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Sometime this year or maybe even early next year, I will need to get a new laptop. Right now I have a desktop that I use for gaming and most other things, and I have a laptop that I use basically just when I need to use a laptop (and rarely otherwise). I don't like this redundancy since when I travel or go home I can't play PC games (or to be more precise I cannot play any games that won't run on a GT55m)

Thus I am looking for a gaming laptop. I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations. Here are some of things I am looking for

- A price hopefully south of $1600
- i7 quad core
- GTX 1060 or higher
- Thunderbolt 3 - I am looking for Razer Core compatibility
- Monitor something in the 15 inch range



 
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How would the Asus ROG Strix GL502 (https://goo.gl/vgPnzQ) look to you? It is one of the stand out laptops under $1600.

It is equipped with:
CPU: i7 6700HQ (Certainly not a desktop CPU, but still a good performer)
GPU: GTX980M 4GB GDDR5 (still good card - the equivalent of a lower end GTX 970)
RAM: 16 GB DDR4
Storage: 1 TB HDD + SSD

A few of the more promising ones cost a little bit over the $1600 but are far better (in your case):

The Razer Blade: https://goo.gl/pbmv6O
CPU: i7 (not specified on Amazon shopping page although it can probably be found easily)
GPU: GTX 1060-1080 (Depending on configuration - to stay close to your price point, then it would be the 1060)
RAM: DDR4 16 GB...
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How would the Asus ROG Strix GL502 (https://goo.gl/vgPnzQ) look to you? It is one of the stand out laptops under $1600.

It is equipped with:
CPU: i7 6700HQ (Certainly not a desktop CPU, but still a good performer)
GPU: GTX980M 4GB GDDR5 (still good card - the equivalent of a lower end GTX 970)
RAM: 16 GB DDR4
Storage: 1 TB HDD + SSD

A few of the more promising ones cost a little bit over the $1600 but are far better (in your case):

The Razer Blade: https://goo.gl/pbmv6O
CPU: i7 (not specified on Amazon shopping page although it can probably be found easily)
GPU: GTX 1060-1080 (Depending on configuration - to stay close to your price point, then it would be the 1060)
RAM: DDR4 16 GB 2133 MHz
Storage: 1TB HDD

Alienware AW13R3-7420SLV-PUS: https://goo.gl/zc9ZND
CPU: i7 Kaby Lake (not specified)
GPU: GTX 1060 (VRAM not specified)
RAM: DDR4 16GB (speed not specified)
Storage: 512 GB SSD

Aero 14Wv7-OG4: https://goo.gl/VpSurS
CPU: i7-7700HQ (good processor)
GPU: GTX 1060 (6GB)
RAM: DDR4 16GB (speed not specified)
Storage: 512GB M.2 SATA SSD

Of course, I found this list which is generally somewhat helpful: http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/laptops/best-gaming-laptops-top-5-gaming-notebooks-reviewed-1258471

Tell me what you think of it!
 
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The 980M is something I would pass on. It is approaching three years old. I looked at the 1060 and 1070 models, which look good but don't have Thunderbolt.
 
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I would go for a Asus laptop (one of those that has the back vents) with a 1070 and 17 inch screen.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G4R63778 (this if you can afford the extra cash, the cooling is key in laptops).
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834234297 (this if your budget cant move).

Here is how I see it:
For 1080p 1070 is perfect, for 4K it kinda works (a GTX 1080 wont do 4K much better).
A 1060 will do 1080p fine, wont do 4K well.

I would never go smaller than 15.6 for a gaming laptop (in fact, not smaller than 17 if I can avoid it). The issue here is heat dissipation. The smaller the laptop, the harder the cooling.

This is especially true to the CPUs, and as the laptop gets older, this becomes an even more problematic situation.
Unfortunately only the more expensive one has thunderbolt.
 
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17 is too big for me, and I need Thunderbolt 3. When a 1060/1070 is no good, I will be able to buy a (hopefully cheaper by then) Razer Core and GPU.
 
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