Choosing between these gaming laptops... Cost vs. components

[acenglish]

Howdy,

Looking to buy a new gaming laptop, and Im down to a few selections, I just cant decide if the cost outweighs the few upgrades...

What do you guys think?

First choice...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-rog-17-3-laptop-intel-core-i7-16gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-256gb-solid-state-drive-black/5419233.p?id=1219128145308&skuId=5419233&st=pcmcat287600050003_categoryid$abcat0502000&cp=1&lp=10


Second choice...(By the way, the price on this one is not what its listed as 2250.00, its actually 2350.00)

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-rog-17-3-laptop-intel-core-i7-24gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-two-128gb-solid-state-drives-black/5419059.p?id=1219128145307&skuId=5419059&st=pcmcat287600050003_categoryid$abcat0502000&cp=1&lp=4


Third choice...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/msi-gt70-dominator-891-17-3-laptop-intel-core-i7-24gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-aluminum-black/5142143.p?id=1219111594623&skuId=5142143&st=pcmcat287600050003_categoryid$abcat0502000&cp=1&lp=6

Thanks for the input!

-ACE

 

[GRUxTSAR]

First choice for sure

 

[acenglish]

It appears, the only upgrades for the extra 500 bucks are a blu ray player...8gig more ram...different network capabilities, and going from an 870m to and 880m?...Maybe im missing what makes it worth the extra 500?

 

[Guest]

It appears, the only upgrades for the extra 500 bucks are a blu ray player...8gig more ram...different network capabilities, and going from an 870m to and 880m?...Maybe im missing what makes it worth the extra 500?

an 880m costs 600$, an 870m costs 400$, there's a 200$ gap between these two there. 8GB RAM is around 80$ 1600mhz, blu ray player is about 40$/80$ depending if reader/writer. there's still quite a gap though.