looking for help decided on a laptop

• Country

[United states]

• Budget

[$1200-$1800 USD]

• Are you open to refurbs/used options?

[No]

• Screen size

[15-16"]

• Weight limit

[Any]

• Purpose

[gaming and schoolwork]

• Form factor

[standard]

• Intended usage
• [I'm looking for a laptop that can primarily help with gaming AAA games but also has the battery life to be used as a work laptop. I don't know much about laptops to begin with so any helpful links or advice would be greatly appreciated. if you have any questions that could be helpful for me please feel free to ask and I will do my best]
• Desired battery life

[no more than 20 hours, typically 10 hours]

• Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life

[performance, battery life, weight, size.]