Budget 41-50k Budget 55K: Need a Laptop for gaming that should last 3 yrs

aman.pitbull

aman.pitbull

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  • What's your Budget?
    • 55K max
  • What will be your primary usage for the notebook be?
    • Long hours on Dota 2; A little bit of movie-series watching, and stuff related to MBA.
  • What size and weight considerations do you have?
    • 15.6'' Max; prefer something lower than ~2.5KG.
  • Any brand that you prefer, or any brand that you detest?
    • Since all decent brands have good as well as bad laptops(market segment targeting), I would only like to have one that has a great build quality
    • I always give preference to quality over everything. Choose from Dell, Asus, Lenovo, and HP.
    • Don't want -> Acer - HCL - CompaQ - Wipro etc...
  • Any other considerations?
    • Primary concern - build quality
    • Secondary concern - self serviceability
    • I have a 128GB SSD, would like the laptop to have a replaceable optical drive bay (using HDD caddy)
    • 840m seems to be the minimum GPU that I will need. Can settle for an 830M or HD R7 265M, if the build-quality/other aspects are really-really nice.
    • Decent panel.
    • Battery Life >=3hrs while playing Dota 2.
I've shortlisted the following laptops, hope this lists also helps other buyers:
  • Asus K450JN - Rs.47K - Currently Out of stock - 14'', 2.1 KG, i7 4710HQ, 1TB HDD, 4GB RAM, 840M, 2 years international warranty, DOS. + 3K for additional 4GB
  • Dell Inspiron 5547 - Rs.46K - 15.6'', 2.2 KG, i7 4510U, 1TB HDD, 8GB RAM, R7 M265, 1 year warranty, Ubuntu. (no optical drive bay)
  • Dell Vostro 5480 - Rs.55K - 14'' (touch), 1.8KG, i7 5500U, 500GB/8GB SSHD, 8GB RAM, 830M, 1 year warranty, Windows 8.1. (no optical drive bay)
  • Lenovo Thinkpad E431 (68861E6) - Rs.48K - 14'' (1600 x 900), 2.1 KG, i7 3632QM, 500 GB 5400rpm HDD, 4GB RAM, NV14P-GV2 GT740M, 1 year warranty, Windows 8. + 3K for additional 4GB
  • Lenovo Z50 (59-429607) - Rs.49K - 15.6'' (1920 x 1080), 2.4KG, i5 4210U, 1TB HDD, 8GB RAM, N15S-GT (840M) 4GB DDR3, 1 year warranty, Windows 8.1.
  • HP 15-p210TX - Rs.48K - 15.6'' (1920 x 1080), 2.23KG, i5 5200U, 1 TB HDD, 8GB RAM, 830M, 1 year warranty, Windows 8.1.
  • HP 14-V226TX - Rs.51K - 14'' (touch), 2.1KG, i7 5500U, 1 TB/8GB SSHD, 8GB RAM, 840M, 1 year warranty, Windows 8.1.
Also suggest if extending the warranty will be beneficial. I do take decent care of my computing accessories.
Guys please suggest the best deal or any new laptop that suits my needs. If you know of any new laptop that may be released in the near future (1 - 1.5 months) suggest that too.

Thanks in advance.
 
I've been looking for a laptop with an i7 proc that isn't a 'U' under 50k... Had no luck so far... That one is a 4710HQ!

Though I have heard that upgrading even the RAM is a pain with Asus laptops.
 
It's no big deal, you can do it yourself, the entire bottom part opens up, just use a proper prying tool (tutorial available on some Singaporean website). But that model is still not available here.
 
It cant run on turbo speeds for long I guess, very bad for gaming, it underclocks itself as soon as it overheats, and has bad peak performance. Basically, an i5M series should be able to beat i7U.
 
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