Looking for a gaming laptop

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Replacing a gaming laptop for my son, his recently died (motherboard) and can't be fixed for a price that makes sense compared to getting something else. That model was an Acer Predator 300 with an i7 12700H, 32GB DDR5, 3070ti, dual 1TB SSD, and a reasonably nice 1080P 15.6" IPS display.

Looking for something to replace it that offers similar specs if not slightly better. Budget is around $1k, less is better but we'll see what I can find. I would be willing to pull RAM and storage from the broken machine and place it in the new one, if that helps.

I know Black Friday is coming up so that may be the way to go. Still want to see if anyone has something available for a good price.


UPDATE - I went ahead and picked up that MSI Vector linked below, with the 5070ti and the Ryzen 9. Grabbed a 4 year warranty with it so hopefully by the time my kid needs to buy a new one, he'll be old enough to have a job and pay for it himself. Thanks to everyone who made a suggestion or messaged me an offer, lots of good options there and I appreciate it.
 
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I have worked on 3 dead gaming laptops recently.....probably heat related or power surge issue.
Buy it from a place that gives u a 3 to 5 year warranty if possible.
Just my .02
 
DPOSCORP said:
I have worked on 3 dead gaming laptops recently.....probably heat related or power surge issue.
Buy it from a place that gives u a 3 to 5 year warranty if possible.
Just my .02
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If you lived in Maine, computers and laptops come with a mandated 4 yr. warranty. You have to insist but our gov. enforces it.
 
DPOSCORP said:
I have worked on 3 dead gaming laptops recently.....probably heat related or power surge issue.
Buy it from a place that gives u a 3 to 5 year warranty if possible.
Just my .02
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did they happen to have liquid metal
 
trikat said:
Exceeds your budget, but has a 5070 Ti.
MSI Vector 16 inch QHD+ 240Hz Gaming Laptop AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070Ti - 16GB RAM 1TB SSD Gray (2025)
$1,299.00
https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/16587853259

Free Holiday returns until Jan 31
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Definitely considering this. I appreciate how Walmart offers the 4 year warranty for less than $100. Best Buy and Staples etc charge closer to $300 for a shorter warranty. Plus the Walmart holiday return policy is great. I'm not so sure about this specific laptop only because I'm not as familiar with MSI compared to say Lenovo which I know for being pretty good, or Gigabyte which I see as being terrible. But this is a strong contender at the moment.

DPOSCORP said:
I have worked on 3 dead gaming laptops recently.....probably heat related or power surge issue.
Buy it from a place that gives u a 3 to 5 year warranty if possible.
Just my .02
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Agree, we've had such bad luck in my house over the past decade or so. HP, Dell, Gigabyte, Asus, Acer... so many failures of one type or another. And of course when I research it I find a million people describing the same problems. I'd just like the next one to last without major issues, but if not the warranty seems like a smart move.

Thanks to everyone sending me offers, some interesting stuff so far. I'm still undecided between a used one from here and a Walmart purchase with extra warranty. Keep the offers coming!
 
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