Advice on a gaming laptop

[TeaLeaf]

Wow, now you tell me.... Argg...

Sowwy :blush::sad:

When you get yours, just assess the chassis flex.  If it does flex, then *always* open it or pick it up with very even pressure and never pick it up from one side only.  Hopefully that will minimise the flex.  With luck the 17" chassis is a bit more rigid than the 15.6" ones, so you might not have the same problem that my two had.

The ability to upgrade your laptop via PCS is nice, but if you need to constantly repair it then that is pointless.   The other thing is that actually you can do a lot of the upgrades yourself, so why is there any need to do it via PCS?   For example, I could swap out a screen on the 15.6" laptop by undoing 4 screws and wasting less than 2 minutes.

[albert]

I just bought a second hand MSI, probably at the market value, â,¬1000. It's a GT60 20D, GTX 780M 4GB, 128SSD/1TB HDD, i7 4700MQ. http://www.msi.com/product/notebook/GT60_2OD.html#hero-specification

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Msi-Gaming-laptop-GT60-2pc-gtx-870m-1TB-240GB-SSD-I7-4810mq-3800-MHz-8GB-RAM-/172071449311?hash=item281041f2df:g:gkIAAOSwa-dWoTEa - this is similar but newer with a 870M GFX.

So far, I'm finding it very quick. Mine is 12GB of RAM.

Good value and a decent brand name for under a grand. Forget it new though, least twice the price. Also fully up gradable GPU..

[Toxteth]

To balance GM's comments about ASUS, I bought a £700 ASUS 17" and it has been going to LANs with me almost 4 years and been gaming at 1080p quite happily.  It's now showing it's age, but the N55SF has performed brilliantly for the money.

I've had the N55SF for the last 4 years and it has been excellent, but showing signs of age now.

Looking to replace with a sub £1k laptop before the May LAN. How do we feel about the ASUS ROG series?

[sulky_uk]

still have the N55SF, but it sits on the shelf now and has done for 2 months, its the wifes and is now an emergency backup for the msi gt72 i bought her a few months ago, and for laos27's i5 minecraft laptop (when it dies),  it (the n55)  is really quick still at everything apart from new games, and is a great music player/internet/ games older than 2013 player

but this was the replacement and it is painfully fast

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/173-msi-gt72s-6qe-dominator-pro-g-laptop-26ghz-core-i7-6700hq-16gb-1tb-hddplus128gb-ssd-4gb-nvidia-g

though yours looks good as well