Need Opinion for choosing laptop

[Alexander Ma]

Hi guys,

I mainly play dota 2. My budget is 1000-1500 CAD. I found 3 good deals, but both P35 and GT60 are open boxed.

Gigabyte P35Wv2-CF4 Gaming Notebook 15.6" Intel i7-4710HQ 8GB 1TB+128GB SSD
- NV GTX870M DVD BT W8.1 1300 CAD

MSI Notebook GT60 2QD-1066US Dominator 15.6" Intel i7-4710MQ 8GB DDR3 1TB HDD
- NV GTX 970M 3GB Video Ram,Super Multi HDMI BT W8.1 1300 CAD

MSI Notebook GE60 2QE-871US Apache Pro 15.6" (1920x1080) Intel i7-4720HQ 8GB 1TB HDD
- Nvidia GeForce GTX960M DVD/RW HDMI BT W8.1 1150 CAD

is cheaper one good enough for dota2?
If I spend 1300 CAD, which one is better for gaming 870M +128 SSD or 970M?

Thank you for the help.

 

[hang-the-9]

The system with the SSD will start Windows and programs faster, but as far as games go, the 970M will run them a bit faster.

As long as the open box systems have the full warranty on them, I'd go with the system with the 970M and replace the drive with a 256gig SSD.

Just for DOTA2, the one with the 960M is enough.