Acer Aspire V3-571G-9686, good buy?

[xenobreak]

I'm looking for a laptop for school and light gaming (most gaming will be done at home on my desktop).

Looking to spend no more than $700. I just came across this on newegg...

Acer Aspire V3-571G-9686:

Operating System: Windows 8, 64-bit version
Processor: 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3632QM Processor 2.2GHz with Turbo Boost technology up to 3.2GHz
Memory: 6GB DDR3 SDRAM
Storage: 500GB hard drive
Display: 15.6" HD Widescreen CineCrystal™ LCD display (1366 x 768)
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 640M with 2GB DDR3 VRAM, Mobile Intel® HM77 Express chipset

Newegg:
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215615

$699 from Acer: (ill get it from here if i decide to buy it)
http/store.acer.com/store/acerna/en_US/pd/ThemeID.30483300/productID.259041100

Before i get this i just wanted to get some outside opinions. Also if there is any other laptops in that price range that are better please link it to me 😀

 

[xenobreak]

I just came across this Lenovo G780 for the same price ($699)
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834246492

Better/same specs all around (and Windows 7 instead of 8) except the video card is a Geforce 630M rather than the 640M. Will this make much of a difference? Seems like a better deal otherwise... this will be my first laptop so i wanna make sure i make a good choice 😀

 

[daletron]

bump, as i'm looking at this laptop too

 

[Captain_Dimak]

Bump again.... I've had bad luck with acers in the past, but the laptop is available from TigerDirect as well:

http/www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4978876

 

[Atheral_Fang]

As for the lenovo the processor pass mark score should answer your question.

For the Acer:
http/www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-3632QM+%40+2.20GHz

And the Lenovo:
http/www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-3520M+%40+2.90GHz

 

[Atheral_Fang]

Also the benchmarks for both gpus

Acer:
http/www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-640M.71579.0.html

Lenovo:
http/www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-630M.63761.0.html