Is this actually a good gaming laptop?

surfer949

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Saw this Dell Inspirion on Costco.com I am reading right at the specs is it good for gaming? Or should I stick to a dekstop?

Dell Costco laptop

Processor & Memory:
Intel® Core i7-7700HQ Processor 2.8GHz
16GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM

Drives:
1TB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive + 128GB Solid State Drive
No Optical Drive

Operating System:

Microsoft® Windows 10 Home (64-bit)

Graphics & Video:
15.6" IPS Anti-Glare LED-Backlit FHD (1920 x 1080) Display
6GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 Graphics

Communications:
Integrated Widescreen HD Webcam with Dual Digital Microphone Array
Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC (2x2 AC) + Bluetooth® 4.2
10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 Connector)
 
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Its solid won't get much better in mobile platform, still you will never get laptop as strong as desktop (i7 mobile is ~i5 desktop) or people who keep laptop on their "lap" will end up with boiled eggs :)

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Thanks I'll stick to a desktop then.
 

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Gaming laptops used to have 7200rpm HD's, weird that they are 5400RPM these days. It also sucks that the SSD is only 128GB(that will fill up quickly, even if you are installing games to the normal HD).

The Sager laptop I have though just came w/ 1 1TB 7200RPM drive. I replaced that with the 2TB FireCuda and installed a 250GB Samung 960 Evo(this laptop has 2 M.2 slots & 1 2.5" slot)