Gaming laptop (w/ Laptop Buyers FAQ)

Sunny K

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1. What is your budget?
A: Between GBP £750 - £850, inc all taxes/VAT

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
A: 13.3" - 17.3". Must be light - no more than 6lbs

3. What screen resolution do you want?
A: At least 1920 x 1080. Higher is nice but not needed.

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
A: Both? I won’t have a desktop and I’ll need to carry it around.

5. How much battery life do you need?
A: Not sure, but I’ll use it for college.

6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
A: Definitely. The main reason that I’m replacing my current laptop is that although it doesn't run games on even medium settings. The games that I want to be able to play (and can remember right now) are GTA 5, Assassins Creed Unity, Tomb Raider, Far Cry 3/4, The Sims 3 and The Witcher 3.

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
A: some photo editing / rarely video editing

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
A: I would like it to have at least a 128GB SSD. HDD would also be nice but I have a portable 2tb drive and I can put everything on there. Ideally, it would have a 1 TB HDD 7200 rpm and 128GB SSD.

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
A: None

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
A: At least 4 years.

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
A: None needed nice to have one

12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
A: I like MSI, and have no problems with any others except HP. I don’t like HP very much because I had one with overheating problems (still willing to give it a try though).

13. What country do you live in?
A: I’ll be living in UK but I can buy from US or Canada too and have it delivered to my friends there, who can bring it with them when they come to visit soon.

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
A: I really want a laptop with a GTX 970M or 960M, but I will settle with a lower one if I have to. I would like at least 12GB ram and 16GB is best but I will settle for 8GB to stay within budget.