Im thinking of this Z5 for my next laptop but im concerned about the hinge some reviewers are talking about (but they seem biased to me). My current Asus laptop already has hinge issues and i dont need another one which will give me similar issues in the future.

Well im from penang so... XD
You mean the hinge has been changed to aluminium since then? Because there is only 1 model that goes by the Z5 name and customers customize the specs to their liking.

I thought of waiting for the arrival of core i7 6x00 series (skylake) but it might get even more expensive if there is such an option.

I saw the new Asus ROG machines (with that ridiculous water cooler which i wont need but still looks pretty damn cool), but at prices of USD$1500 and our current exchange rates, no, not happening. So im looking at Illegear now.
Im just a casual gamer to be honest, i dont push the game to max graphics and i even turn off V-sync, in favor of consistent frame rate and most importantly less heat production. I need the performance of a gaming laptop mainly for multitasking and editing huge raw photos from my DSLR as a photographer.

Great. GPU i'll probably stick to the 960M 4GB DDR5, but i want to push the RAM to 16GB. I need a gaming spec laptop mainly for multitasking and editing RAW photos from DSLR cams (hence i will need to add in the screen color calibration). Gaming-wise im just a casual gamer, i dont push graphical settings to maximum in favor of lower heat production.

This post has been edited by EXkurogane: Sep 9 2015, 10:39 PM

My past experience, two Dells with burnt motherboards. Heck, i very scared to push graphical limits even though my laptop may be able to handle it, even if i know brands like Illegear and Asus perform better in the aspect of heat ventilation. Rather play safe unless im in aircond room. My campus hostel does not have aircond, laptops get hot very fast on a warm day.