New gaming laptop

1. What is your budget?

8000 dkk (roughly 1300-1400$), but can go higher

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?

Minimum 15 inch screen, 17 inch/ 18,4 prefered

3. What screen resolution do you want?

Doesn't matter, but wouldn't want fullHD on a 15 inch screen.

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

Desktop replacement

5. How much battery life do you need?

1 hour +

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)?

Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Empire: Total war
World of Warcraft
Various Half-life 2 mods


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

Photo editing(I'm a photographer), watching movies, school work.

8. How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need?

Minimum 250GB

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.

No specific sites

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

3-4 years

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?

DvD write/read

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.

I don't like acer, they seem to have high percentage of faulty laptops

13. What country do you live in?

Denmark(   )

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.

external laptop temperatures > gaming > price > noise

I have been looking at the MSI GX740 and GX 640(with i5-430m),

The asus g73jh(even tho its price in denmark is the double of my budget, 16000dkk)

Toshiba Qosmio x505

Some deviltech(but this option might get expensive due to taxes and VAT in Denmark)