Help picking right laptop

[Recklessrog]

1. What is your budget?
$1000

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
13-16"

3. What screen resolution do you want?
preferably 1600x900 or higher

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
portable

5. How much battery life do you need?
5 or so hours

6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
I would just like to play some games smoothly. Low settings are fine. I mostly play sc2, dota 2, tf2 and cs:go

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Some engineering applications

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
minimum 128gb

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
newegg, amazon, tiger direct, but also open to other sites

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
~3 years

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
doesn't matter to me

12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
Any. More about the quality and parts then name brand itself

13. What country do you live in?
USA


Thanks in Advance!

 

[C12Friedman]

Gonna confuse you just a tad more here... check out the laptops here.
http://www.xoticpc.com/custom-gaming-laptops-notebooks-15416-laptops-ct-95_51_149.html
It's a little hard for me to find your ideal laptop in that range, some sacrifices are to be expected I guess. I would look at the Segar/Clevo NP6165 or a model with simular specs. One thing to note about XoticPC, the operating system is not included in the base price - that'll add about $90 to the price