Need urgent advice.!!!

vectra

My son is in Washington for a day and is looking at buying one of these for gaming while on his travels.
What are your thoughts on these?
Are they as good as claimed?
Is there better out there for similar money?

I think he would prefer 4k display.
And thanks for looking in.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/alienware-17-3-laptop-intel-core-i7-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1070-1tb-hard-drive-128gb-solid-state-drive-silver/5623233.p?skuId=5623233

mordeith

Seems crazy spending that much on a heavy laptop if it's going to be lugged around while traveling?

vectra

mordeith wrote: »

Seems crazy spending that much on a heavy laptop if it's going to be lugged around while traveling?

Not a particularly helpful answer.
Butvto clarify his job takes him to the USA very frequently and that is what he wants it for.

The_Valeyard

It's overpriced, most alienware are.

But,

They are built for gaming and will be suitable for most games, Just not as maximum graphics.

vectra

The_Valeyard wrote: »

It's overpriced, most alienware are.

But,

They are built for gaming and will be suitable for most games, Just not as maximum graphics.

Is there anything similar forvless money you could recommend?

The_Valeyard

vectra wrote: »

Is there anything similar forvless money you could recommend?

Other than Razor, Origin, or Acer Predator you are looking at custom build.

But Alienware does have a good reputation.

vectra

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Other than Razor, Origin, or Acer Predator you are looking at custom build.

But Alienware does have a good reputation.

Yes.
I am think he is going to go for that one.

Thanks

TerrorFirmer

Why buy it over there, though? You could get the same spec for the same price here in the EU, assuming he spends more time in Ireland than he does in the US.

PC Specialist are a good place to look, or also Overclockers UK have a good range of MSI, Asus, etc gaming laptops. Alienware are expensive for the brand name.

vectra

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Why buy it over there, though? You could get the same spec for the same price here in the EU, assuming he spends more time in Ireland than he does in the US.

PC Specialist are a good place to look, or also Overclockers UK have a good range of MSI, Asus, etc gaming laptops. Alienware are expensive for the brand name.

He spends a lot of time in the states and found it cheaper over there than Here.
Good pont about overclockers.
Forgot about them.
Thanks

Alanstrainor

So the graphics card on this is not quite as good as the Alienware, but it is cheaper and also smaller. But I would expect it to be able to handle most games on pretty high settings. Plus that 512GB SSD is a plus. Worth considering.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/razer-blade-14-laptop-intel-core-i7-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-256gb-solid-state-drive-black/5657057.p?skuId=5657057

mordeith

vectra wrote: »

Not a particularly helpful answer.
Butvto clarify his job takes him to the USA very frequently and that is what he wants it for.

Always good to clarify matters