Needing help about tech specs to run skyrim well

[tastykitkat]

I am not a super techy person, so I really just want some opinions about what kinds of things (tech specs) to look for when buying a laptop for gaming, because I'm not completely sure what to look for. How much memory do I need, etc?
Or do you have any positive experience with a laptop running Skyrim, as well as mods?
Is it worth going a little bit cheaper for a laptop that might not run Skyrim on ultra, but still run well? What are your thoughts?

 

[TechyInAZ]

What to look for:

Quad Core Intel CPU.
Geforce GTX 950M or higher.
8GB of RAM
Standard size notebook, the ultra thin gaming notebooks overheat like crazy.

I have no experience with Skryim, however if you get something along these lines it will defiantly run that game well (not at ultra though).

 

[stokieben]

To add onto Techy's response my 870M runs it well at ultra so for high details 960M + is needed.

If you can fork out for it the best value for price to performance is 970M, GE series from MSI are good value and don't suffer from thermal throttling.