Best gaming laptop under $1200 (FAQ filled out)

osheen23

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Jun 19, 2013
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1. What is your budget? My budget is within $1200 MAX

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? Looking around a 15.6" but can do a 17.3" also. Nothing smaller than a 15.6"

3. What screen resolution do you want? Full HD 1920 x 1080

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Doesn't matter, open to anything.

5. How much battery life do you need? Doesn't matter since my machine will always be plugged in.

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 only play counter strike source since I play it competitively, so I would like to play that on HIGH settings.

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop?

Mostly play my game, other than that, the usual youtube videos, porn, web browsing etc etc

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) 500gb or up

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links. Nope, as long as it is credible.

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

I'm aiming for 2 years

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? I assume all I want is the DVD.

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. Not a brand nazi, all about the specs!

13. What country do you live in? United states (California)

 

UniversityOfPi

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at $1200 there is the MSI GE60
It's got a haswell i7 (quad core) and a GTX765M
bestbuy link though it's the same price at newegg and amazon depending on where you prefer to shop
I'd recommend checking out someplace like xoticpc customizable computers; they've got a few haswell based rigs with a 750m or even 765m starting under 1k there's even more if you go a gen or two back in terms of cpu with respectable gpus