[Solved] Laptop 1000-1500$ moderate gaming

[gussrtk]

I need some help picking a laptop for day to day stuff + moderate gaming (FF14 online mostly at this time)

Issues/goals

#1 this is a gift for my wife (Christmas)
#2 she has a 15" laptop right now... I think that screen size is good for her, I dont think she would like anything smaller. Either same or bigger.
#3 I don't have this kind of money to put out in one shot. My only option is FutureShop (canada) because they can give me a 12month no interest payment plan. Unless anybody can suggest another place which gives 12monthly payment plan (it's just that I have the card already so im just thinking of going straight to futureshop)

-> They do Price matching, although they are touchy on price matching items that are on sale (sale on other website or something like that, they tend to match regular price only).

#4 I live in canada, QUEBEC which has restrictions on items that do not come with french language avalabilty. (near order button has QUEBEC RESIDENT disclaimer)


I have looked at the choices, I think from the selection I would choose this one, which i can price match to TigerDirect, they have it for 1500$


http/www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/asus-asus-g751jm-17-3-gaming-laptop-black-intel-core-i7-2tb-hdd-16gb-ram-nvidia-gtx860m-windows-8-1-g751jm-rh71-cb/10327008.aspx?path=d1778e66ed2b6e895996f615740da09fen02




Futureshop website laptop section

http/www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/category/laptops-macbooks/1002.aspx?path=5c717aece317fcdd73af5375d79bbd56en01



If anybody could look at other available ones, it would be appreciated I would rather buy something from newegg if i could.. they have some decent ones for around 1k And I know there are not many choices...


I have looked at the selection, I

 

[Kohwali]

Lenovo Y50! It's very popular for that price range: http/www.amazon.ca/Lenovo-59418222-15-6-Inch-Notebook-I5-4200H/dp/B00K6ZIO2K

My only concern is its display - it has great interiors, but the screen doesn't look as good as other laptops I've seen - it might just be the pictures actually.

 

[uthvag]

for the lower range as said above - the y5o

for 1500$ - the p25xv2-880m

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834233043

g751jt asus

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232202


choose whatever fits your budget

i would suggest the both of those laptops since both are good one , Asus is known for their build quality so it would have a slight advantage

anyway both the 970m and 880m have almost the same performance except that the 880m has 8gb VRAM whihc is an overkill for gaming

hope this help!

if you have questions just ask!

 

[Kohwali]

for the lower range as said above - the y5o

for 1500$ - the p25xv2-880m

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834233043

g751jt asus

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232202

I believe he's talking aboot CAD which is why I didn't suggest any ASUS ROG laptops.

 

[uthvag]

for the lower range as said above - the y5o

for 1500$ - the p25xv2-880m

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834233043

g751jt asus

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232202

I believe he's talking aboot CAD which is why I didn't suggest any ASUS ROG laptops.

for CAD wouldnt the 8gb 880 be optimal?(gigabyte one)

 

[Kohwali]

for CAD wouldnt the 8gb 880 be optimal?(gigabyte one)

That's USD $1600 which converts to nearly CAD $1800.

 

[gussrtk]

Thanks for all the help guys, im going to look into it a little more before i make final decision

 

[Kohwali]

Games aren't using more than 6GB of RAM and 99% of games aren't going to use hyperthreading, so an i5 would be fine.

I'd also like to see a source on an ASUS ROG overheating less than a Lenovo Y50.