How I rate gaming laptops
Build quality and cooling first. Display and input devices second. QC and reliability are part of consideration

That's why I didn't put servicing/aftersales as a requirement/part of the rating in this list. There are many factors that could affect your buying choice (eg aftersales), this list is just a guideline/whitelist

G5 has poor thermals

Alpha 15 is using a TDP up low power APU and AMD GPU (which isn't that power+thermal efficient for laptops and might have driver issues, in fact until now there are still driver/software related issues in this model even though some of them are solved). Build quality is so so

As long as the thermals are at least decent and exterior build quality is at least OK, I'll put them into the list regardless of brands/ODMs

Note that this list hasn't been updated for quite a long time (waiting for new models)

What about the new Lenovo 5i and 7i? Read that it's going to launch in Malaysia by end of month.

I just checked their website, and found out that their customize options are not provide the 144hz screen option, weird.

Ya I just found that the only model that provide 144hz screen in customization are LEGION Y740-15IRHG.

I am still waiting for Lenovo and Acer new laptop. The Asus laptop I remember I had saw review on not so good cooling so I will skip that laptop.

Edit: I saw review from here: https://www.ultrabookreview.com/37011-asus-...rus-g15-review/

need to get good discounts

there are optional 300 nits high sRGB 60Hz and 144Hz options, my old Y530 have 144Hz high sRGB option even with 1050Ti

Well Acer Triton 300 retailed just at RM3699 (can get lower in Lazada), come with 144hz, 72%NTSC and 300nits. I wonder if its a good display. Don't have a opportunity to view in real life.

The rest of the spec is i5-9300H, GTX1650, 4GB Ram, 512GB SSD.

Cons: Thermal is not that good.

Hi Sir,

Can you advice me out of this 4 laptops? Currently I am looking for a gaming laptop for traveling around and do some photos/video editing. Prefer something light and can cope with some games such as PUBG, CSGO, Assassin Creed and etc. My budget is around 3.5k-4.5k and i found below laptop is at my budget range at the moment.
Lenovo Legion 5 15(Ryzen)

Lenovo Legion 5 15 (Intel Core I5)

Lenovo Legion 5 17 (Intel Core I5)

Forge 15R

I got a few questions here and I wish that you could enlighten me.

1) Is AMD Ryzen processor better than Intel? Eg the Lenovo Legion 5 15 that comes with Ryzen 5 4600h or the Forge 15R Ryzen 3 3300X.
2) Is 144hz screen really worth it? I read some review and found that graphic card such as 1650 is not able to run 144hz effectively.
3) If you have any better choices / recommendation, please feel free to suggest?

Thanks in advanced!