Looking for a gaming laptop

[soucchi]

Please recommend me a gaming laptop with a budget of 3k!
Looking for:
Screen: at least 15.6'' FHD, IPS level with at least 120Hz
CPU: i7 processor
GPU: GTX 1050 Ti or GTX 1060( preferred)
Good thermal!!

Will Razor Blade 15 be a good idea?

 

[Intrinion]

Aftershock W series with a 144hz display.

 

[cKm]

Thermal and Razer don't exactly go hand in hand.

Anyway with that budget you can go for aftershock or the acer predator helios 500. Personally using the acer one as it has very good thermals.

 

[johnsonchia]

I'm a happy user of an Acer Nitro 5. Try Youtubing it. It's not bad. I got the i7-8750H version. Then upgraded the RAM from 8GB to 16GB, HDD to SATA SSD. Runs smoooooooooth as hell. And costs $1400. Could have been cheaper if you don't mind HDD.

 

[Extremme]

Can share where you got it from?

I believe your specs is good enough for basic video editing also right

I'm a happy user of an Acer Nitro 5. Try Youtubing it. It's not bad. I got the i7-8750H version. Then upgraded the RAM from 8GB to 16GB, HDD to SATA SSD. Runs smoooooooooth as hell. And costs $1400. Could have been cheaper if you don't mind HDD.

 

[HolyInnocents]

I'm a happy user of an Acer Nitro 5. Try Youtubing it. It's not bad. I got the i7-8750H version. Then upgraded the RAM from 8GB to 16GB, HDD to SATA SSD. Runs smoooooooooth as hell. And costs $1400. Could have been cheaper if you don't mind HDD.

is there much difference between i5 and i7 variants for 8th gen intel?

i got myself lenovo y530, i5-8300H with 8gb ram / 128gb ssd for $900. upgraded to 16gb ram and added a 500gb storage, pretty satisfied with the performance now considering that it's below 1k

 

[Jazzbie]

is there much difference between i5 and i7 variants for 8th gen intel?

i got myself lenovo y530, i5-8300H with 8gb ram / 128gb ssd for $900. upgraded to 16gb ram and added a 500gb storage, pretty satisfied with the performance now considering that it's below 1k

Is there a dedicated graphic card for this price?

 

[johnsonchia]

Can share where you got it from?

I believe your specs is good enough for basic video editing also right

Lazada during the 12.12 sale. Saved an extra $250 from the sale. Would have been $1.65k without it.

And yes, I actually use my laptop for video editing more than gaming. Lolol.

 

[Extremme]

Good deal man!!

Lazada during the 12.12 sale. Saved an extra $250 from the sale. Would have been $1.65k without it.

And yes, I actually use my laptop for video editing more than gaming. Lolol.

 

[Intrinion]

For i5 variants, you have quad cores (finally) 8 threads

For i7 variants, you have hexa core with 12 threads. (1 core = 2 threads )

is there much difference between i5 and i7 variants for 8th gen intel?

i got myself lenovo y530, i5-8300H with 8gb ram / 128gb ssd for $900. upgraded to 16gb ram and added a 500gb storage, pretty satisfied with the performance now considering that it's below 1k

 

[HolyInnocents]

Is there a dedicated graphic card for this price?

yes it came with gtx1050 2gb by default, can be upgraded to better ones as well

 

[Nymphomania]

3k I rather you go for 7th gen CPU w GTX 1070 better

 

[Jazzbie]

yes it came with gtx1050 2gb by default, can be upgraded to better ones as well

Was it a special promo? Good price. I see Lenevo website is already like $1200 for 8gb ram and no second hdd.

 

[Extremme]

I'm a happy user of an Acer Nitro 5. Try Youtubing it. It's not bad. I got the i7-8750H version. Then upgraded the RAM from 8GB to 16GB, HDD to SATA SSD. Runs smoooooooooth as hell. And costs $1400. Could have been cheaper if you don't mind HDD.

is this your specs? how long will the battery last?

Acer Aspire Nitro 5 AN515-52-741U Gaming Laptop - 8th Generation Processor with GTX 1050 Graphics

8th Gen Processor Intel® Core™ i7-8750H Processor (Up to 4.1GHz, 9MB cache)
Windows 10 Home
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 (4GB GDDR5 VRAM)
15.6" Full HD IPS LED-backlit TFT LCD
16GB DDR4 RAM
256GB PCIe NVMe SSD + 1TB HDD
SDTM / SDXCTM card reader (accepts cards up to 128 GB capacity)
Input & Output: 1 x USB Type-C, 1 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0, 1 x HDMI 2.0, 1 x 3.5 mm headphone/speaker jack, 1 x Ethernet (RJ-45) port
Additional Info: Backlit KB
2.7KG
2 Years Carry-In Local Singapore Warranty



What's in the box:

1 x Acer Aspire Nitro 5 AN515-52-741U Gaming Laptop

1 x 3 Years McAfee Internet Security

1 x Acer Backpack

 

[HolyInnocents]

Was it a special promo? Good price. I see Lenevo website is already like $1200 for 8gb ram and no second hdd.

student discount 15% and ShopBack 6%

mine has no second hdd also. I got the basic specs with 8gb ram and 128gb ssd, but I upgraded to 16gb ram myself with 500gb hdd as second drive

 

[johnsonchia]

is this your specs? how long will the battery last?

Acer Aspire Nitro 5 AN515-52-741U Gaming Laptop - 8th Generation Processor with GTX 1050 Graphics

8th Gen Processor Intel® Core™ i7-8750H Processor (Up to 4.1GHz, 9MB cache)
Windows 10 Home
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 (4GB GDDR5 VRAM)
15.6" Full HD IPS LED-backlit TFT LCD
16GB DDR4 RAM
256GB PCIe NVMe SSD + 1TB HDD
SDTM / SDXCTM card reader (accepts cards up to 128 GB capacity)
Input & Output: 1 x USB Type-C, 1 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0, 1 x HDMI 2.0, 1 x 3.5 mm headphone/speaker jack, 1 x Ethernet (RJ-45) port
Additional Info: Backlit KB
2.7KG
2 Years Carry-In Local Singapore Warranty



What's in the box:

1 x Acer Aspire Nitro 5 AN515-52-741U Gaming Laptop

1 x 3 Years McAfee Internet Security

1 x Acer Backpack

Everything as written except I have a 500GB SATA SSD (bought separately and installed myself).

Works great. Highly recommended.