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SvennoJ said:

My laptop is about to die. The a and b keys don't work anymore, left shift is broken, the gpu (740M) overheats after 10 minutes of use and the hdd is so slow it takes 15 minutes to reboot (100% disk usage making it unresponsive).

I see a couple gaming laptops available at best buy. No clue if good and what the difference is between gtx 1050, 1060 and 1080. I don't care about 4K, just want stable 1080p.

This is what they have on sale atm

Are ACER or Asus any good? is a 1080 worth almost double the price? 3k is too much for me anyway.

Any alternatives? (Canadian prices btw, sucks)

The $1699 Acer Predator on sale at BB you posted looks like it checks off all the boxes for what you want right now.

https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/acer-predator-15-6-gaming-laptop-intel-core-i7-8750h-1tb-hdd-256gb-ssd-16gb-ram-gtx-1060-win-10/12648525.aspx?

Newegg has the same Predator refurbished for $1599.

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834316690

This $1681 MSI GL at Newegg is basically the same thing, or very close in specs anyway. Has a slightly smaller 128GB SSD mainly.

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAH2084E9295

 

The Predator looks to be the better deal and has the stronger brand name. Either laptop would probably do though.