It also depends what games you are playing. However, if you intend to play any of the fairly demanding modern games be prepared to spend $1000+ though opinions vary.
The CPU is important, but the GRAPHICS (GPU) is arguably more important. Pretty much every laptop I've seen with reasonably good graphics like a 750M or better had an adequate CPU.
Here's a more expensive model ($1290) with a great AMD APU in it (similar to the PS4 APU). A laptop with an APU (a good one) is worth considering as we'll see some future games...
It also depends what games you are playing. However, if you intend to play any of the fairly demanding modern games be prepared to spend $1000+ though opinions vary.
The CPU is important, but the GRAPHICS (GPU) is arguably more important. Pretty much every laptop I've seen with reasonably good graphics like a 750M or better had an adequate CPU.