ASUS G75 Series G750JW-BBI7N05

I have the g750 js model. Have had the jm with 860m and the 765m in which your in question about. As far as laptop quality its great. Asus by far best laptop ive ever owned. Build solid, keyboard great, cooling superb, 2x 2.5hhd bays awesome. Screen good (not great but not disapointed).

All that said, that laptop is excelent. But if you can manage to buy a 860m model for $1000 when those are refurbished, the 860m is equivalent to last years 770m. So big step up above the 765m your questioning. But that said, 765 is no slouch. But 860m is just that much better for maybe $100 more.

Any other specific question pm me. In the last 6 months ive owned and gone through msi gt70, asus g750 in all forms, razer pro, macbook pro retina, samsung ativ book 8, and msi stealth. Asus by far is overall winner. Not the lightest compared to slim models, but keeping things cool which at end of day was most important. Also best keyboard of them all, and very very solid construction of laptop, thing feels like a tank like itll take on anything.

Honestly my personal recomendation based on what i would do. Look for or wait a bit for the new asus g750 with 860m refurbished for $999. I think it was just yesterday newegg had them. The 860m is like i said way more powerful than the 765m. But if you cant wait, cant find a 860m in your price range, id go with the 765m. YOu'll still get high settings on most games (which on a lapotp screen is still great, i was happy with medium settings). Asus build quality in their g750 series is just superb. But it is a big 17" that weighs 10lbs. But if you do go any slimmer, your getting a 750m which is a huge downgrade, and then you have to deal with a scortching laptop, high fan noise, and thermal throttling. If you find a good backpack, i use a targus breifcase thing, the portability is just as good as a light 15", but you'll really appreciate the 17" screen realastate once you have it.

I would stay clear of hp, dell, samsung, or any other slim laptop with a graphics card, more hastle than it is a pleasure to deal/work with. Asus makes a slim i7 quad core but those are still around the $1200 mark. Theres the lenovo notebook for $800ish which gives you sli 755m and an i7. But mediocre build quality, poor keyboard and battery, and horrible heat. So even though its larger the asus with 765m for $900 beats out anything else even close to it. Next best would be the asus with 860m which i would recomend to anybody looking for a laptop. I only went with 870m as the graphics card for rendering is a vast improvement, but i had and loved my 860m version. It was just a screaming gaming card. And i still liked my 765m model as well but then the 860m upgrade came out while my 765m was still in 30 return policy so for same price that was a no brainer upgrade.

But i can tell you even with the asus with 765m you will not be disapointed, not sure about the refurbished deal being used and such, but if it was that bad you can always return it and try again. Neweggs good on that end.

Yes brand new. I saw 2 days ago now the g750 jm with 860 refurbished for $999. But if you cant find that anymore and cant afford the $1300, and your comfortable buying refurbished, the laptop in question is excellent.

and if you have any specific questions reguarding the laptop itself im staring at mine right now so just ask