New job, new gaming laptop!

[camhov]

Greetings forum users!

I have just recently gotten a great job in tech support and am soon going to get my tax returns and so I'm in the market for a great gaming laptop now that I can afford it. I am willing to go as high as $1000. I want around a 17.3 inch screen, and at least 8gb of ram, and some good dedicated graphics card.

I'm trying to find the best deal out there online at the moment. I do not need a touchscreen, as I find that pointless and an increased cost. Please help me pick out my new gaming laptop. I came here because this is where the professionals roam, and I'm sure a lot of smart people out there have some really good ideas. Oh, and backlighting is a huge plus!

So many choices, thanks for helping me choose!

 

[g-unit1111]

The MSI one with the GTX860M, it is a new GPU that just got released a few days ago.
http/www.anandtech.com/show/7834/nvidia-geforce-800m-lineup-battery-boost

I always tell people that screen difference is nothing to be scared of, everyone get used to it. If people can watch movies on their tablet for days, why can't people do it on a 11.6" laptop? They never tried it so they would always want to be sure and get the bigger one 'just in case'. The fact is that, you probably won't be complaining about the screen size after you get used to using it for a week or so. It'll be like 'what? 15.6"? oh yeah it is. It's not that small'

I used to have a 12" Powerbook G4 a long time ago as my primary laptop, it was a pretty decent laptop that I could take anywhere but after a while the small screen size got really old. It's not just movie watching but playing games and typing on a screen that small can really strain the eyes after a while. After several laptops of various screen sizes I've found that 15.6" is the perfect medium for a laptop screen - it's not too big, not too small and you can fit it on most airline tray tables.

 

[dasulman]

http/www.xoticpc.com/sager-np7378-clevo-w370ss-eta-march-p-6990.html?wconfigure=yes
just add operating system - $1050 and free shipping to the USA