Best Gaming Laptop Under $1000 in 2018 – Dell Inspiron 15 / ASUS FX504 – GTX 1050

We keep searching various websites for the best laptop deals available. Its a fast market and new products keep coming and the prices of old ones keep changing. We do try and keep the prices and content updated if it changes. Recently, due to popular demand, we scoured the net for the ‘Best Gaming Laptop Under $1000’ in the US market and checked out many websites from Newegg, Costco, Aliexpress, Razer, Dell, HP to Best Buy, etc but found the best deal on Amazon USA. (ALL links open in a new tab/window)

We actually found 2 laptops worth mentioning. The top one being Dell’s Inspiron 15 5000. A 15.6 inch full HD gaming laptop with a 7^th Gen Quad-core processor for $979 and a slightly cheaper ASUS FX504 for $699. Both include Nvidia’s GTX 1050 graphics card (but with slight differences), batteries can last for up to 6 hours for both and each comes free shipping from Amazon.

Here is the breakdown of the specs, followed by the pros and cons of both.

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Laptop	ASUS	DELL
Price	$699	$979
Sold By	Amazon.com	VividS Computer LLC
RAM Size	8 GB	16 GB
Processor (CPU)	Intel – Core i7 – 7th Gen	Intel – Core i5 – 8th Gen
Processor Speed	2.3 GHz	2.8 GHz
Processor Count	Quad (4) Core	Hexa (6) Core
Display Resolution Maximum	1920 x 1080 pixels	1920 x 1080 pixels
Screen Size	15.6 inches	15.6 inches
Display Technology	LED-Lit	LED
Graphics Card (GeForce)	GTX 1050 2GB	GTX 1050 4GB
Mic and Webcam	Yes	Yes
Hard-Drive	1 TB SSHD	512GB SSD
Item Dimensions	10.31 x 15.12 x 0.98 in	10.4 x 15.1 x 1 in
Item Weight	5.07 lbs	5.66 lbs
Operating System	Windows 10 Home	Windows 10 Home
Battery	6-cell	6-cell
RAM Type	DDR4 SDRAM	DDR4 SDRAM
Full Keyboard With NUMPAD	Yes – Backlit	Yes – Backlit
Wireless Compatibility	802.11 A/C	802.11 A/C
Buying LINK	CLICK HERE	CLICK HERE

Best Gaming Laptop: Pros and Cons

So as you can see from the specs above, both the laptops are very powerful, can perform well in video editing tasks, and can run almost any game in the market right now! The Dell is a 7^th generation Quad-Core i7 whereas the Asus is an 8th generation (the latest) Hexa Core i5, which means the ASUS is slightly slower than the Dell but can handle multi-tasking better because it has 6 cores instead of Dell’s 4. In all other departments, Dell beats ASUS.

Dell Inspiron has more RAM, a much faster full SSD hard disk whereas the ASUS has a bigger, but slower (compared to Dell) SSHD Firecuda hard disk. (SSHD stands for  Solid State Hybrid Drive. It boots from the SSD, but other functions uses a normal HDD. It’s slower than SSD’s but faster than traditional hard drives). DELL also has a slightly better graphics card (4gb GTX 1050) than the ASUS (2gb GTX 1050). The 1050 from Nvidia can run almost any game in the market you throw at it right now. It’s one of the most powerful graphics card out there.

Both the laptops have full keyboards with separate numpads and both are easy and comfortable to type on. They both are backlit so that you can see the keys in the dark. Battery timing is approximately the same for both. They’ll last up to 6 hours on low-moderate usage. Looks-wise, we felt that ASUS is better, as it has a nice gaming look with red touch, whereas DELL isn’t very flashy and looks like a normal corporate, decent laptop. Both are highly recommended, depending on your budget.

So in short:

• Dell is Faster with more RAM, better graphics card, and faster hard drive
• ASUS has a better-gen processor, slower but larger hard drive, better at multi-tasking, cheaper and lighter

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Dell Inspiron’s Backsides

ASUS FX504’s Backside

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