I've been looking into getting a gaming laptop for a long time. I have a desktop it's great, but my job has a bunch of downtime and my IPad and apps are starting to bore me. I had an Alienware laptop way back before dell bought them but it was an overheating nightmare. So I've never got a new one.
I started looking at 15" laptops at the biggest and honestly want to stay at 15" at max, my problem is every time I watch reviews of serious gaming laptops in that range they all heat up so much I'm worried I'll get six months out of it and it will be fried. The 17" ones seem ok on heat, but the pure size of them is just crazy. So is it possible to get a 15" high end gaming laptop that won't overheat and can still game well?
Price point, going $3k to $3500 isn't fun but I expected I'd have to and for sure if I went with the 17" so I can live with that as crazy as that sounds it's worth it to me. Specs I've kind of had in mind is a 970m gpu if not 980m (most 15" don't have the 980m I've found, for overheating reasons I'm guessing). Honestly 1080 is fine, to me 4K is just waisted on a laptop. I'd rather the matte screen also to avoid glare. Sound isn't a huge issue to me neither is having an optical drive. SSD for sure, I've been spoiled by my desktop having it. 16 gig of ram preferred, but could go eight. i7 processor preferred also. So am I asking for something that doesn't exist in a 15"?
Are my options the ASUS Rog 752 or the MSI gt72 mainly? Are "boutique" brands like FalconNW or others an option? It's really tough to find any in depth review from them. Origin seems ok, but overheating is a problem with them like other 15" models/brands. Sorry so long, just trying to give all the information to avoid any responses not knowing what I'm looking for specifically.
Any help, opinions or direction would be greatly appreciated.
I started looking at 15" laptops at the biggest and honestly want to stay at 15" at max, my problem is every time I watch reviews of serious gaming laptops in that range they all heat up so much I'm worried I'll get six months out of it and it will be fried. The 17" ones seem ok on heat, but the pure size of them is just crazy. So is it possible to get a 15" high end gaming laptop that won't overheat and can still game well?
Price point, going $3k to $3500 isn't fun but I expected I'd have to and for sure if I went with the 17" so I can live with that as crazy as that sounds it's worth it to me. Specs I've kind of had in mind is a 970m gpu if not 980m (most 15" don't have the 980m I've found, for overheating reasons I'm guessing). Honestly 1080 is fine, to me 4K is just waisted on a laptop. I'd rather the matte screen also to avoid glare. Sound isn't a huge issue to me neither is having an optical drive. SSD for sure, I've been spoiled by my desktop having it. 16 gig of ram preferred, but could go eight. i7 processor preferred also. So am I asking for something that doesn't exist in a 15"?
Are my options the ASUS Rog 752 or the MSI gt72 mainly? Are "boutique" brands like FalconNW or others an option? It's really tough to find any in depth review from them. Origin seems ok, but overheating is a problem with them like other 15" models/brands. Sorry so long, just trying to give all the information to avoid any responses not knowing what I'm looking for specifically.
Any help, opinions or direction would be greatly appreciated.