Gaming Laptop Recommendations
 

Please share your top gaming laptop picks

I'm giving my best friend a gaming laptop but I'm stumped

Alienware Area 51 is my work laptop but it is designed to play games. It uses desktop processors and video cards in a laptop. Heavy but very fast.

I need recommendation too, need to be available in following stores: alza.cz datart.cz and need to be good enough to play diablo IV and civilization VI

I just bought a MSI GL75 LEOPARD 10SER-269NL instead of an ASus ROG 17 inch i had the last years. Both are good, each t with some issues.

Had problems to find laptops in August, many where sold out.

This: https://www.alza.cz/msi-gp63?dq=6091679&o=1 ?

Yes, you must at the specs, some little dfferences. There was a very small flat series MSI has. But i was afraid the flat one might break on my travels.

I have this MSI, but must still start working on it. No power problems here so i can keep working on my Asus Rog. The Asus has a famous battery won't recharge problem.
Changed batteries, software, but solved nothing. Therefor i went for MSI this time.

Thanks for the recommendations

I am in all of the Alienware groups on Facebook. I've been using Alienware PCs for the past ten year if only because it's "slightly" more exciting than your standard PC. I had a few Alienware laptops but never for gaming. Everyone with the Alienware laptops complains about heating issues.... Everyone.

Thought about alienware (and almost bought) but ended up with an asus rog zephyrus duo 15 GX550LXS-XS96. Also heavy and fast!

Didn't like that one cause the connection to the screen. Would make the laptop wider and not fit in my bag.

This is the MSI flat one that i wanted, but to fragile for me. Very light 17 inch

MSI GS75 Stealth

https://www.notebookcheck.org/filead...c5fe548cb2.jpg
https://www.msi.com/Laptop/GS75-Stealth-10SX

Just got my MSI out of my bag. Much better than my Asus Rog the screen, 144 Mhz. I buy every 2 years a new one. Always gaming laptop, but never for playing games.

RTX videocard, 244 mhz, 17 inch are things to look for.

Just look at the Dave2d / Dave Lee channel on YouTube, he has good videos covering gaming laptops, including a best of 2020.

That MSI stealth looks pretty sweet. Might check one out on the next go around

MSI GS75 Stealth looks pretty nice. Powerful and compact at the same time.
Heavy model I liked - MSI GT76 Titan. Rtx2080, 9900k, 240ghz. Check it out :thumbsup

Just Out - But be quick - Promo pricing or something...

Bought last year a Lenovo Legion 5 15IMH05 for ~ 850 €

Good performance and battery runtime.

Seems to be same price as brands in CS post.

Buy them a cheap, but nice laptop and throw in full stack online classes and point them here.

Alienware is looking like it....

Any counter-recommendations?

Not overly happy with my Alien. They did not put enough fans and it overheats easy. Have to shut off some of the processors to run an mp4 video.

heating issues are a problem with most gaming laptops. I burned out two gaming laptops in about 18 months before I wised up and got a budget gaming desktop (faster than most gaming laptops) + low-power budget laptop.

How durable is it?

You are right, nothing will beat a desktop for gaming.

i9 + 3090 + 64 GB + NVMe Disk

Either Noctua or Dark Rock are excellent, in case you don't want water "scary" cooling.

Make sure you get a 244Hz screen. Most people aim for 250 FPS in games but then use a 60Hz or 144Hz Monitor, which makes absolutely no sense.