Gaming laptops are one of the difficult picks, to be honest. Do you stay well within your budget and get a GTX series laptop or buy a future-proof RTX series laptop by splurging your fortune? Well, if you don’t desire the ray-tracing capabilities of the new Nvidia RTX graphics cards then I’ve got the perfect gaming laptop recommendation for you:

If you’re wondering about thermals, well, Lenovo Y540 comes baked with a dual-channel thermal system called Legion Coldfront. It includes individual CPU and GPU cooling, four vents, and more. The keyboard here is backlit, as it expected from gaming laptops, but only in a single white color. There’s a minimal look and Dolby Atmos support onboard as well.