Recommended me a laptop?

Vikings

It's been 8 years since I built my last computer with an i5-2500k processor and these days the desktop just gathers dust in a corner for a variety of reasons.

So I'm looking to replace it altogether with a laptop. I've a budget of around €1200 - willing to spend less or more for the right equipment.

It'll be a jack of all trades machine with some light photo and video editing (think family/hobby stuff) and probably spend most of it's time as a gaming machine. I won't be buying titles as they are released rather chasing a backlog of games but I'd like that to be where it performs best.

Would like an SSD boot drive and 1tb storage ideally as this will need to be a bit of a workhorse to include transferring lots of photos to a soon to be bought NAS.

Where I'm lacking in current knowledge is the variety of processors and graphics choices and which represents the best value.

https://www.box.co.uk/4UM36EAABU-HP-OMEN-15-dc1001na_2501400.html

This is what I have had my eye on, or something along these lines at least.

Should I go for an i7 machine to try give more future lifespan? 8gb of ram can always be upgraded later if needed so going 16 now isn't a must.

I'm also not set on a 15.6 and 17" is an option. Battery life not hugely important as it will be used near power more than not.

Some other machines I've looked at are the Dell range G3/G5.

Any other obvious suggestions, is there something out there that represents insane value right now? Looking to buy in the next week or so

Thanks!

the specs are decent on that.

having the i5 is not a huge deal but according to this it could hold the graphics card back a bit

https://pc-builds.com/calculator/Core_i5-8300H/GeForce_RTX_2060/0Qu137lu/


another option is to go for the i7 (6-core over 4) and 1660ti option which is not much more

the 2060 gives 12% more fps than the 1660ti in games tests

ray tracing is not really a huge deal imo (but will be in the coming years)

Vikings

https://www.box.co.uk/6RR67EABOX-HP-OMEN-15-dc1024na-16GB_2696779.html

Do you know off top of your head would it be handy enough to add a 1tb hd to this a few months down the line? (The key features and specifications seem to differ on what's actually included 265/1tb or just 512)

If that's the case I'd gladly pay the bit extra for this one - the free mouse and headset would be a nice bonus too

with a 15 inch gaming laptop it's usually 100% that there is room for a 2.5 inch drive (HDD or sata ssd)

see here for that model - can add hdd 2.5 inch

https://www.laptopmain.com/hp-omen-15-dc-disassembly/

the ssd you get in it will be on a m.2 stick, leaving the 2.5 inch free