1. The Dell Gamer at https://www.amazon.com/Dell-15-6-Inch-Quad-Core-i5-6300HQ-Processor/dp/B015PYYDMQ
2. My son is a little older and got 6 years from an ASUS ROG (mind you I know to use canned air on vents on a regular schedule) and his new laptop is this but with the HDD changed to SSD.
https://www.amazon.com/GL552VW-DH71-15-Inch-Discrete-GeForce-Metallic/dp/B01578ZKPO
The new model is at https://www.amazon.com/GL553VD-Gaming-i7-7700HQ-7200RPM-Keyboard/dp/B01NCOS5ZG/
Hoping to gain some insight into how to choose a gaming laptop for my children to use. I would like them to get good use of it for a few years with out much failure. I know that this topic can be a bit opinion based so I do appreciate any information offered.

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