Want a gaming laptop for under $1400

Makoroto

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So I made enough money at the casino for the past 2 weeks to get a good gaming laptop.

My top priority is the video card, so my top 2 choices so far

MSI GX70 DESTROYER-229 (GX70-3CC-229) w/ Radeon R9 M290X card, for $1260 but MSI laptop case designs are much ugly...

and


http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Fangbook_Evo_AX7-200_Gaming_Notebook for $1269 after downgraded SSD, downgraded DVD and no OS


1. What is your budget?

< $1400 ($1300 preferred)

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?

any, but smaller is better

3. What screen resolution do you want?

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

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5. How much battery life do you need?

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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)?

Want to play latest games on High Settings

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)

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8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?

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

http://www.xoticpc.com/msi-gx70-destroyer229-gx703cc229-p-6965.html?wconfigure=yes

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?

1.5 years before selling it

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

none

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.

Usually buy Acer. MSI have ugly case designs. No real brand preference.

13. What country do you live in?

USA


14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.

Need at least 1 SSD bay in addition to main HDD.

Thank you for the help in advance.
 

Makoroto

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yea i just checked that the A10 CPU decreases FPS by almost 3 times. how the f do they sell such piece of shit?

although i found this to be a better deal http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/FANGBOOK_Evo_HX7-100_Gaming_Notebook
17 inch with no OS, GTX 770M card and 256 SSD for $1183, comes out to be a better deal