Portable Laptop for Gaming and School?

[acfman17]

I am looking for a laptop which is portable enough and has enough battery life for me to carry around all day, but is powerful enough to run games like Battlefield 4 at medium-high settings at 30+ FPS. My budget is around $1500-$2000, but the cheaper the better. I know the Razer Blade can do this, but it is a bit pricy for such small hard drive space, so I'm looking for other suggestions! I'm currently leaning toward the Alienware 14.

Note that I can't carry around anything above a 15.6" screen size, so a 17.3" is out of the question. I also need about 4-5 hours of battery life when using it for word processing and a bit of simple coding. Additionally, a weight of over 5-6 lbs is going to be a bit too much.

Here's what I've looked at so far (and cons as to why I may not get them, although I'm still open to all of these):

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  Razer Blade (Expensive, lackluster display)
  Alienware 14
  Lenovo y510p (Dual 750m are not too helpful in games that don't support SLI)

Edit: I'm also completely open to a laptop that may be a bit out of my price range, but I could get refurbished within it.

 

[AndyC53]

I am looking for a laptop which is portable enough and has enough battery life for me to carry around all day, but is powerful enough to run games like Battlefield 4 at medium-high settings at 30+ FPS. My budget is around $1500-$2000, but the cheaper the better. I know the Razer Blade can do this, but it is a bit pricy for such small hard drive space, so I'm looking for other suggestions! I'm currently leaning toward the Alienware 14.

Note that I can't carry around anything above a 15.6" screen size, so a 17.3" is out of the question. I also need about 4-5 hours of battery life when using it for word processing and a bit of simple coding. Additionally, a weight of over 5-6 lbs is going to be a bit too much.

Here's what I've looked at so far (and cons as to why I may not get them, although I'm still open to all of these):

• 
  Razer Blade (Expensive, lackluster display)
  Alienware 14
  Lenovo y510p (Dual 750m are not too helpful in games that don't support SLI)

Edit: I'm also completely open to a laptop that may be a bit out of my price range, but I could get refurbished within it.

http/www.amazon.com/Lenovo-IdeaPad-59388313-15-6-Inch-Laptop/dp/B00F0RC4VQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384119448&sr=8-1&keywords=lenovo+gaming+laptop
This is a very good gaming laptop which will play BF4 on High Settings and it might get up to Ultra!
And this one will play it on Ultra settings DEFINITELY: http/www.amazon.com/MSI-Series-GT70-2OC-065US-17-3-Inch/dp/B00CU9GLUM/ref=psdc1_t3_B00CU9GKU8_B00CU9GLUM - really good laptop that will play battlefield 4 on max settings.

 

[Valentin_N]

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[acfman17]

This is a very good gaming laptop which will play BF4 on High Settings and it might get up to Ultra!
And this one will play it on Ultra settings DEFINITELY: http/www.amazon.com/MSI-Series-GT70-2OC-065US-17-3-Inch/dp/B00CU9GLUM/ref=psdc1_t3_B00CU9GKU8_B00CU9GLUM - really good laptop that will play battlefield 4 on max settings.

That Lenovo one is what I was looking at, I was worried about games that don't support SLI not running very well, although I don't know if this concern is warranted.

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That website looks very... sketchy. Is Clevo a trustworthy company?
Edit: Also, if I bump it up to an i7 4800 will that add any substantial weight? Also the battery life seems to be not very good.

 

[jaguarskx]

Prostar has been around for several years offering customized laptops. I think they have been in business since the late 90s. Clevo has been making laptop chasses for over a decade. Generally good, but bland design.

 

[acfman17]

Prostar has been around for several years offering customized laptops. I think they have been in business since the late 90s. Clevo has been making laptop chasses for over a decade. Generally good, but bland design.

Thanks for the info, unfortunately it appears that laptop only has about 2 hours of battery life which is nowhere near what I need.

 

[Valentin_N]

This is a very good gaming laptop which will play BF4 on High Settings and it might get up to Ultra!
And this one will play it on Ultra settings DEFINITELY: http/www.amazon.com/MSI-Series-GT70-2OC-065US-17-3-Inch/dp/B00CU9GLUM/ref=psdc1_t3_B00CU9GKU8_B00CU9GLUM - really good laptop that will play battlefield 4 on max settings.

That Lenovo one is what I was looking at, I was worried about games that don't support SLI not running very well, although I don't know if this concern is warranted.

alternative

That website looks very... sketchy. Is Clevo a trustworthy company?
Edit: Also, if I bump it up to an i7 4800 will that add any substantial weight? Also the battery life seems to be not very good.

it's about three hours and 30 min. This not the wanted battery time but you can adjust to make the cpu only use 50% of it's full capacity. I can help you achieve that if you don't know how to do it.

The brightness also influenses the battery time.

 

[akinola taiwo]

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ASUS Republic of Gamers G75VW-AH71 17.3-Inch Gaming Laptop

Screen Size 17.3 inches
Max Screen Resolution 1920*1080 pixels
Processor 2.4 GHz Core i7-3630QM
RAM 8 GB DDR3
Hard Drive 750 GB
Graphics Coprocessor Nvidia GTX 660M 2G GDDR5
Wireless Type 802.11bgn
Number of USB 3.0 Ports 4
Average Battery Life (in hours) 2 hours
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Other Technical Details
Brand Name Asus
Series G75VW
Item model number G75VW-AH71
Hardware Platform PC
Operating System Windows 8
Item Weight 8.7 pounds
Item Dimensions L x W x H 16.30 x 0.90 x 12.60 inches
Processor Brand Intel
Processor Count 1
Computer Memory Type DDR3 SDRAM
Hard Drive Interface Serial ATA
Hard Drive Rotational Speed 7200 RPM
Optical Drive Type DL DVD±RW/CD-RW
Power Source Battery
Batteries: 1 Lithium ion batteries required