Looking for a good gaming laptop around $1000 (Also comparing two)

Not including any you guys suggest which one?

  • MSI GT70 Dominator 424 (i7 4800MQ, 870M) 9 cell battery 1 fan

    Votes: 1 100.0%
  • Sager NP8268-S (i7 4810MQ, 870M) 8 cell battery 2 fans

    Votes: 0 0.0%

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CBJ023

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Ok so I need a laptop for college, but I mainly need it for gaming. All i need it for for college is taking notes, but I want to be able to play games like BF3, BF4, War Thunder, Skyrim etc on high settings. Right now I'm stuck between two laptops. The Sager 8268-S and the MSI GT60 Dominator 424. I was set on the Sager until I found the Dominator. It has a bigger battery and only one fan so it gets much better battery life (it seems). It has the 4800 instead of the 4810 but that only seems to be a .1ghz difference. Any draw backs for the Dominator 424? It seems quiet unless gaming and stays around 70-80 when gaming with boost enabled. I'll use a cooling pad to keep it cooler as well.
 

CBJ023

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I was also told the MSI Dominator 424 is a good laptop wit a longer battery life, but I'm worried about temperatures. The Sager would reach about 80, and MSI it seems about 90-95, and only one fan. Also with the Sager is it possible to upgrade the GPU or CPU later? (I more than likely wouldn't was just wondering) And thank you for the help
 

CBJ023

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(Sorry for updating so often just trying to figure out the absolute best laptop I can get for the money) It actually seems like it has better cooling the GPU reaching about 80, or 70 if turbo boost cooling is on, and the CPU around 80. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0amU0wIWlNY ) if it has the 5hrs I heard from a guy on reddit it will be a perfect fit, I haven't found anything really bad a bout except that it has only one fan, but that fan seems to do very well.