Best gaming laptop for $2,000?

jad594

Salutations,

Anyone know a great laptop for gaming that sits in the $2,000 range and available in Lebanon? I'm willing to budge up to reach $2200. The idea is that I'm always on the go, so I'll take it along with me wherever I go and when I'm home I'll just buy a screen monitor and connect it via HDMI to the screen.

vlatkozelka

What games do you play? Or do you play a little of everything?

jad594

I like to get into PUBG, BattleField 1, Fortnite, League of Legends, CS GO, and Overwatch. Maybe I'll use it for streaming as well if I end up moving out of the country.

Johnaudi

For 1600$-1700$ I got an HP-Omen 17 with 4K display and a GTX 1070, it probably for even cheaper now. If you’re interested, PM me.

vlatkozelka

All the games you mentioned except PUBG and bf1 run at like 300 fps on a 1050ti

And a that would still give you decent fps in bf1 and PUBG (no ultra settings ofc)

So you can look for a laptop with a 1050 ~ 1060. There's a lot of those

Or ofc you can consider Johnaudi's offer, it's not bad at all. Except that a 1070 can't really drive a 4k display in a lot of games, but should do fine in the games you mentioned. And playing at 1080p or 1440p on a 4k display will look horrible if I'm not wrong

jad594

@JohnAudi - Inboxed You

@vlatkozelka - Can you recommend some places where I can search for laptops with the 1050 ~ 1060 within my price range?

AVOlio

jad594 wroteSalutations,

Anyone know a great laptop for gaming that sits in the $2,000 range and available in Lebanon? I'm willing to budge up to reach $2200. The idea is that I'm always on the go, so I'll take it along with me wherever I go and when I'm home I'll just buy a screen monitor and connect it via HDMI to the screen.

You can check this one, this just showed up in my feed.
Alienware 15R3

MrClass

If you're willing to wait till mid March, I'll be able to get you one from Dubai. For 2200$ you'll easily get an MSI or Asus laptop with either 4K UHD display or a 120Hz display. Of course comes with Intel i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM, 256GB NVME ssd + 1TB HDD or 512GB NVME SSD, and a GTX1070 8GB.

mohammadk97

If you're not in such a hurry, the Volta series (2000s) is just around the corner.

dio

I've had experience with several gaming laptops, I recommend you find one with 1080p not 4k. For one, it's a much better experience in terms of FPS, it's easier on the graphics card, and you don't need to swap resolutions every time you want to play a game. 4k screens tend to also use more battery from my experience. I'd recommend a high end laptop with a native resolution of 1920:1080.

Many people take price over build quality, honestly, build quality to me is the most important factor when it comes to laptops. I'm not an Apple guy, but I have to to admit, their build quality is impeccable, which means your keyboard doesnt' bend, your screen doesn't wobble, your laptop will last. Only two brands have come close to this.

1- Dell XPS 15
2- Razer Blade (I've had 3 of these)

jad594

@AVOlio - Thank you very much I will take that into consideration.

@MrClass - Thank you! I have close family residing there and they will be coming soon so I will stay on the lookout for Dubai retailers with offers, great idea.

@Mohammadk97 - Interesting. If I end up holding on for a while, I will think of that.

@dio - Ok 1080p well noted; will take those two laptops into consideration.

thanks guys
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Lenovo Legion Y720 Gaming Laptop - Intel Core i7-7700HQ, 15.6 Inch FHD, 1TB + 256GB, 16GB, 6GB VGA, Eng-Arb-KB, Windows 10, Black, GTX 1060

Price: 1,650 USD.

Thoughts?

dio

jad594 wrote@AVOlio - Thank you very much I will take that into consideration.

@MrClass - Thank you! I have close family residing there and they will be coming soon so I will stay on the lookout for Dubai retailers with offers, great idea.

@Mohammadk97 - Interesting. If I end up holding on for a while, I will think of that.

@dio - Ok 1080p well noted; will take those two laptops into consideration.

thanks guys
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Lenovo Legion Y720 Gaming Laptop - Intel Core i7-7700HQ, 15.6 Inch FHD, 1TB + 256GB, 16GB, 6GB VGA, Eng-Arb-KB, Windows 10, Black, GTX 1060

Price: 1,650 USD.

Thoughts?

It's a good laptop, but again, I stress on build quality. I recommend going to youtube and watching every review you can, namely ones that focus on screen wobble, flexible keyboard bend, screen bend, longevity, build material (plastic or aluminum?), and so on.

jad594

For sure I will now Youtube from now on, actually canceled it off my list because of the build quality as you mentioned it doesn't seem ideal after watching a tech recview

Jerome

I've seen the Legion, and you should too before buying it. You might want to pay 200$ more for something sturdier and better built, like those MSI and ASUS laptops. (Apple laptops do not have high build quality btw).

There is no perfect gaming laptop. You will have to chose one and accept its flaws.

Edit: Use https://www.notebookcheck.net/ to find what you need.

dio

Jerome wroteI've seen the Legion, and you should too before buying it. You might want to pay 200$ more for something sturdier and better built, like those MSI and ASUS laptops. (Apple laptops do not have high build quality btw).

There is no perfect gaming laptop. You will have to chose one and accept its flaws.

Edit: Use https://www.notebookcheck.net/ to find what you need.

I'd have to disagree, they have great build quality. Some of the best in fact.

jad594

I think I found what I want, a bit pricey but within range: Asus ROG STRIX GL502V

Processor Speed (GHz) : 2.5 GHz & more
Model Number : GL502V
Processor Type : Core i7 (7th Generation)
USB : USB 2.0 & 3.0 & 3.1
Brand : Asus
Laptop Family : Laptop
Video Controller Manufacturer : NVIDIA GTX 1070
Graphics Card Capacity : 8 GB
Memory Card Reader : Yes
Keyboard Languages : English
Touch screen : No
Usage : Gaming
Memory Technology : DDR4
Screen Size Range : 15 - 15.9 Inch
Display Size (Inch) : 15.6 Inch
Optical Drive Type : Without Optical Drive
Number of Processor Core : Quad Core
RAM Size : 16 GB
Operating System Type : Windows
Processor Family : Intel 7th Generation Core i7

Any insights I should be aware of before I purchase?

chassis

what is the price of this laptop ?

MrClass

Yes 1 concern I noticed when I saw this in Virgin Megastore. The keyboard key positioning and gap is weird. I don't know why Asus did this. Needs sometime to get used it. Personally I didn't feel comfortable typing on it. Even gaming would be a nuisance.

I recommend another Asus laptop or go with MSI or Alienware.

mmk92

I owned the previous generation version of this laptop GL502VM. It’s great but I’d have to agree that the keyboard has very short travel and uncomfortable to type on over a long period of time. I don’t have any other complaints about it though.

jad594

Thank you for your feedback. I'll try to find one here first and get my hands on it before I purchase. It's at $1,960 at the moment.