know nothing about gaming laptops, could use suggestions

Hisashi705

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as the title states, i don't know much about laptops compared to desktops(and i'm still new to that field), so any help or suggestions in picking out a new laptop would be great.


1. What is your budget?
$1100 at most

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
anywhere from 15 to 17"

3. What screen resolution do you want?
1920x1080

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
portable as this will be my travelling computer

5. How much battery life do you need?
5-7 hours

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)?
yes, though mostly lower end games like minecraft and rocket league, though some more intensive games may be played every once in a while, stuff like the civ series

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
mostly just document work, web browsing and media playing

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
500gb to 1tb

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
n/a

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
5ish years

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
any, don't remember the last time i put a disc into a comp

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.
not too picky, as long as the specific comp has good reviews and the company has good customer service then i'm fine

13. What country do you live in?
the us

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
i am kinda sick of integrated graphics so i would prefer to have a dedicated gpu. also, this will mostly be a secondary computer used for work purposes and to bring to buddies houses to play games as my full tower desktop isn't very portable. thanks in advance.