Best Budget Gaming Laptops
Looking for a gaming laptop within a 1000 bucks range?
Here are the things you may want to consider:
- Power/Performance - An important aspect to consider while picking your computer, you will need the best in market CPU if you wish to gain maximum power and experience hassle free gaming. Starting from i5 7300HQ to mighty i7 7700HQ are leaders in the market.
- Portability - Comparing with traditional laptops gaming laptops often come heavy with several candidates contribute to its weight. Factors such as heavy batteries, chargers, SSD + HDD combo, screen size etc.
- Screen - Full HD screen is the best for gaming, if you wish to go for 4K, most games are still on HD/Full HD and you may need to change settings back to play those.
- Battery life - Heavy gaming drains battery, you will need a good battery / power source to continue without uninterrupted while you are lost on gaming.. :)
- Storage - Games nowadays eat up lot of storage, with heavy sizes you will need a good storage.
Few of the laptop options available in the market are :
Inspiron 7000 from Dell
Specifications
Processor: i7 7700HQGraphics: GTX 1060 with 4GB(MaxQ)
RAM: 16GB
Storage: 128GB(Upto 1TB) + 1TB HDD
Price : 1300$
Pros:
Rock solid build with metal body
Doesn't generate lot of heat even on intensive operations
Easy access to internal components and thus the upgrade
Cons:
Heavy, upto 2.8kg and more with 4K screen
Screen with lower nit score for display/contrast
Lenovo Legion (Y520)
Specifications
Processor: i5 7th Gen 7300HQ (2.50 GHz)Graphics: GTX 1050 Ti with 4GB
RAM: 16GB
Storage: 128GB + 1TB HDD
Price Range: 800-1000$
Pros:
Better audio with Harman - Dolby Premium
Red black lit keyboard
Cons:
Not with a superior build quality
HP Omen
Specifications
Processor: i7 7700HQ or AMD Radeon
Graphics: GTX 1060 or 1050
RAM: 8-16GB
Storage: 128GB(Upto 1TB) + 1TB HDD
Price Range: 800$ and above
Pros:
Sleak design
Cons:
Low battery life, terrible with 4K!
Asus ROG STRIX
Specifications
Processor: i7 7700HQGraphics: GTX 1050
RAM: 16GB
Storage: 1TB SSHD - Hybrid drive -6 times faster than traditional hard disc
Price Range: 1000-1200$
Pros:
Slim and light weight
Lighting keyboard
Cheaper when compared to its competitors with similar spec
Cons:
Not a good audio
Battery not long lasting