Gaming laptop (around $1,000)

bthizle1

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I´ve been considering buying a laptop for sometime now, because I need the portablity, otherwise I´d MUCH rather build my own desktop. I´m even considering building a mini itx system and then purchasing a cheap laptop, however I´m not sure if even that would be much better (more bang for my buck) and much cheaper than one of these laptops.

My budget is more or less around $1,000 USD.

Right now I´m sort of split between these two:

np7370 ($1,000)
http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np7370-...st-p-5841.html

np8230 ($1,200)
http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np8230-...m1-p-5840.html


The sager np7370. It´s a 17inch, so it´s a bit bigger than the np8230, however it weighs a bit less. (Would still probably be much more portable than a mini itx I assume) I´d like the 17inch screen for gaming, yeah a bit less mobility, but still I don´t think I´d have a huge problem putting this on one of my backpacks and carrying it on a plane etc...


Only difference really is that the np7370 has the GTX 765m GPU and the 8230 has the GTX 770m...which I´m told is some %20-%30 better....is it really worth it to pay another $200 USD for the np 8230 with the 770m?

Do you think the 7370 could hangle most games on high? Also do you think it could run games fairly well for the next say 2 years or so...maybe 3?

Also any other recommendations are welcome.

EDIT:

Also I assume I could hook up any laptop fairly easily to a monitor, so a 15 inch laptop would be fine if I wanted to hook it up to a bigger monitor and play as such?
 

bthizle1

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That laptop you listed has an AMD CPU, and I´d MUCH prefer an intel....a new haswell even. The AMD CPU´s just don´t compare, especially since I´m looking to play games like the Total War series and other strategies that are fairly CPU heavy.