Corporate laptops and notebooks are getting thinner and thinner day by day but what about gaming notebooks. Gaming notebooks are heavy and thick, which make them less portable. You don’t want to put a four kilos gaming laptop (Alienware 17) in your backpack and go to college, right! Well, some gaming laptop makers figured out this problem and made some gaming notebooks that looks and feels the same as high-end corporate laptops. Here we have listed some of the best gaming laptops you can pick and yes don’t forget the third one; it’s awesome!
1. MSI GS 40 Phantom (Rs. 1,07,000)
Micro-Star International, MSI is a dedicated gaming company which crafts some of the best gaming machines. MSI creates gaming hardware like graphic cards, gaming notebooks, and high-end gaming rigs. MSI use the latest Intel Core i7 6th gen processors for fastest computing and smooth multitasking. MSI added the best mobile GPU, Nvidia Ge Force GTX 970M to do the brutality in Mortal Combat X.
For gamers, nothing is annoying than that loading screen in games. Well no more, MSI GS 40 Phantom use 3rd gen SSD with a read speed up to 2.2 GB/s to load games faster than the traditional SATA hard drives. Now you don’t need to assemble a full gaming rig to set up three monitors game-play. You can do that in this gaming notebook with ease using the display port provided; it supports up to 4K quality display at 60 Hz for stutter free gaming.
MSI use Cooler Boost 3 which is the most silent and efficient coolers for notebooks. Cooler Boost 3 is a dual fan cooling system with four heat pipes (goes up to 9 heat pipes in some models) to keep the notebook cool so the notebook can hold the frame rate and keep them stable. The best part of this gaming notebook is that this laptop is 0.9 inches thin and weighs less than 2 kilograms.
Specifications
- 14 inches Full-HD display
- Intel Core i7 processor 2.6 GHz
- 16 GB DDR4 RAM
- 1 TB SSD
- Nvidia Ge Force GTX 970M GPU (3 GB)
- 2 USB 3.0 Ports
Pros
- Very light
- Anti-glare display
- Good build quality
Cons
- None
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2. Lenovo Ideapad Y700 (Rs. 91,990)
Lenovo Ideapad Y700 gaming laptop is only one inch thick and weighs only 2.6 KG. Whatever else you need from a gaming laptop are right there under the hood. You will get the fastest Intel Core i7 processor with 3.5 GHz clock and 16 GB DDR3 RAM. Storage comes in a combination of 128 GB SSD and up to 1 TB HDD.
The 14-inch display is frameless with full HD resolution (4K Ultra HD on higher models). The keyboard comes with backlight and two level brightness control. Online gaming needs the fastest possible internet speed with no connection drop; Lenovo added a LAN port for that. You will get two USB 3.0 ports and one USB 2.0 port, combo audio jack, one HDMI and one Media card reader slot.
Specifications
- 3.5GHz Intel Core i7-6700HQ processor
- 8GB DDR3 RAM
- 1TB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive
- 15.6-inch screen, Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M 4GB Graphics
- Windows 10 operating system
- 2.6kg laptop
Pros
- Backlit keyboard
- Themed gaming accessories
Cons
- Bad battery backup at gaming
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3. Razer Blade Pro
Razer is known for making the best gaming systems, notebooks, and accessories. The Blade is the gaming notebooks lineup from Razer which you can compare to Alienware gaming laptops from Dell. This is the only gaming laptop with 17.3 inches full HD display. For graphics, it holds a Nvidia Ge Force GTX 960M with 4 GB DDR5 VRAM for the best gaming experience. For best multi-tasking, here is the 16 GB DDR3L RAM.
The main feature of this gaming laptop is the glass trackpad and the macro display keys. The trackpad also works as a display where you can surf web, tweet often or view YouTube videos. This is the coolest feature of this notebook. You can also assign macro keys to all display keys located above the trackpad. If you don’t like glass trackpad, then you can apply those different plastic feel covers provided.
Specifications
- 16GB (2 x 8GB DDR3L-1600MHz)
- Windows® 10 (64-Bit)
- Intel® Wireless-AC 7260HMW (802.11a/b/g/n/ac + Bluetooth® 4.0)
- Razer Switchblade User Interface (SBUI)
- USB 3.0 port x3 (SuperSpeed)
- HDMI 1.4a audio and video output
Pros
- Aluminum body
- Super thin
Cons
- Weighs a little more than other thin gaming laptops
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Conclusion
Gaming laptops are always heavy because manufacturers add the best hardware available. The best thin gaming laptop from this list which I will recommend you is the MSI GS40 Phantom because you will get the best processor and GPU from the best manufacturers. Also, the cooling tech of this notebook is the best.
