Looking for a gaming laptop

Joe Mu

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Aug 4, 2015
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1. What is your budget?
~$1000
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
Doesn't really matter much to me, 14-15" is fine
3. What screen resolution do you want?
1920/1080
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portability isn't too big of an issue.
5. How much battery life do you need?
Isn't that important considering that it will be in the charger the majority of the time, but a few hours of battery life would be convenient.
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)?
Want to play Overwatch, Far Cry, more recent games at 60fps
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Little bit of video editing occasionally, not really of much conern
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
500GB-1TB
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Considering this Cyberpower laptop, but I am not sure if I should buy, I don't know much about their reputation: https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Cyber-Week-Tracer-II-15-VR
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
The next few years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
Not needed
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.
MSI is a reliable brand(ish)
Lenovo is the manufacturer of my current laptop, a lenovo Y40; the GPU crapped out on me a while ago, due most likely to driver issues. I've tried everything, reverting to the original factory drivers, latest drivers, etc...
13. What country do you live in?
US
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.