$2500 CAD Budget for Gaming Laptop

This is what I got. Thanks for the tip about MSI laptop. I added couple extra dollars and had a great deal from XoticPC.


Order Details
1 x FORCE 16F4 (87-034) w/ 880M (MSI GT60 DominatorPro Barebones) () = $2,652.00
XOTIC Gear No XOTIC PC Gear
White Glove Premium Packaging No thanks, standard double boxed packaging is okay with my order
Outside of U.S. Shipping Coverage No Outside of US Shipping Coverage
Build Time Rush Build (Ships in 1-4 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed) (Subject to Parts Availability) [List Unique Delivery Requirements in Comments Box] (XPC Service)
Warranty 1 Year Complete Care Warranty - 1 Year Parts with Ground Shipping, 24/7 Tech Support & Lifetime Labor Warranty (SKU - WTY001)
Free Shipping FREE!!! – U.S. UPS GROUND SHIPPING (Use Coupon Code "FREESHIP" in Checkout) [U.S. Lower 48 ONLY / Restrictions Apply]
XOTIC PC Global Anti-Theft Protection No Global Anti-Theft Protection (Options below require an operating system)
Software Bundle (Not Installed) No Software Bundle
Microsoft Office Software Microsoft OFFICE 2013 Home & Student Edition - [Word/Excel/PowerPoint/OneNote] (OEM/Medialess)
Operating System No Operating System Standard - Drivers & Utility Software Only
Antivirus Software No Antivirus Essentials Software Bundle
Back Up Software No Back Up Software
Cloud Backup - Unlimited GB Storage No Unlimited GB Cloud Backup
XOTIC PC Redline Boost™ Extreme Performance No Thanks, Please do not Overclock my system
OS Redline Boost No Operating System Redline Boost
Headsets No Headset
Keyboard (External) No External Keyboard
Keyboard (Internal - Laptop) Stock - BLUE Backlit Keyboard
Mouse Accessories No External Mouse
Notebook Cooler Regular Size Notebook Cooler - Large 160mm Blue LED Fan - USB Powered (For up to 15" Laptops)
Case XOTIC PC Basic Black Medium Business Case (fits 15.6" laptops)
Battery Smart Li-ion Battery (9-Cell)
Car Adapter No Car Adapter
Spare AC Adapter No Spare AC Adapter
AC Adapter - European/UK Power Cord Standard US Power Cord
Port Replicators / Docks / Adapters No Dock/Hub/Adapter
Fingerprint Reader No Fingerprint Reader
Sound Card Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
TV Tuner No TV Tuner
Camera Integrated Digital Video Camera
Memory Card Reader Internal 3-in-1 Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS)
Wireless Network Intel® Dual Band Ultimate-N 6300 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module | Up to 450Mbps (3x3) [NO BLUETOOTH] (SKU - WIFI05)
Wireless Network Accessories No Network Accessory
Bluetooth Bluetooth Included *With select wireless cards only* (See “Wireless Network” Section Below)
External USB Optical Drive NO External USB Optical Drive
External Hard Drive (Back Up) No Back Up Hard Drive
Optical Drive Bay Hard Drive Caddy No Extra Optical Bay Hard Drive Caddy
Optical Drive Bay 8x Super Multi DVDRW/CDRW Combo Drive (Dual Layer w/ Software) (SKU - ODD001)
Raid HDD Raid Settings - OFF
Second Hard Drive No Second Hard Drive (Primary Hard Drive Required When Adding a Secondary Hard Drive) (SKU - HDD009)
Primary Hard Drive 1TB 7200RPM (SATA III - 6GB/s) (SKU - HDD005)
mSATA SSD Drive ( Slot 3 ) No mSATA SSD - [ MSI Super RAID 2 mSATA Caddy = 3 x mSATA In Primary Hard Drive ] (if selected, no primary hard drive below)
mSATA SSD Drive ( Slot 1 ) 256GB Crucial M550 Solid State mSATA III
mSATA SSD Drive ( Slot 2 ) No mSATA SSD - [ mSATA Caddy = 2 x mSATA In Primary Hard Drive ] (if selected, no primary hard drive below)
mSATA SSD Drive - Configuration Option Independant Configuration of mSATA's in Primary HDD Bay (If selecting mSATA Options these will replace primary hard drive with mSATA’s selected below)
Exterior Finish - XOTIC PC Custom Painting (Full Chassis) No Custom Laptop Painting
Exterior Finish - XOTIC PC Custom Painting (A Panel Only) No Custom Laptop Painting
Exterior Finish - XOTIC PC Laser-Sketch™ No Laptop Laser-Sketch™
Exterior Finish - Graphic & Textured Wraps Standard Laptop Finish
Ram 16GB DDR3 1600MHz [SKU–444EP] (Dual Channel Memory (4x4GB SODIMMS))
External Mobile Display No External Mobile Display
External Display Video Adapters No Video Adapter
Copper Cooling Upgrade COPPER COOLING UPGRADE - Extra Cooling Copper Heatsinks Applied to the Heatsink/Heatpipes (XPC Service)
Thermal Compound IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU (Cools better than all Compounds) (XPC Service)
Graphics Video Card NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 880M (8.0GB) GDDR5 PCI-Express DX11 w/ Optimus™ Technology
Processor 4th Generation Intel® Haswell Core™ i7-4910MQ (2.9GHz - 3.9GHz, 8MB Intel® Smart Cache) (SKU – X2X919)
Monitor Calibration NO Professional Monitor Color Calibration
Dead Pixel Warranty Standard No Dead Pixel Policy
Display 15.6” FHD 16:9 LED Backlit Wide screen (1920x1080) Anti-Glare Matte Type Screen

Sub-Total: $2,652.00
Canada Shipping Options (15 lbs) (UPS Ground 3-7 Business days): $55.00
Total: $2,707.00

I currently have ASUS G74SXA1 laptop from 2012. So I wanted to try something different. ASUS is good model but they described air suction from the side of the laptop and not from underside of laptop screen which is very hard to clean. The thing that I thought was huge suction port (left of the exhaust port) turned out to be just for show, while exhaust port is still big on the backside of my laptop (Right side). My ASUS laptop had suction on the underside of screen which is very hard to clean and I can't get rid of some of the dust. I don't feel like spending time to take the screen apart from the laptop to clean it, but I do remove the back cover and some screws time to time to clean out the dust build up on HD, graphics card, MB, & CPU.

This is the reason ASUS turned of me off.