Hi ALL Pro,


I looking for slim gaming laptop.

Processor : prefer 5th Gen , 4th Gen can consider but least preferred
Display : Non-4K , Only FHD 1080p
Ram: at least GTX960M
Weight : <2.4KG
Size : Slim
Budget : <RM6500
Game most played: DOTA2, CSGO, Heartstone which i think less RPG.


i'm targeting
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Asus G501
G501JW-CN139H
Intel® Core™ i7-4720HQ Processor, 2.6 GHz (6M Cache, up to 3.6 GHz) / 4GB On Board + DRAM DDR3 4G / SATA 1TB 5400RPM + SATA3 128G M.2 SSD / 15.6 FHD 1920x1080 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX960M GDDR5 2GB / Windows 8.1
*copy from Razer.KEN thread

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MSI GS60-2QD Ghost Pro Series(Black/Red/Silver)

-[color=red]Intel Core I7-4720HQ (2.6Ghz to 3.6Ghz, 6MB Cache)
-Windows 8.1Single Language 64Bit
-15'6" FHD (1920x1080) LED Backlit IPS Panel
-Nvidia GTX965M 2GB DDR5
-16GB DDR3(L) RAM (MAX 16GB)
-1 TB HDD (7200RPM)
-Killer Double Shot E2200 WLAN (Wifi+Lan)
-Bluetooth 4.0
-Martix Display Supported
-2 Years Warranty with 1st Years International
*copy from JackyYang

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Another option GE62QD

What are the Pros/Cons of these 2 models ?
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Many Many thanks.

This post has been edited by IazHes: Jun 22 2015, 09:21 PM

R u prepared to play in full air con room? Slim gaming laptop sure hot 1... even new Alienware..

N u need a super good laptop cooling fan (aroUnd RM200)... must use aluminum 1..

Let me be blunt here.. gtx 960m u can really say its a gaming card.. tats medium performance card.. for laptop gaming better get x70m above... u hv budget.. dun go for bullshit spec

new gtx9XX wont as hot as previous gtxXXX version right?
and somemore why i prefer 5th Gen processor, it uses less power, and much cooling than 4th Gen.
i wonder should i wait till Oct for 6th Gen processor... ?
and i'm not really on high graphic intense gaming. :-(

The hot not from GPU... but single fan sux... double heat pipe n single fan... hot hot...

No urgent ma wait lo

As for your 5th gen run cooler than 4th is true only when you take tdp in account. It gives you the idea of the heat produce. Afaik, the 5th gen you are referring would be the u model that perform less than 4th gen hq\mq model.

I think is practically same because both are Maxwell where 900m series is slightly overclocked...

Unless they are GTX 980m vs GTX 970m versus GTX 880m and GTX 870m: the 800 series use kepler and 900 series use Maxwell...

Spec-wise almost same... so it's the battle of preffered brand, after-sale services and design..

If you're not into High Demanding Game, there is no need to spend so much on a laptop (RM6.5k).
Just get anything with gtx960m + 4720HQ + 8gb ram will do. There is currently NO gaming laptop which comes with 5th gen processor (currently only U series have 5th gen, intel skip it for quad core series as they're releasing skylake soon)
No matter how good the air ventilation is, you will still feel hot/warm area when under load, it is unavoidable. Just make sure you DON'T FALL FOR ADVERTISEMENT TRAP. A lot of salesman advertise their "unique" features of their laptop, but it is available to other laptop as well, just with different name.
With that healthy budget, you can consider go for 512gb or 1tb SSD if you can find it.

P.S: IMHO, either gtx970m or gtx960m, don't go for gtx965m.. the price is not worth it

If I just want to play games like the sims 4 and mostly ps2/gamecube games on.my laptop what laptop should I buy? I also want thin/light laptops, is ultrabook okay to play games like that? Since I think buying a gaming notebook for light games like that is probably not worth it
My budget is +-4k

Xps should be OK.. Intel 5500 GC not bad

But the cheapest xps that I can find is 4.6k mann😢😢😱

Did I pm u? Lol... I forget whom I pmed

Lelz what pm? Is it about Illegear ?

I don't think ultrabook will be suitable if you're going to game on it.. especially sim 4 cause that game involves lots of 3D graphic.. I not sure Intel Iris Pro is suitable to play it or not.. maybe will face throttle problem.. What I can sure is you mostly can't play on highest settings, probably on low-med settings..

Those slim gaming laptop cost quite a lot, at least for those decent one like Razer, Aurox, HP Omen, Asus G501 etc etc.. you can try Dell Inspiron 7447 if you can overlook the thickness

as knowing, MSI already got 5th Gen model for gaming. u may look for more details about MSI GE62 2QL with 5th gen Intel i7-5700, Nvidia GTX950 Graphic Card, 15.6" screen size, keyboard by steel series, true color technology, come with a lot of gaming features like xsplit, steel series engine, killer lan and etc.. it is a new in market and nice body design.

^It's worth to note that the GTX 950m used is GDDR5 version which is slightly slower than maxwell's GTX 860m...

I can also suggest Illegear S5. Full alluminium body, dual fan dual pipe cooling, I am using one now, so far only one game manage to let me see a temperature above 75C, but that's cos the game is not optimized yet. Was playing games like Metro 2033 full HD max setting minus SSAA, getting ~50-60fps most the time. spec also similar to what you have listed

FHD IPS display
4th gen i7( cant recall specific model )
16GB ram
128GB SSD + 1TB 7200RPM HDD
Killer wifi
970M

back then when I bought it was without GST, and i got free 128GB ssd promo, so price is slightly below 6k. So far, didnt really have any complain about it.

also, dont get too tied up with 5th gen processors. IIRC performance wise it didnt improve too much. Power consumption and also temperature wise as I recall did improve, but not really by a big margin also

cleavo based laptop cooling not bad one la, I game at non air con room also didnt get too hot wad. also, 960M is decent, mid-high range card. It can still run a lot of early 2015 games with high/ultra mixed setting without AA, SSBO turned on, so i'd say it's decent. 970M and 980M consider high end liao, and price jump is a bit high IMO

This post has been edited by BBXiong: Jun 29 2015, 03:20 PM

If you want smaller laptop, you can consider the Gigabyte P34W v3.
It is quite thin and light at 1.71kg only.

Ideal for working & gaming laptop.
Loving it so much.

I prefer MSI GS60 with the Red one. Looks really sexy. as i know they got different edition series. and its really good looking, powerful and very light easy to carry then. I just figure out they got the new edition now. @@.

AORUS

This post has been edited by DeJaV00: Jul 6 2015, 05:16 AM

Sorry to hijack the thread abit ts

But miong.. what is ur opinion for asus g551jm ? Is the cooling good enough to play lets say fifa 15 or so? I would like to try to maximise the lifespan of my laptop.. im just a casual gamer i guess i love to try new games but not excited enough to splurge on the full gaming laptop.

This post has been edited by PeinEVO: Jul 6 2015, 10:40 AM