My advice to you is ...... concentrate on the features and look ....
gaming absolutely sucks in laptops (even with a dedicated graphic card) ...... I have used HP , DELL and Vaio laptops ......
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HP - Cost - Excellent , Looks - ok , Customer service - Good
DELL - Cost - Good , Looks -Good ,Customer service - Excellent
VAIO - Cost-ok ,Looks-Excellent ,Customer service - ok
All had more or less the same features , with very little difference in price . Rating is relative to each other