Which Laptop should I get?

[ducob890]

MSI Titan GT80 SLI

• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI 12 GB GDDR5
• 4th Generation Intel Core i7 4720HQ (2.60GHz)
• 16GB Memory 1TB HDD 256GB SSD
• 18.4" 1920 x 1080
• Palm rest, BackPack Included
• Blu-Ray Burne

OR.......

MSI GL72M Gamer Notebook

• Processor: Intel Core i7-7700HQ Quad Core Processor (6MB Cache, 2.8GHz-3.8GHz) 45W
• RAM: 16GB RAM DDR4 2400MHz | Hard Disk Drive: 128GB Solid State Drive + 1TB 5400rpm Hard Disk Drive
• Keyboard: Steel Series Backlight Keyboard (Single-Color, Red) with Anti-Ghost key+ Silver lining | Operating System: Windows 10 x64
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB| Display: 17.3" Full HD eDP Non-Reflection 72% NTSC Display (1920 x 1080)
• 16GB RAM, Killer 1535ac WiFi Upgrades

[Bill_Gehrke]

CPU is most important. Turbo speed of 4th generatio (older processor) is less than GL72M, i7-7700HQ.  The i7-770HQ is currently the fastest laptop CPU

Faster DDR4 memory might another plus factor

Larger screen is a plus for me but I guess I could put up with the 17-inch

Lousy 1 TB 5400 rpm drive in GL72 should immediately removed and replace by SATA III SSD. 

GT80 is a dual GTX 970M in SLI this SLI connection is not supported with Adob and might cause problems

I would suggest you go with the GL72 M but try to find a model with a GTX 1060 6GB GPU

[ducob890]

I am trying to look for a gaming laptop/ work laptop max $1000.00

Any suggestions?

[Bill_Gehrke]

Take a look at this Factory Refurbished Dell.  The only question you should ask before buying is "What model is the nVidia graphics card?  I am guessing it is a GTX 1060 as they do say it is nVidia and 6 GB. 

It has a SSD with OS and Apps but then a lousy 1 TB 5400rpm drive.  To get around this either replace it with a SATA III SSD or you can use a Samsung T3 or T5 which is a very edit friendly portable USB 3 SSD.