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Do you think it would be better to go with the lenovo for the ssd and ddr4l over ddr3l ram and just buy a 7200rpm portable hard drive or the dell which has the better graphics card gtx 960 gddr5 vs 950 gddr3 though the dell hard drive is gonna run slower (5400rpm)?

Hi guys, just found out this dell is going on sale tomorrow: intel i5 6300hq, 8gb ddr3l ram, 1 tb hybrid hdd (1tb 5400rpm hybrid hard drive + 8gb embedded flash cache), nvidia gtx 960m 4gb gddr5, 15.6" for $999 cad regular $1189...

Thanks for the answers guys! Unfortunately the logicbuy id have to pay duty on which could get fairly pricey and the newegg.ca (+1 for being a canadian source) is $400 more, a bit out of my budget unfortunately

First off I'm from Canada so ill mention both the CAD and USD prices and the laptop will be used mainly for web surfing, movies, etc. along with some gaming (not super heavy or intense) and lastly some autoCAD and/or civil 3D work. The laptop ive found is a lenovo ideapad 700 15" with an i5...

I'm going to be using the laptop for gaming, autoCAD, and Civil 3d, along with movies and the general stuff. I've got it narrowed down to these 3 I think: Asus K501UX-NS51 ~ 679.99 usd Core i5 6200u 8gb ram Nvidia gtx 950m 2gb 1tb hdd and 128gb ssd Asus X550JX-DB71 (Refurbished) ~ 679.99usd...