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Originally Posted by Ironhorse
Need some advice on gaming laptops.
My son's 18th birthday is coming up, and we're looking to help him (subsidize) buy a laptop that he can use for games as well as school work. Primarily plays steam FPS games. Anythings specific I should look for, brands that are good, etc?
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Since laptops are notoriously difficult to upgrade (or impossible), I would recommend buying a pretty good one so it actually lasts. You can buy some cheaper ones to save money now, but you'll end up being unhappy with it much quicker.
I bought my wife an MSI laptop a couple years ago and made sure it had a GTX1070 and a newer generation i7 processor. I got it on sale for about $2000 but if it does good at running the games she plays as long as her last laptop (8 years), then it's a great buy even if it felt super expensive when we bought it. I read lots about iffy build quality but we've had no problems with it that way.