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hey how's it going guys this is Dave 2d so a few weeks ago I did a video comparing some ultra books this week's video is the same concept but we're comparing 15-inch gaming laptops and these are all budget options so they're all around $1000 and yes there are cheaper options out there but these are the ones that I picked for like best overall value in a gaming laptop another thing to keep in mind they're all running a gtx 960m and there are cards that are cheaper and weaker that can still play games but to me the 960m is like the minimum card that a new laptop can have right now for me to classify it as a true gaming laptop all right let's do this okay first up is the msi ge62 it weighs 2.4 kilograms has a metal top surface but as plastic paneling on the bottom next we have the Lenovo Y 700 2.6 kilograms is the only device with metal top and bottom panels and has a cool pattern on those panels the Dell Inspiron 7:59 2.7 kilos it's a pretty heavy laptop but it has a beefy battery pack in there and it's got a soft touch finish on the surface next up is the Asus GL 5 v 2 so it's 2 point 5 kilograms metal top surface and a plastic finish everywhere else it's like a smooth plastic not soft touch lastly the Acer V 15 nitro comes in at 2.3 kilograms it's the lightest and thinnest of the group and it's the only one that doesn't have red accent colors so like last time I'm going to go through some categories and then give you my top pick and a runner upper - all right even if you're buying a relatively inexpensive laptop it has to last so if it's in case in like really poor quality materials it's going to bug me like there's a 15-inch laptop from cleveo I wanted to include it because it's got great specs for the price but because of overall build quality it didn't make the cut till the Nova Y 700 has a metal body but I don't love that hinge design it's had issues in the past so the best build quality I'd say is the Asus GL 5 v 2 it's a mix of metal and plastic for the casing but the hinge construction and the finish is really good the msi ge62 is also really well but again all the devices here have really great build quality for the price now all of these are upgradable they all have upgradeable RAM m2 storage and a two and a half inch storage the easiest to upgrade is the Dell seven five five nine single screw and it's easy to open the rest are also really easy to open but with a couple more screws the MSI has the sticker that makes you think twice about opening it up but yellow right now I've actually heard that MSI should be cool with people opening it up for upgrades but I'm not a hundred percent the hardest to upgrade is the acer v 15 nitro so it's a little bit of a delicate process to get to the ram but it can still be done none of these have amazing displays but they all have very respectable 1080p panels for the price for playing games I actually like the Y 700 panel the most so the color accuracy is kind of poor but the contrast and black levels are fantastic with no visible light bleed and when I'm playing games that's what's most important to me I don't really care for a perfect color rendition I just want to be able to see my enemies in the dark as clearly as possible lenovo has this anti-glare film that you can remove I've removed one before I actually prefer leaving it on the second-best screen goes to the MSI great color accuracy also with good contrast and black levels but there's a hint of light believe in the top corners the best sounding speakers are on the Y 700 clear speakers well positioned and it has a sub that gives some nice base I also like the Acer V 15 there's no sub on that one but they get loud and that remains clear even out loud volumes the Asus GL 5 v 2 also sounds really nice and they're well positioned so all of these keyboards have number pads which will shift your sensor positioning but you'll get used to it they all have backlighting to some degree and they're all decent keyboards like none of them feel super mushy or anything but the msi keyboard is a clear winner for me good keystroke nice and responsive I just wish the lay was a little better like the arrow keys feel a little off but the typing experience is the best of the bunch also the backlighting on this is RGB so you can choose your color in three different zones runner-up the ACS GL 5 v 2 is also a really good keyboard alright I don't love any of these track pads they don't have particularly smooth tracking they all have plastic surfaces and the button mechanics aren't great I wasted a lot of time trying to choose a winner here but really they're all like great be trackpads they're usable in a pinch but we play games with my straight so it's cool the del 759 has a quad core i5 while the other four have quad core i7 I can hyper thread if you're just playing games I mean depending on the game you'll likely be good with just the i5 but if you plan on doing things like video editing or CAD work or running VMs then that's a different story get the i7 and they're all running a gtx 960m so gaming performance is very similar amongst them you'll comfortably hit 60 frames per second on high graphics for moderate and light titles but really demanding titles will need reduced graphics settings to hit 60 frames per second bottom line these all perform well and they're very capable of playing modern games they also put out similar noise levels at idle are nice and quiet but when they're under load or playing games the Dacey's GL 5 v 2 was a little quieter than the rest but there's no real runner-up the rest of them put out similar noise levels and they aren't annoyingly loud or anything now it's really important for a gaming laptop to be cooled properly and after a full hour of prime 95 the fans are all spinning and the room was pretty warm but none of them had throttled down much which is really nice to see these laptops do a great job on cooling their components in regards to value the runner-up prize goes to Lenovo Y 700 it's packed with a lot of tech and since lenovo has some big sales once in a while you can bag it for a good price but the best value crown goes to the Dell 759 at $800 expect with a quad core i5 and an SSD so the eye-fi can be upgraded to an i7 for a hundred bucks if you want to but the reason why I give Dell the value award is the fact that you can upgrade it if you want but if you have a tighter budget you can still get a really strong gaming platform for $800 every other manufacturer starts their base model at a higher configuration and a higher price but it may have components you may not need for your games like 16 gigs of ram battery life for gaming laptops tend to be really short there's just a lot of juice being used by the components the longest battery award goes to the Dell 759 it's a big battery 74 watt hours and it's a core i5 so power draw a little less you'll get around five to six hours of regular use and two hours of playing games in second place is the Lenovo Y 760 watt hour battery and you'll get around three to four hours of regular use and around one and a half hours of playing games now battery life is one of those things that some gamers don't care about at all but it's definitely something that I take into consideration as for my top pick amongst these five keep in mind that none of these were engineered to be like the best gaming laptop they weren't even engineered to be like the best amongst their competitors they were made to get gamers into mobile gaming setups at an affordable price and they all do a really good job at that but because of their pricing they all have their weaknesses so when you're choosing one it basically boils down to what feature you're comfortable letting slide so for me personally I love the screen on the Y 700 but if I had to choose one for like just my personal gaming laptop it either be the Dell 755 9 because of the bigger battery life or the msi ge62 because of the keyboard and the overall build but seriously you can't go wrong with any of these they're really great laptops for their price that's the end of this video hope you guys liked it thumbs if you liked it subs have you loved it it's been nice I'll see you guys next time