Looking mainly to spend $700CDN can squeeze up to $1000CDN

[franman]

As a college student and a gamer I'm looking for a decent gaming laptop for both school work as well as running the latest pc games.

As the topic says, I'm looking for laptops mainly around the $700 Canadian mark and can possibly squeeze up to $1000 Canadian.

There are also several criterias I'm looking at:
-Definitely not a MAC notebook.
-The laptop must run 64-bit OS.
-The manufacturing company of the laptop supports both CPU and GPU upgrades.

What laptop(s) can you recommend for me?

 

[vinaykumar5320]

Lenovo Y-series will be great for you.

Lenovo Y510p (2nd model):
http/shop.lenovo.com/ca/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y510p/

Lenovo Y410p (2nd model):
http/shop.lenovo.com/ca/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y410p/

I'd suggest you to go for Y510p, coz it has FHD 15.5" Screen which is ideal for gaming. If you want 14", go with Y410p.

 

[franman]

Lenovo Y-series will be great for you.

Lenovo Y510p (2nd model):
http/shop.lenovo.com/ca/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y510p/

What's your opinion on the 3rd model (the one that's @ $929)? I notice for the hard drive, it has the 24GB SSD and 1TB 5400 RPM.

I'm not much of a technical person but I do know that SSDs run programs a lot faster than magnetic hard drives. I was thinking of using SSDs mainly for running program executables and the 1TB for storing data.

 

[vinaykumar5320]

Yeah! You are correct. That would be a great addition. I just suggested the 2nd keeping in mind to keep the cost as low as possible... Go for the 3rd model.

 

[franman]

Thank you vinaykumar, I wish there's some way I can give you a +rep.