Gaming laptop for college (under 1000$)

[froberry]

I want a laptop for university this fall, but I'm also a gamer and i'll be leaving my tower behind. (going in a residence. )

So anyways, my needs are simple. I play the blizzard games, civ 5 and the sims 3(Hopefully the 4th when it comes out). I want to be able to play those with minimal lag, obviously.

Weight, battery and size is not of matter, but if I could use my laptop for around 2 yrs without needing to buy a new one, i'd be quite pleased.

Ps: I live in canada!


Thanks you all!

 

[IRONBATMAN]

Look for something with the GT 740M

 

[froberry]

To be honest, I have close to no knowledge of laptops. :I
Brand and stuff. I've heard bad reviews of Dells and Acers, saying they always end up breaking and my old cheap dell's mother board died twice.

 

[IRONBATMAN]

http/www.ncix.com/detail/acer-v3-772g-9820-intel-i7-4712qm-8gb-a5-97007.htm

Benchmarks. Scroll all the way down
http/www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-850M.107795.0.html

 

[froberry]

The one you linked is a tad too expansive, so I looked a bit on the lower end and I found those three:
this ACER http/goo.gl/ISaa2l this MSI http/goo.gl/HzX7LL and this dell: http/goo.gl/cFH7w4 (The second model at 899$)

Are they any good? Which one would be the best investment? Quality and "life expectancy"

 

[IRONBATMAN]

I'm no expert in laptops, I don't know which laptops have higher quality, but I know pure performance though.

 

[froberry]

So, pure performance only, which one of the three mentionned before is the best?

 

[CraftedElements]

I would recommend looking at one like this http/www.xoticpc.com/force-1757-24012-860m-msi-ge70-apachepro-barebones-p-7178.html
It's only 970$, it's at the top of your budget, but it has a 17.3" screen and a 860M. The 860 is a really good laptop GPU, and will easily run your games. The i7-4700MQ will be able to run all of your programs with ease, and on top of it all it weighs 6 pounds! All around it's a great system. If you want, look around Xotic's website, and if you find a laptop you like, copy and paste the model name into google and search for retailers in Canada to save shipping costs