Custom Laptop for 3k

[radiowars]

Hi guys,

I'm looking for a gaming laptop.
Budget: $2,500-3,500.

Size: 15'' preferably, 17'' at most

Screen Resolution: Preferably 1920x1080, can go a bit lower

Portability: Looking to make it as portable as possible. I'm going to be carrying this thing around a lot.

Battery Life: Minimum 4 hours

Gaming: I'm a heavy gamer. I don't need SLI or the absolute best, but if I could fit in a 580 or similarly AMD, I'd be very happy.

Tasks: Gaming, word, some 3D stuff, photo editing and maybe some video editing.

Storage: Would like an SSD as primary and HD as secondary, don't need raid.

I plan on keeping the laptop for 4 years, also I live in the U.S.

I was looking at the Vaio Z, my only concern is the very weak Powerdock. The other brands I'm considering is Falcon Northwest, Eurocomm (the Racer- but I heard battery life sucks), and Maingear. I'll consider anything really, as long as they're reputable. Also, I'm considering waiting for the next series of GPU's. The latest I could buy this is in July.
Thanks guys.

 

[bloodstorm69]

Hi guys,

I'm looking for a gaming laptop.
Budget: $2,500-3,500.

Size: 15'' preferably, 17'' at most

Screen Resolution: Preferably 1920x1080, can go a bit lower

Portability: Looking to make it as portable as possible. I'm going to be carrying this thing around a lot.

Battery Life: Minimum 4 hours

Gaming: I'm a heavy gamer. I don't need SLI or the absolute best, but if I could fit in a 580 or similarly AMD, I'd be very happy.

Tasks: Gaming, word, some 3D stuff, photo editing and maybe some video editing.

Storage: Would like an SSD as primary and HD as secondary, don't need raid.

I plan on keeping the laptop for 4 years, also I live in the U.S.

I was looking at the Vaio Z, my only concern is the very weak Powerdock. The other brands I'm considering is Falcon Northwest, Eurocomm (the Racer- but I heard battery life sucks), and Maingear. I'll consider anything really, as long as they're reputable. Also, I'm considering waiting for the next series of GPU's. The latest I could buy this is in July.
Thanks guys.

I'm using an Alienware M17x R3 which i'm very happy with, i have a i7 2760, 256 ssd, 500 gig 7200 secondary, 8 gigs of ram, blue ray, 3d screen 1080p, Nvidia gtx 560 (the 580 is available for a couple hundred more) and it was close to $3k, on power saver i get around 3 hours of battery life......in a gaming laptop you arn't going to do any better than that