Advice needed - looking for a gaming laptop

I would recommend first looking in the mybb classifieds section, the user Flashgear usually sells brand new or few month old demo laptops at half price or more.

Some being monster gaming laptops at a steal.
 
FlexSA said:
Why do you specifically want a laptop.
I used to have a beast of a MSI Gaming laptop, but it is not practical for gaming.
Usually the keyboards are terrible, power need to be plugged in any way, screens are mostly too small and they are expensive.
For the same price you can get a desktop pc that is so much better.
I understand if people get a laptop for business that can play some casual games every now and again.
But a 100% gaming laptop is a waste imo
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Depends on situation.

Get a nice gaming laptop and it could potentially replace the need for a tablet, work PC and media station as well. Which can be factored into comparative costs and space.

I used to have a nice MSI Gaming Laptop also. I then moved back to desktop. I regretted it a little. Don't get me wrong the desktop is awesome, and fast!, but it just isn't the same :( The laptop gave me so much more freedom and for its time handled most of what I threw at it - only later games like ARK took a toll on performance.
 
@ OP I can't vouch for pricing but Evetech have some options...

https://www.evetech.co.za/asus-gaming-laptops.aspx

Shipping to CT is between R99 - R299 I think.

Otherwise that one posted earlier with the i7 CPU looks good too.

Pity these don't come with SSD's. I'd have thought by now that is standard :confused: Surely that would significantly reduce battery consumption (The biggest problem with gaming laptops) and damage potential??? Maybe not.
 
Dell Vostro 5568

Processor: 7th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U Processor (4M Cache, up to 3.5 GHz)
Display: 15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) Anti-Glare LED-Backlit Display
Memory: 8GB, 2400MHz, DDR4
Hard Drive: 1TB 5400 rpm SATA Hard Drive
Optical Drive: N/A
AC adaptor: 65 Watt AC Adaptor,
Battery: 42 WHr, 3-Cell Battery (integrated)
Graphics: NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) 940MX 4GB GDDR5
Wireless: 802.11ac + Bluetooth, Dual Band 2.4&5 GHz
Keyboard: Internal US International Qwerty Keyboard
Mobile Broadband: N/A,
Operating System: Windows 10 Professional (64Bit) English

3 Year Onsite Warranty

R 12 999 excl
 
MightyQuin said:
Dell Vostro 5568

Processor: 7th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U Processor (4M Cache, up to 3.5 GHz)
Display: 15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) Anti-Glare LED-Backlit Display
Memory: 8GB, 2400MHz, DDR4
Hard Drive: 1TB 5400 rpm SATA Hard Drive
Optical Drive: N/A
AC adaptor: 65 Watt AC Adaptor,
Battery: 42 WHr, 3-Cell Battery (integrated)
Graphics: NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) 940MX 4GB GDDR5
Wireless: 802.11ac + Bluetooth, Dual Band 2.4&5 GHz
Keyboard: Internal US International Qwerty Keyboard
Mobile Broadband: N/A,
Operating System: Windows 10 Professional (64Bit) English

3 Year Onsite Warranty

R 12 999 excl
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Why are you highlighting that? 1080p for a laptop is fine, though the graphics card is terrible.
You're also missing a link.

That Gigabyte laptop linked by Zoidberg looks like a pretty good deal.

EDIT: The 900m series are mostly a lot better than the 800m series, with the 1000's series in laptops. The entry level GTX 1050 is the replacement for the GTX 950 and yet has slightly better performance than the previous mid-range GTX 965. The GTX 1060 mid-range is better than the previous GTX 980M (top of laptop graphics).

If you can, get the 1000's series over the 900M's, the 900M's have been rendered mostly obsolete.
 
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Don't by MSI and if you do don't buy it from wootware been waiting for mine now for over a month for a simple Warrenty repair (replace the broken fan) just one story after the next.
 
Thor187 said:
Don't by MSI and if you do don't buy it from wootware been waiting for mine now for over a month for a simple Warrenty repair (replace the broken fan) just one story after the next.
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Most of our brands go through PartServe, only Dell has different support.
What do you mean and if you don't buy it from wootware? Thanks to them it took only a week for my repair as they nagged PartServe for me, when I went there for my screen repair out of warranty it took two months.
 
Thor187 said:
Don't buy MSI and if you do, don't buy it from wootware. I've been waiting for mine now for over a month, for a simple warranty repair. (replace the broken fan) It's just been one story after the next.
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Johnatan56 said:
Most of our brands go through PartServe, only Dell has different support.
What do you mean and if you don't buy it from wootware? Thanks to them it took only a week for my repair as they nagged PartServe for me, when I went there for my screen repair out of warranty it took two months.
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Punctuation and complete sentences increase legibility.
 
DMNknight said:
Punctuation and complete sentences increase legibility.
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Well I disagree. It's not wootwares fault that it has to go through PartServe and you'll have the same problem with any retailer as it's the rules of the brand's warranty claim.

Wootware is awesome with their service, it's PartServe that sucks.
 
Johnatan56 said:
Well I disagree. It's not wootwares fault that it has to go through PartServe and you'll have the same problem with any retailer as it's the rules of the brand's warranty claim.

Wootware is awesome with their service, it's PartServe that sucks.
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Did I buy it from partserve?
 
Just My 2c on MSI.

I've had my GE72 (970m) for over a year now and as far as gaming goes, it's a great machine. The SSD is fast and the 1TB hard drive is great for backing up all the crap I take along with me on my ventures into remote places.

Now for the issues (there are always issues).

The trackpad is crap. I will boot up and can work all day with no issues but as soon as I pick up the laptop whilst it still is on, the trackpad goes haywire. I cannot move the pointer as it will jump around or zoom the screen in. The only way to resolve this is to reboot the machine.

Secondly, some keys have had their black 'paint' peel off (Note which ones in the attached picture :D).

Lastly, the keyboard feels a little 'plasticky' to me.

Other than that, I have played a host of games using medium to high settings (GTA5, Enhanced editions of The Witcher, Skyrim, Fallout 4, WoW and a bunch of others) and the only game that gave me an issue was Archeage (which I think is just poorly optimised).

All in all I'm quite happy with the machine (except for the issues). I've lugged this laptop to various destinations outside of SA with no issues despite it's size.
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Jase said:
Just My 2c on MSI.

I've had my GE72 (970m) for over a year now and as far as gaming goes, it's a great machine. The SSD is fast and the 1TB hard drive is great for backing up all the crap I take along with me on my ventures into remote places.

Now for the issues (there are always issues).

The trackpad is crap. I will boot up and can work all day with no issues but as soon as I pick up the laptop whilst it still is on, the trackpad goes haywire. I cannot move the pointer as it will jump around or zoom the screen in. The only way to resolve this is to reboot the machine.

Secondly, some keys have had their black 'paint' peel off (Note which ones in the attached picture :D).

Lastly, the keyboard feels a little 'plasticky' to me.

Other than that, I have played a host of games using medium to high settings (GTA5, Enhanced editions of The Witcher, Skyrim, Fallout 4, WoW and a bunch of others) and the only game that gave me an issue was Archeage (which I think is just poorly optimised).

All in all I'm quite happy with the machine (except for the issues). I've lugged this laptop to various destinations outside of SA with no issues despite it's size.
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Don't you ever turn right? :D
 
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