Will this laptop be good for gaming?

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Hi all, I have been on these forums alot recently for help but this is my first time posting.
Basically, I am about to purchase a laptop that I want to use for gaming. I know a bit about the specs but I would appreciate any advice or opinions on these specs:

CD: 8X DVD±R/RW/4X + DL Super-Multi Drive (NB-383-DVDRW)
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ Mobile Processor 2.40 GHz 6M Smart Cache, Max Turbo Freq. 3.40 GHz
HDD: 1TB 5400RPM SATA300 Hard Drive
MEMORY: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3-1600
MOTHERBOARD: Mobile Intel HM87 Express Chipset Mainboard
MSSD: 128GB (1x128GB) Plextor PX-128M5M SATA 6Gb/s SSD - 540MB/s Read & 320MB/s Write (Single Drive)
NETWORK: Built-in 10/100/1000 Mbps Network Card
NOTEBOOK: Clevo W355STQ Gaming Notebook 15.6" Full HD 1920x1080 Display w/ Built-in 2.0 MP Webcam, HDMI Port, Li-Ion Battery, & Universal AC Adapter
OS: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit Edition)
USB: Built-in 1x USB2.0 Ports + 2x USB3.0 Ports
VIDEO: NVIDIA GTX 765M 2GB PCIe Video
WNC: Wireless 802.11 b/g/n WiFi Card

I don't think I'll be heavily gaming alot but I want to be able to at least run games half decently like cod ghosts, will this setup allow me to do that? Thank you for your time and help in advance.
 
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Well a laptop can't ever match a Desktop in gaming performance. Mostly owing to dialed down GPU for power saving (The mobile sibling are quite weaker than the desktop equivalent in naming).

Since your display is full HD @ 1080p you will have to dial down the details in most of the game to low-med.

And for serious gaming i would never advice a laptop unless you have portability issue as laptop suffer from thermal degrading quite faster than desktops due to faster electromigration. ( Cause when gaming i have seen laptops GPU and CPU running at avg 90C-100C).
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Well a laptop can't ever match a Desktop in gaming performance. Mostly owing to dialed down GPU for power saving (The mobile sibling are quite weaker than the desktop equivalent in naming).

Since your display is full HD @ 1080p you will have to dial down the details in most of the game to low-med.

And for serious gaming i would never advice a laptop unless you have portability issue as laptop suffer from thermal degrading quite faster than desktops due to faster electromigration. ( Cause when gaming i have seen laptops GPU and CPU running at avg 90C-100C).
 
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Ah, I see. I'm not going to be using it for heavy gaming though I would just like the option to be there. I'm probably gonna get a next-gen console for heavy gaming when a new model comes and for the moment stick with my ps3. The laptop would be used for indie steam games etc and like football manager.

 
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Then you must surely opt for it. Its a good laptop and decent horsepower for a laptop. There is no restriction for heavy gaming too but you will have to dial down a bit that's all.

 
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My current laptop is around 6-7 years old and my pc is around 10 years old... so I'm pretty desperate for something new haha. I know just about anything on the market would be an upgrade and I like the look of this, especially since it saves me the hassle of having to upgrade my monitor but it did worry me when you talked about the degredation of the laptop? Do you think I would still get a good 4-5 years out of this laptop? Are there any measures I could take to prolong the life of it?
 
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Well Intel warrants them for something like 3 years. And according to my personal experience if you expose mobile system to intense gaming (or indirectly intense temps) use can gradually feel the slowdown after being 2 years old. It does good till 3-4 years and after something like 5-6 years its hell of a pain. So if you plan for 3-4 years use you are good to go even with full heavy duty use.
 
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Thanks so much for your help and sorry for all the additional questions but I'm thinking I might just go for a proper gaming desktop instead of buying a ps4 and, perhaps later down the line, buy a cheap laptop. The specs of the gaming desktop I'm considering are:

CAS: CoolerMaster K350 Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/USB3 Black
CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE. (BLACK Colour)
CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.90 GHz Six-Core AM3+ CPU 8MB L3 Cache & Turbo Core Technology *** Overclocking XXX ***
CS_FAN: Default Case Fan
FAN: Cooler Master Seidon 120M Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator (AMD) (Cooler Master Seidon 120M Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator (AMD))
HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive (Single Hard Drive)
MEMORY: 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3/1600mhz Dual Channel Memory (Kingston HyperX Blu w/Heat Spreader)
MONITOR: 22" TFT Active Matrix LED Display (22" (21.5" Viewable) Wide TFT Panel Black 1920X1080 5ms, D-Sub, DVI)
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P AMD 970 Chipset, ATX mainboard w/ 4 RAM slots, 7.1 Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III, RAID, 1 Gen PCIe x16, 1 Gen PCIe x4, 3 PCIe x1, & 2 PCI
MOUSE: Gigabyte M6900 Optical Gaming Mouse
NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/1000 NETWORK CARD
OS: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit Edition)
POWERSUPPLY: 700 Watts Power Supplies (CoolerMaster B700 B-Series Gaming Power Supply)
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 4GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card(Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
WNC: Asus PCE-N10 PCI-E Wireless 802.11n 150Mbps Network Interface Card

This comes to about £866 and the monitor is even included in that. I'm thinking I might switch the fx6350 for the fx8320 because I'm not familiar with overclocking anyway (+ the extra cores may be useful?) and I don't wanna damage the desktop. If you think any of this can be changed (like the processor and graphics card mainly) to make it any better or if I should get any additional fans etc please let me know :)
 
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Well the AMD build is good just lacks the GPU horsepower. The cooling is not problem in Desktop unless you overclock.So adding more than front and rear case fans in not of much use.
Try grabbing a GTX 770 or R9 280X which ever you find cheaper and more compelling from a good vendor.
You even go for GTX 780 or R9 290X regardless budget is not a concern,even tough GTX 770 and R9 280X will do fine unless you go multi-monitor.
 
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Ok thanks for all your help in this matter now I guess it's really up to myself to make a decision! Thanks again.
 
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