Help me pick a laptop?

[Speartron]

I have a budget of up to $1000 dollars for a laptop. This will be my gaming and business laptop during college and afterwards and I sort of have a tight time frame to pick it before I go off (the procrastination is strong), so it has to be a laptop that could be available in a store (like Bestbuy). Ive narrowed down my picks to two which both are $100 off and available locally I want help judging.

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The Asus
*Preview*
-15.6" 1920x1080
-4th Gen Intel Core i7-4500U
-8GB of Ram
-NVIDIA GT 745M -2GB Dedicated

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The HP
*Preview*
17.3" 1920x1080
-4th Gen Intel Core i7-4710HQ
-12GB Ram DDR3L SDRAM
-Intel HD Graphics 4600

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Id like to play games (DayZ, Artic Combat, Ect) on medium-high graphics. Its use besides that will be with some basic graphic and simulation programs. Which one of these computers would be the better for that? I originally figured the HP but would the Intel graphics card bottleneck the higher level i7?
Im not new to computers, just that whole concept. Also, has HP become more reliable long term? If not, that might be a deal breaker (I want a long term laptop)

 

[darkbreeze]

If you want this for gaming, don't get either of those. The graphics adapters included with those models will never sustain playable fps at 1080 resolution on any decent games or settings. I'd pick a model with a resolution of 1366x768 unless you're going to get something with a higher end graphics adapter. If you insist on one of those though, I'd go with the ASUS. The Nvidia GT 745M adapter is superior in every way to the HD 4600.

 

[iBUYPOWER - Jason]

Hands down (like what darkbreeze said), the ASUS is the go-to choice. The ASUS is the best choice because it has a dedicated GPU, which is vital for a game like DayZ.

Try this laptop (http/www.bestbuy.com/site/msi-gp60-leopard-009-15-6-laptop-intel-core-i7-8gb-memory-750gb-hard-drive-black/5185139.p?id=1219113400429&skuId=5185139&st=pcmcat138500050001_categoryid$abcat0502000&cp=1&lp=4)

It's more gaming oriented and the newer 800M series GPU's offer better performance and battery efficiency.

Let me know if you have any questions about laptop specs or anything!

 

[darkbreeze]

This is a much better option and it has even better graphics than the one Jason recommended, for less than that unit sells for. This unit has been highly recommended for gaming but is still small enough to be portable.

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834317539

If you want to spend a little more for a slightly better unit with an i7 instead of an i5 cpu, the same gpu and dual band wireless AC this is it:

http/shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/y-series/y50/?sb=:000001C9:000120E3:

 

[iBUYPOWER - Jason]

That is a good pick from darkbreeze! You can probably pick it up from a Newegg Warehouse nearby? If not, Best Buy, might be your best option!