I am looking to put together a gaming laptop for my wife and the only thing that will bother her is loud fans while gaming, how efficient is the cooling and how quiet the fans.
We will be going for a 1080 8700k variant with the better cooling thermal paste.
A cooling pad with fans will help with temps and therefore noise.
Is the laptop only going to be gaming at home, or is it for mobile gaming outside the home? I ask because if the former, you could get a quiet gaming desktop PC, have it in another room even, and play the games using in-home streaming on any cheap laptop you like, which will be quieter as it's not running the game itself.