Gigabyte Aero 15 Classic: 144Hz, RTX 2070MQ, i7-9750H, 16GB, 512GB SSD + FS $1599

Are these a class up from all those Asus and MSI deals that seem to frequent SD? Like the GS65.

Better build quality? I hate all the Chinese plastic and cheap parts. Miss the build of say an EVGA SC15

This is actually a really nice deal on this laptop. The photos show that the entire keyboard is RGB lit but from what I understand the new 9th gen processor models do not have the secondary key symbols on the number row lit up. I ordered one and will see once it comes in tomorrow. From all the reviews, this is a really nice machine, just make sure you use a cooling pad for extended periods of gaming. I love the fact that it has a wide port selections including a UFS 2 super fast SD card reader AND has 2 PCIE vNME slots. I dual run windows for some gaming and Linux for productivity and work so having the ability to add 64gb of total ram and 2 NVME drives to completely separate the two operating systems is a win. At $1600 for all that, with a powerful i7 (i9 would be way too hot in this slim body) this is an awesome package! I am hoping that the LG screen is indeed as color accurate as they say since I will be offloading a lot of photos from the SD card out of my DSLR onto this machine! Woohoo!

Quote from itsarectangle : Are these a class up from all those Asus and MSI deals that seem to frequent SD? Like the GS65. Better build quality? I hate all the Chinese plastic and cheap parts. Miss the build of say an EVGA SC15

None of these brands you listed are Chinese and the GS65 is made of aluminum.