desided it's time to get my first Gaming Laptop and need help deciding on a gaming laptop.... and yes I don't have the room for a desktop so don't tell me to get or build a desktop i barely have room for my 61 key piano as is...

I don't play the most demanding GAMES (or many at all) the ones I would play most is GTA San Andreas and Forza (plus if it doubles for video editing that would be cool but not a requirement)

we all know specs are BETTER than branding so I will only list specs

Laptop 1: intel i5-6300HQ, Windows 10 Pro, 8gb of system ram, GTX 960M 4GB, 15.6" 1080P Display and 256 GB M.2 SSD

Laptop 2: Intel i5-6440HQ, Windows 10 Pro, 8GB of system ram GTX 940 MX 2GB, 14" 1080p Display and 256 Sata 3 SSD

Laptop 3 (if I can find one used! they are rare!): Intel core 2 extreme QX9300 Windows 10 Pro, Dual GEFORCE 9800M GTS SLI with total combined 2175GB, Max of 4 GB system ram 256 GB Sata (2?) SSD and 17" 1680x1050 Display

and as much as I would love a GTX 1060 is WAY more power than I will ever use and over budget by at least about $200
If we are looking purely at specs I'd probably be inclined to go with the top one due to the better GPU, the difference between the two CPUs isn't massive. I'd completely disregard the third one, far too old compared to the new ones above.

I get what you are saying about brand but it's still important to consider.  I've seen tonnes of gaming laptops where all the money is spent on the raw specs and the build quality/battery life ends up being shockingly bad so just make sure you check what you are getting.the upgrade for cpu in the first two are an i7-6820HQ although I have them spec'd with the base CPU since I think that's still more powerful than I will ever use but otherwise they are the same as stated, the first one already has upgraded GPU from GTX 960M 2gb to GTX 960M 4gb and the second one is maxed out from the Intel HD 530 to GTX 940MX 2GB

oops the second one is 14" not 15.6"Asus seems to be a popular brand. They make a wide range to suit various budgets.ASUS ROG G752VS-XB72K
17.3 inch IPS 1920 x 1080
2.7 GHz Intel Core i7-6820HK
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB DDR5
1 TB 7200RPM + 256 GB SSD/32GB DDR4 RAM

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