I received a question from a reader to an earlier blog I wrote, “What would you say about the price compare to features, is this an outstanding deal or just good for what you spend?”
I thought I’d use this blog to do some comparisons to similar specced gaming laptops and desktops and see how they fared against the G71V, and also to look at whether the Asus was good value for money. After all, the 2 things you look at when buying a new laptop are the price and specification
First up, I used Google to do some product shopping and found the Asus G71V online for approximately £1,600 (including VAT).
Using that price as the basis for this blog and for the comparison, I then went back online to configure and price a couple of gaming laptops and desktops to see what my £1,600 would buy.
My first port of call was Alienware, a company that is renowned for producing serious gaming equipment and that usually come with a serious price tag to match. Using Alienware’s online configurator I managed to get a comparable machine for just over £2,000 giving the G71V an edge in the price stakes. The Alienware did have a better graphics card, however, so I would expect performance to be better.
I then went to the Rock website to see what I could get. After some customisation, I got close to the G71V’s spec although fell short in the Hard Drive stakes by 500GB. Final price was around £2,000 and again, the Asus did very well here.
I then had a look at the desktops – a Dell XPS desktop specifically, and tweaked it to match the G71V and came back with a price of £1,270 excluding monitor. Again, considering the portability you have with the laptop, the G71V offered great value over an uber-desktop.
Finally, I visited Scan and Mesh and configured desktops for around £1,200 and £1,050 respectively.
Summing up, the pricing of the G71V is very competitive compared to both a gaming laptop as well as a high-end desktop and for the money, you get a lot of bang for your buck!
It comes down to a matter of personal choice as to whether you prefer a desktop PC or a laptop. For me, I am undecided as yet, as I have always been a desktop kind of guy, although the G71V is certainly making a good argument for considering the mobile option and I am open to further persuasion.
