980m 4GB
>500GB 7200RPM HHD
>8GB DDR3
>White Backlit keyboard
>Decent Battery Life

ASUS ROG G501JW-DS71($1,259 with student discount)
>4k Non-Touch Screen
>GTX 960m 4GB
>512GB SSD
>16GB DDR3
>Red Backlit keyboard
>Comes with gaming headset and mouse

MSI GS Series GS60 Ghost Pro 4K-605($1520 with student discount)
>4k NON-Touch screen
>GTX 970m 6GB
>1TB HHD
>128GB SSD
>Full color Backlit keyboard

GIGABYTE P35XV3-CF2($1530 with student discount)
>1080 Non-Touch
>GTX 980m 8GB
>1TB HHD
>128GB SSD
>8GB DDR3




I am not to concerned with the cpus in these laptops because they either have an i7 4720HQ or an i7 5700HQ


I have never heard of the EUROCOM brand but it seems to be great on prices and ok on quality but i still don't know.

If the lenovo offered anything higher than the 960 then this post your reading would not exist.

I really like the lenovo but Im alittle iffy on the 960 for gaming, obviously I would be gaming at 1080 but Is there a way of overclocking?

I would rather go with a 4k display for movies,videos and casual games

Does playing at 1080 on a 4k display look worse than on a 1080 display?

These are the questions I need answered to make the final decision

I would really want a touch screen laptop, but id rather have more gaming capabilities because I need a laptop that can play planetside 2 / Star citizen / ARK survival evolved and other demanding games like that.

 

[Calnin]

As far as I'm aware, not many laptops have an overclocking feature. Most laptop hardware are locked. You'd have to look at some even higher priced stuff for overclockable stuff.

I would suggest that gigabyte at the bottom or the m5 pro with the 980m if we're strictly speaking hardware priceerformance. There's no reason for a 4k screen even if it's for movies and what not. 1080p is still pretty nice on a laptop. As for battery life, most gpus are pretty good about how the power is managed if i'm not mistaken. If it isn't just optimize the settings for that.

Focus on the necessities first in my opinion. If you're planning on this laptop to be your main system, then definitely worry about hardware over resolution in my opinion. Most laptops are 17.3" at most and comparing the 17.3" to a 21.5" 1080p side by side, you'll probably see some difference between the laptop. Theoretically the ppi is a lot more dense with the smaller screens anyways. 4k would be a waste on a laptop in my opinion. At least right now. People would probably argue otherwise. But I personally don't think it's that worth of an upgrade.

 

[velo3100]

I would go with the gigabytye at the bottom. This has the best gpu and the best storage. I personally would not go with 4k on windows due to the scaling issues. Plus then the is the battery life which tends to take the hit on 4k.

 

[HaJwAlH]

I would go with the gigabytye at the bottom. This has the best gpu and the best storage. I personally would not go with 4k on windows due to the scaling issues. Plus then the is the battery life which tends to take the hit on 4k.

agree, the gigabyte is the best in this list.