Powerful laptop for 1000-1300$

W0lfdalE

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Hello everybody.
1. What is your budget? 1000-1300$

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15-17"

3. What screen resolution do you want? 1080p (!)

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Desktop replacement

5. How much battery life do you need? Doesn't much matter. 2+ hrs

6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)? Fallout 3 New Vegas - Med+, Borderlands 2 - Med+, Dirt 3 - Med+, BF3 - Med+

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.) Programming, video editing, sound design, gaming, web browsing

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? 500Gb+=

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop? 3-4 years

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ? DVD-RW

12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons. Prefer: Dell, Lenovo, MSI, HP - trusted brands, IMO.

13. What country do you live in? Ukraine

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed. i7 quad-core CPU is must have.
 

jackspeed

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1. Lenovo Y580 (the blu ray player gtx 660) 1k
http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/builder.workflow:Enter?sb=:000001C9:0000717E:#.UIGomm_A-Q0

2.Asus (lower screen res as lenovo but 17") 1200 (Not 1080p)
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2355975&CatId=4935

3. MSI gt70 1400(good laptop slightly over budget much better gpu then the others but no blu ray player)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152347&name=Laptops-Notebooks
 

Yuka

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I would take a look in here:

www.sagernotebook.com

I just got a laptop form there and they have really good prices.

Cheers!
 

jackspeed

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The sager NP9170 would be a good choice with the gtx675.

It is the msi gt70 chassis if I remeber correctly. Its 1300 its a gt70 202 with a "worse" network card and a slightly better cpu. It says $1399 but it is $100 at checkout.
 

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If games are not important then the lenovo. If you want a 17 inch then the ge70. if you want a backlit keyboard then the sager. The sager is the best listed in both build quality and computer. The ge70 cheaps out on its case a little compared to the sager. And I'm not a big of a fan of lenovo after working with there think pads but it is a great computer for the money.

The lenovo has slightly better specs then the ge70. If you do not want to play any of your games then you could have a good laptop for 800. My endorsement is the sager NP9170 with a gtx675 (because its a free upgrade). The choice is yours.
http://www.sagernotebook.com/index.php?page=product_customed&model_name=NP9170

BF3 - Med+
This recommended sys reqs are a gtx 560, a 675m is 1 step on toms gpu chart below it. a gtx 660m is above the minimum reqs but BF3 requires a lot of horse power.
 

Yuka

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There's a 14" chassis in the Sager list that can do an i7 with a GT650M for 1k.

I was targeting that one at first, but then I realized that 15.4" is not that big and had more options.

Cheers!