Looking for low budget gaming laptop

Magic17

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Aug 28, 2013
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1. What is your budget? Preferred around $700 but considering $1100 MAX

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

3. What screen resolution do you want? 1920x1080

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Either is fine, Primarily school use and lightweight gaming

5. How much battery life do you need? 5 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)? The Sims 4 for my wife when i am not using it for school. League of Legends, some possibly some FPS and RPG. Wide range of games.

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.) Taking Lower Division computer classes. So possibly coding and whatever else.

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? 500 GB is plenty. Might consider getting WD Black^2 later on down the road.

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links. Work @ frys so can easily price match. Newegg, Tigerdirect(No Tax), Amazon (have Prime).

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop? hoping to last at least 3+ years

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ? DVD rom is optional but not necessary.

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. ASUS and MSI been strongly considered. Took a look at Lenovo was content with them.

13. What country do you live in? Cali, USA.

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
What I have come up with so far
ASUS X550LNV-NB51 @ $699
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834231960

MSI GP60 Leopard-010 @ $849
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152570

ASUS ROG G56JK-EB72 @ $1049
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=34-231-975

MSI GE Series GE60 Apache-033 @ $1080
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152561

Lenovo Y50 (59425944) @ $1099
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834317538

I already have a High end gaming computer at home. I am going to primarily use this at school where i have roughly 2 hrs breaks in between classes and sometimes in class. Would perfer to with something in the price range of $700-$900. Love the feel of MSI and not of the Asus so far.

Would prefer to buy something within a month but can possibly wait for the geforce 9xxM and all the other tech that's coming right around the corner.