Reddit reviews Sager NP8957 0.78 Inches Thin and Light Gaming Laptop, 15.6 Inches FHD 144Hz Display, Intel Core i7-9750H, RTX 2070 8GB DDR6, 16GB RAM, 500GB NVMe SSD, Windows 10 Home

This one has the same specs as the one you listed, but it has an rtx 2070 instead of the 2060 and is $300 cheaper.

https://www.amazon.com/Sager-NP8957-Display-i7-9750H-Windows/dp/B07SYF46YL/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=9750h+2070&qid=1573046030&sr=8-5

Here is another 2070 one but it has 32gb of ram.

https://www.amazon.com/HP-15-Inch-i7-9750H-Processor-15-dc1047nr/dp/B07SRXV9LG/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=9750h+2070&qid=1573046030&sr=8-9

Not sure if this is the best place to ask (or I should start a post) but I have a list of laptops that seem to be great deals for the specs that they're carrying. Just having a tough time deciding. They range from USD 1000~1600. There's one ASUS that could get as low as 1030 for a GTX1080 but the responses to it have not been so good. Just wanted some good advice on which ones I should get and ones I should be more concerned about. At least I hope others will find this list useful.

• *Sager/Prostar Clevo w 9th gen i7 + RTX 2060 for $1299 - 500GB ssd, 16gb RAM, 144hz (no gsync but eh)Probably the most tempting laptop. It's seems super cheap for a RTX 2060; might be the best bang for the buck laptop out there. But some others seem good enough and a bit cheaper such as the Helios and ASUS w AMD. Anyone think the extra $300 over 1660ti laptops is worth for this? I feel like this one I could use for a good three years before changing set up. That it'll last a bit longer. Any drawbacks with Sager/Prostar from anyone else's experience?
  
• Acer Helios 300 for $1088 - GTX1660ti; 144hz; 16GB DDR4; 256gb PCIe NVMe SSDMost affordable and well regarded option but I'm not sure abut the 256gb ssd. The higher storage ones cost a few hundred more but they were only a bit more expensive a few days ago. I like playing FIFA, Witcher 3, Metro, TW3K and some relatively newer games. Just not sure if the 256gb ssd is enough. Might have to constantly install and uninstall. The price-tag is really hard to resist, though. But maybe it's worth spending a bit more on the Sager with better storage and graphics card.
  
• ASUS ROG Strix GL702VI for $1100 but through some discounts I can get to as low as $1039; i5-7200HQ; GTX1080; G-Sync (but 60Hz); 256gb SSD + 1TB HDDThis seems like an amazing deal. But the responses have been mixed. But a $1k laptop with gtx 1080 that will last about a year or two seem too good to be true. A bit suss but hella cheap. But again... for the lowest pricetag, a gtx 1080 that will last me a year or two.
  
• ASUS w AMD Ryzen 7 + GTX 1660 ti for $1134Seems like another cheap good deal. But are ASUS laptops just not that well regarded? A lot of mixed reviews. But I like the design, the thinness. Plus it has a good entry graphics card.
  
• ASUS ROG Zephyrus for $1311 - This one has a GTX 1070, 7th gen i7, 16gb ram, and 256gb ssd. Once again, ASUS isn't well received in amazon. This one's a bit more expensive than the Sager/Prostar. But I like the slim design and the GPU cards should be more or less equal, right?
  
• ASUS ROG Strix Hero II for $1372 - 8th gen i7, RTX 2060, 16 GB RAM, 521gb PCIe SSD
  
• Acer Helios 300 for $1384 - Only difference is bigger storage, 512 gbs this time. Same GTX 1660 ti and everything else. Considering there are cheaper laptops with seemingly better specs, maybe not worth the extra $300? Plus the others around this range seem to offer better bang for the buck.
  
• Acer Helios 500 for $1400 - AMD Ryzen 7 2700, Radeon RX Vega 56; Vega 56 seems like a really good card. But should I be considering this when there are rtx 2060 n gtx 1080 laptops available for cheaper or around the same price?
  
• Sager RTX 2070 for $1499 - Seems like a great deal for a 2070 card. But might still be pretty pricey for me. Yet considering some of the others, for value, this seems really good
  
• Acer Triton 700 for $1502.49 - GTX 1080 w G-Sync 120Hz, 512GB SSD. Again, like teh Sager, this seems like an amazing deal for the card and monitor. Only drawback I see is the trackpad
  
• ASUS ROG Zephyrus GX501 for $1549 - GTX1080 w 144Hz G-Sync, 16 GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 8th gen i7Similar price range as the previous two. I like the Zephyrus design better but that's really about it. But like the other ASUS laptops, it has mixed responses.
  
  Just for reference, I bought my previous laptop (now blue screened and unusable) four years ago. I wasn't (and still am not) very tech savvy so I wasn’t sure if it was a good gaming laptop back then. But these are the specs for my ASUS A501U: 6th gen i7; GTX 950M; 126gb ssd + 500gb hdd. I'm sure any one of these laptops will be great compared to my mingy 950M.
  
  Which one of these would you guys recommend? Thoughts on how black friday might change the price? Should I wait for BF or just get one sooner?

Check out this Sager NP8957. Its will easily run all the programs you mentioned without hiccups and it comes with all that you are requiring.

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Sager NP8957 0.78 Inches Thin & Light Gaming Laptop, 15.6 Inches FHD 144Hz Display, Intel Core i7-9750H, NVIDIA RTX 2070 8GB DDR6, 16GB RAM, 500GB NVMe SSD, Windows 10 Home https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SYF46YL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_nbEqDb8X09EYJ

These have intrigued me for a couple of weeks now. Rave reviews about this thing and getting a 2070 at $1,500 is absolutely bonkers value. From what I understand, they use kind of like a stock model type of build which is why it’s so cheap. It’s not going to be a sleek brand name setup, but wow it has some serious power. All reviews on Amazon are saying people love it.

I feel like more and more of these no name brands or weird ass brands are popping up. As far as I understand none of them are all that bad. Honestly they're all in the same ballpark of performance. They tend to compromise in very small areas like panel pixel response, storage capacity, keyboard. But even then, they totally do a 3+ to 4.5 star job on it all. Call it 'acceptable' with a sprinkle of nice occasionally. 500GB? Okay. SSD nice. Etc.

Eluktronics for example: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N7GYZV2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_c1MrDbV02D5G6

D2D posted a video review on it too

And Sager here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SYF46YL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_h3MrDbGGE9E82

Not to mention Walmart OP brand.

To me, I don't see much wrong with them. They tend to take a decent and balanced design, slap their brand on it and sell it for some mark. So I wouldn't say you're making a bad decision, I'd just call it a budget decision. But it's up to you if you're gonna call for a laptop with all the bells and whistles or the $1,400 budget.