Gaming laptop suggestions

[Transgress]

1. What is your budget?
Under 1000

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
15.6

3. What screen resolution do you want?
Prefer something above 1366x768

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Desktop replacements but needs to be somewhat light (no asus G series laptops)

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

6. Games?
I will play games on this laptop, probrably skyrim, bf3, sc2 and need for speed the run preferably on medium or higher.
I was thinking that a 555m would be neccesary but prefer me if i'm wrong

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.) General web browsing and downloading.

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
500GB or more

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Not really sure, suggestions would be nice

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

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
None absolutley needed, would be nice to have a Bluray

12. Company
Asus and Lenovo are nice, open to other suggestions.

No Hp or Dell though, already had too much broken laptops from them

13. What country do you live in?
Canada

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I was also looking at the lenovo y570, possibly refurbrished. Any opinions?

 

[WR2]

Hello Transgress;

How about a new Lenovo Y570?
Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 Core i5 & GT 555M $CAD703

i7-2670QM and Blu-Ray equipped for $919.
But I'd suggest the $703 model and buying an external BluRay player.

 

[1337dedrea]

I was in a similar position and was wondering if anyone thought this was worth it instead?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230111&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL012412&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL012412-_-EMC-012412-Latest-_-LaptopsNotebooks-_-34230111-L020C

The GPU ranking of the 460m is quite a bit higher than the 555m

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html

 

[Yargnit]

You really want a least a 560m for gaming.

Unfortunately on newegg, the only laptop with a 560m under $1000 is a 17.3" model. TOSHIBA Qosmio X775-Q7380

The cheapest 15.6" would be this Asus ASUS G53SX-NH71 at $1200. (But CAD prices might be a little better?)

A 560m is basically the minimum you want for decent laptop gaming performance though, whether you go with one of those models or find something else. It's basically the equivalent of an under-clocked 550ti desktop card. The 555m is actually a fairly significant step down in performance from that.

 

[WR2]

GTX 460M is nice. The 90 day warranty should be a bit scary on a used gaming notebook.

 

[1337dedrea]

This is the latest deal they have on the 570y series. Is it worth the extra $80 to get the quad core and 8 gigs of ram?
http://www.logicbuy.com/deals/lenovo-ideapad-y570-best-deal-coupon/30685.aspx

 

[WR2]

$80 for 2 more cores and 2GB of RAM? I would think so.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Clevo P151HM ....about $990

5.6" 1920 x 1080 Full HD
560M GFX w/1.5GB GDDR5
8GB, PC3-1333Mhz DDR3
500GB/7200rpm 16MB Cache Buffer SATA-300
8X Max. DVD±R/RW Writer/Reader / 4X Max. +DL Super-Mulit Drive
8 Cells Lithium-Ion Battery Pack 76.96WH
Integrated 802.11 b/g/n + Bluetooth V3.0 Combo
Built-In 2.0M Pixels Digital Video Camera
Built-In Fingerprint Reader
Built-In Gigabit Ethernet LAN
Built-In 9-IN-1 Flash Memory Reader(MMC/RSMMC/MS/MS Pro/MS DUO/SD/Mini-SD/SDHC/SDXC)
1 IEEE-1394a Fire Wire
2 USB 2.0 Ports
2 USB 3.0 Ports
1 eSATA Port
1 HDMI Output
1 DVI-I Port
1 Kensington Lock Port
Built-in Microphone, 2 Speakers and 1 Sub-Woofer
4 Audio Jacks for Headphone, Microphone-In, S/PDIF-Out, and Line-In
1 100/240V Autoswitch AC Power Adapter
Standard Carrying Case with Strap