Just a few months back we tried our best to find you the best Gaming keyboard according to your budget. In scout for the best in the business, we take a deep dive into the world of portable Gaming computers.
While finding the perfect gaming laptop for everyone is a tough nut to crack and is almost next to impossible, we try our best so that you can get the most out of your budget.
MSI GS65 Stealth Thin
Powered by the latest 8th GEN. HEXA-CORE Intel Core i7-8750H processor, this one comes with MSI cooler Boost Trinity cooling design and offers 40 percent performance enhancement over the previous gen. Inside you have a rocking GeForce GTX 10 series graphics. The thinness of this laptop is a marvelous engineering achievement and is worth to talk about and puts all its competitors to shame. With MSI GS65, you can customize each key to your liking and receive real-time in-game status keyboard lighting. You get eight-plus hours of battery life on paper but with intense gaming, obviously, you are going to get less.
Asus ROG G703GI
Featuring an ultra-responsive IPS-level 144Hz display, Asus ROG G703 is one hell of a powerful gaming laptop. Inside you find the 8th gen. Intel Core i9-8950HK processor and GeForce GTX 1080 graphics and HyperDrive extreme storage for reading speeds of up to 8700MB/s which in turn means games just load within a fraction of second. Much like GS65 Stealth, Asus ROG spots a cooling system. This one has an Anti-Dust Cooling (ADC) system enables G703 to clean itself of harmful dust and particles. Besides acting as a prevention measure for dirt, it also cools your both CPU and GPU down.
Razer Blade 15
Incredibly thin! Just 0.66” with an edge-to-edge display and a 144Hz refresh rate. With this Razer becomes the World’s Smallest 15.6” Gaming Laptop. Besides the marvelous design achievement, Razer managed to provide the laptop with some serious power. We are talking an 8th Gen Intel Core i7 6 core processor coupled with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10 Series Graphics. Unlike the above two laptops, Razer Blade 15 has Vapor Chamber Cooling System. Talking of ports, you have one Thunderbolt 3, Mini DisplayPort, HDMI and three USB 3.1. You also have a Full RGB Keyboard which is fully customizable and programmable. Razer Blade 15 comes with clickable glass touchpad with support for Microsoft Precision Touchpad.
Asus ROG Zephyrus GX501
Powered by 8th Gen Intel Core i7 processor coupled with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 graphics, this laptop features a 144Hz IPS panel with ultra-fast 3ms response time. Talking of heating management, you find an Active Aerodynamic System which maintains powerful cooling. The keyboard includes an RGB lighting.
Gigabyte Aero 15X v8
Meet the Worlds first laptop to have a full HD 144H IPS panel. Inside you find 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8750H Processor coupled with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5 8GB graphics. You also find RGB backlit under the keyboard. Talking of ports, you find Thunderbolt 3, mini DP 1.4 and an HDMI 2.0. Power management is okay with dual fan and heat pipes system that takes care of both CPU and GPU.
Acer Predator Helios 300
Powered by 8th Gen Intel Core i7 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, Acer Predator Helios 300 is bulky but looks cool. Inside you find Custom-Engineered Cooling with all-metal AeroBlade 3D Fan. Under the Keyboard, you have Iron Red Backlit & FineTip Keyboard with Independent Standard Numeric Keypad.
Dell XPS 15 2-in-1
This entry might surprise a lot of people. But trust us, Dell XPS 15 2-in-1 comes under the same roof along with the other seven gaming laptop. Dell XPS 15 offers 4 models to chose from. Starting at $1,299.99 and goes as high as $1,999.99. Talking about the flagship model, inside it you have 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-8705G Processor and an AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL Graphics.
Alienware 17 R5
Powered by a 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7-8750H Six-Core and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, Alienware 17 R5 is a decent gaming laptop. Talking of ports, we have one Thunderbolt 3, one HDMI 2.0, and a Mini DP 1.3. You can, however, purchase an Intel Core i9 edition if you really want to.
Best overall: MSI GS65 Stealth Thin
There you have it, best gaming laptops for hardcore gamers in 2018.