Just a advice, buy a laptop for gaming if you really need the probability because a custom built pc is cheaper and performs way better than a laptop.
Yeah, for example, pistol bought A gaming laptop and has only Samp installed
Pistol is doing 3d animation and modelling projects which require portability and powerful system.
A 'gaming' laptop isn't just for gaming, if it has powerful specs then it is also used for media creation and modelling.
Does he really, really need the portability? I thought I did and got a gaming laptop. They are in no way cheap, particularly since they have little to no upgrade potential (which saves money in the long run). They have much less powerful parts that might look good compared to other laptops, but in reality they are constrained by the inherent heating issues created by cramming shit into a small space. They aren't even that portable, since they are fucking heavy.
I sold my gaming laptop after a myriad of heating issues and low-quality parts breaking. I could only really use a fraction of the performance it had on paper. Games would run great until the GPU hit 63°C, then the GPU would be throttled to keep the temperatures low. I had bought several extended warranties (~$400), so I sold the warranty replacement I managed to squeeze out of Alienware for $1375, then I spent that plus another $400 on a nice desktop build. I have a GTX 980, 16GB RAM, a 5820K, 4.5TB of storage, no heat issues, a nice keyboard, a nice mouse, a nice monitor, etc.
Most parts come with their own warranties that are far more generous than the bullshit you get from Dell/Alienware/MSI/etc. My power supply has a ten-year warranty, for example. My GPU has a three-year warranty. I've only had one thing go wrong with my entire computer in the three years I've had it- the Micron SSD I cheaped out on (Samsung is better) bricked itself because it had a firmware issue. It cost me shipping and a few days to get it fixed.
On top of that, you don't need to keep buying a new one like you would with a laptop because the graphics cards are far more powerful, so you get more life out of them, and when games start outpacing the card, you just get a new one and keep the other parts. Way cheaper. You run out of space? You don't have to buy a new drive that can (hopefully) hold all your shit. Just throw in another that you bought for nothing! Need more RAM? Just throw in another 16GB stick without getting rid of the old one for 32GB.
I'd reevaluate whether you really need a portable "powerful" laptop. I realized that I never needed much power unless I was at home, so there was no point in me having a "portable" gaming laptop when I could instead have a desktop that would blow my laptop away in terms of reliability, cost, and performance. I now I have a truly powerful desktop, and an okay-but-reliable laptop for travel (Lenovo T460s with an LG 2560x1440 screen I installed for a total of $800- truly portable, reliable, and cheap for something I expect to last me 5+ years). I won't lie- occasionally I wish I had a more powerful laptop in certain situations. However, 50% of those times, I can still bring my desktop, and another 40% I can just wait until I get home. The remaining 10% isn't a big deal when you realize how much better the setup is overall than having just a gaming laptop than only works as expected 10% of the time.
PCPartPicker.com is pretty helpful.
Here's a sample build. I don't know what your budget is, but remember that you can skimp on some parts to upgrade later when they become cheaper. I just used an older monitor and an ancient keyboard I had lying around when I built mine. I've since upgraded the keyboard, and I'm going to upgrade to a 4K display when they get cheaper. I also skimped on my storage and RAM, since I knew that while I would eventually need more, it would become cheaper. Do a little research and build a computer that has everything, or at least the beginnings of everything, you really want. You'll be much happier.
