Looking for a reasonably priced performance laptop.

[Bryce Demar]

Hello, I am fairly knowledgeable with desktops but I have never been very interested in laptops. Up until recently i have had not one need for a laptop. But now that I do i would like to ask the members of Tom's hardware community's opinion on what laptops they recommend. Below are some guide lines on what I am looking for. Also this laptop will be for 3d game design and some light gaming.

budjet is $550 anything above is pushing my butget.
Non touch and preferably ships with windows 7
1080p display (lower is fine but I would like to stay at full HD)
Intel i5 quad core or better.
8gb ram
Nvidia GTX 560m or newer (other graphics solutions are fine as long as they aren't terribly slow)
SSD boot drive preferred (Not required)
1tb hdd
Large keyboard with reasonable travel distance
Good io and sleek profile

 

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http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314535&cm_re=840m-_-34-314-535-_-Product

 

[jaguarskx]

You are asking for too much on too small of a budget.

Laptops with a 1080p screen, but only integrated graphics starts at around $700 - $750. Adding a dedicated graphics chip would increase the price. A SSD will increase the price even more since they are still expensive compared to hard drives. The GT 840m is roughly equal to the older GTX 560m.