Please Help Compare b/w 2 custom Laptop builds

[Superman73]

Greetings all, I would like to receive your input on my deciding b/w 2 custom laptops. Usage is gaming, business, etc. - I am mostly interested in hearing thoughts on performance, build quality, reliability etc. Thanks!

SYSTEM 1 - MSI PowerPro R 5:8-970 (MSI GT60)

15.6 Full HD (1920 x 1080) screen
GeForce GTX 970M
Intel I7 4910MQ w/ 8mb L3 cache
32 gb Kingston Hyper ram
500gb SSD boot drive
1tb 7200rpm HD
6x Blu ray write/read
Intel AC 7260 wireless
Windows 7 Pro
No dead pixel guarantee

TOTAL - $2,516

SYSTEM 2 - SAGER 8268-S (CLEVO P150SM-a)

15.6 Full HD (1920 x 1080) screen
GeForce GTX 980
Intel i7-4910
16 gb Kingston hyper ram
500gb ssd boot drive
1tb 7200 hd
6x blue ray write/read
intel wireless 7260
30 day dead pixel guarantee
ic diamond thermal compound CPu+GPU

TOTAL $2,472 (could make it 32gb ram for $2,656).

Thoughts?

 

[DonkeyOatie]

I'm assuming those are not US dollar prices. In the last iteration, Sager had better noise and thermal handling than MSI and had I not built my own desktop, I would have bought a Sager very similar you yours, but with a 17" screen.

EDIT: Needs to read better

 

[velo3100]

I would go with the second one as the gpu is better.

 

[Superman73]

yes this is in US dollars.

 

[Superman73]

I figure it is always easy enough to add more RAM to the Sager system down the line, no? Is 32gb RAM necessary with the current crop of games, software etc.?

 

[velo3100]

No. 16 will be sufficient enough for all the games that is currently out.

I figure it is always easy enough to add more RAM to the Sager system down the line, no? Is 32gb RAM necessary with the current crop of games, software etc.?

 

[DonkeyOatie]

I'm not sure you will get the benefit of the HyperX (or it is worth that much) Go with base and upgrade yourself. A single 1Tb SSD might do.