What is the Best Screen Size for a Gaming Laptop?

At the end of the day this comes down to personal preference, but here’s what you need to consider:

• Small Screen: Smaller 14 inch gaming laptops are great if you’re on the go, but at the compromise of a smaller screen. Some people won’t like trying to glance at a smaller image.

  These laptops also have less upgrade options – just one M.2 slot for storage upgrades is fairly common, but the ones that have two compromise by having soldered memory.

• Medium Screen: 15-16 inch gaming laptops are a great sweet spot. They usually offer enough upgrade options (e.g. 2x M.2 slots, 2x RAM sticks, 1x Wi-Fi card), enough ports, and have a slightly bigger screen which is better for most people while not being too much bigger or heavier.

• Large Screen: 17 inch gaming laptops are quickly disappearing, replaced by taller 16:10 18 inch screens that fit within a similar size footprint. I think it’s fair to say that objectively, these bigger screens just look better to play games on – at least that’s our experience! But the compromise is more weight to carry around with you, there’s always a tradeoff.

For me personally, the portability trade off of a big screen isn’t worth it, as I only use laptops when traveling. But if you’re not moving the machine around as much, a bigger laptop might offer more ports, even more upgrade options (think 3x or 4x M.2 slots, up to 4x RAM slots), and potentially bigger coolers for more performance.

I’ll stick to 14-15 inch and just connect a bigger screen when I dock at home! But let me know which you prefer and why?

Of course physical size is only one part of picking a screen, you also need to pick the right resolution.