I5 with better gpu or I7 will worse gpu

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hey guys I'm looking at getting a laptop to play some starcraft 2, league and maybe a few other games but not looking to to have the best thing out there. So the Asus has an I7 but a gtx 850 and the MSI has an I5 but a gtx 860 I'm just not quite sure which is better.
I'm looking at these
MSI GE Series GE70 Apache Pro-061 Gaming Laptop Intel Core i5 4200H (2.80GHz) 8GB Memory 1TB HDD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M 2GB 17.3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152559

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ASUS X550JK-DH71 Gaming Laptop Intel Core i7 4710HQ (2.50GHz) 8GB Memory 1TB HDD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M 2GB GDDR3 15.6
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232132

I currently have an Asus g74 and I love it but its dying on be but I've had a good 4 years with it. I plan on putting an SSD and at least 4 gigs more ram in either when I get it. I know desktops are better which is why I have one at home that I just put a gtx 970 in so I'm set on that front. But my laptop is dying and i need something to take to school that I can play games on.
thanks guys
 
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Unless you are doing tasks like streaming while gaming, I doubt you will notice the difference between CPUs (At which point the i7 might come out ahead, but you should use a desktop in that case).

Between the GPUs there is a sizable difference, and you will notice it.
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Ya, do you think I'll notice much of a difference with the processor in like web browsing or anything like that? I currently have a I7-2670qm and I love it 12 gigs ram 250gig samsung solid state and its great. GPU boss rates my current I7 and the I5 at about the same level.
 
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Ok thats good to know. I have heard the MSI runs a little hot (core temp up to 90c) but I figure if I re-paste it, it should run cooler.
 
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Unless you are doing tasks like streaming while gaming, I doubt you will notice the difference between CPUs (At which point the i7 might come out ahead, but you should use a desktop in that case).

Between the GPUs there is a sizable difference, and you will notice it.
 
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awesome thanks, its good to know! I just haven't been in the laptop market for a while and I don't want to spend that much.
 
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