help!!! Lost in choosing a laptop/Notebook

My friend ( a non high-end gamer) needs a gaming Laptop/Notebook with buget $1,000 - $1,350. Unfortunatly while surfing the Alienware, Dell and Toshiba site and other websites (similar to newegg but sell in the uk ) i wasn't so convinced in terms of harware since lack of info.. And now i decided to ask the Experts on this forum


1)Any particular Models?

2)Buy a prebuild notebook or a tailor made one ( buy the parts and assemble it ) ? Any particular websites to purchase the harware?(Shipping must me available to Europe)

3) what u think about 5400rpm Notebook Sata HDD ? are there other better ones? ( websites mentioned lack info like hdd cache/model/manufacturer)

4) ayone can guide me on the graphic card

thanks

1,000 - 1,350 Dollars

The thing is most laptops i came across are 5400 rpm sata's

like killer said get at least a Ati x1600 video card and a nice hard drive with 7200 rpm if you are going to use it for multimedia get at least 100 GB of storage and 1 or more GB of ram(512 is the least to get)...