Need new gaming laptop under $1000

ToaBomber

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Oct 22, 2013
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I am in need of a new laptop for gaming.

The requirements are it needs to be able to run Evolve, GTA V, and FC4 at medium settings preferably but can also settle for low settings. Also I would like it to have at least 500 GB space and at least 8 GB RAM. I also would like it to be 17 inch or 15 inch, no 13 inch the screen is too small for me.

Please give any and all suggestions, that would be very helpful

Also thank you for your time and effort in advanced.
 
Solution
For your budget I would look at barebone laptops as they are generally cheaper than branded laptop. Look for sagar laptops as they seem to be very popular with the gaming crowd.

Iamsoda

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Feb 18, 2015
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I and many others will ask this. Is a laptop a necessity for gaming? do you need to game on the go in many different places or is it a desktop replacement?
 

ToaBomber

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Oct 22, 2013
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10,510
That is something I have thought about for many hours and I do need to have a laptop for school and going on trips but it doesn't need to be top of the line, I have a gaming desktop and I need something for when I'm on the move.
 

VANNIMAL

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Apr 5, 2014
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I found a toshiba satellite s55-a5275 i7"-4700mq, 8gb RAM upgradable to 16; 1tb hd, 15.6" screen and oh yeah did i mention the nvidia geforce gt740m 2gb? it runs all these games on at least those settings. Found it at a pawn shop in perfect condition for $650...its from 2013 but i play gta 5 on medium-high with a graphics mod and get 30 frames-per-second. The mod makess the graphics better. LOOK AROUND AT EVERY PAWN SHOP IN YOUR AREA. When they have something thats fast pc wise, itll be cheap especially if it doesnt LOOK like a gaming laptop like mine. google the mdel and look at the pics i bought it 8 months after it came out for $350 less than retail because it was at a pawn shop.
 

Iamsoda

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Feb 18, 2015
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4,660

Getting used desktop parts is even cheaper, but getting a used laptop isn't a bad idea. You ca get a sick msi laptop used. Try http://www.ebay.com/itm/R-MSI-GT70-Dominator-895-17-3-i7-4800-8Gb-1TB-GTX870-3Gb-GDDR5-DVD-RW-W8-1-/351393126158?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51d0a9970e
 

Iamsoda

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Feb 18, 2015
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You can get a pretty sick used lenovo. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-Y50-Touch-15-6-FHD-i7-4700QH-2-4GHz-3-4GHz-8GB-1TB-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX860-/171767574019?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27fe252e03

Look for the various sellers of this item. All of them run around $750-$810. They have a nice i7 cpu, 8-16gig of ram, a 2gig gtx 860m (best gpu for laptop you will get with your budget, and a decent everything else.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-860M.107794.0.html
Read the fps marks on that GTX 860m. It beats the all previous models of gpu by a good mark and is better up to the 940m (the 940m is just more power efficient, but less powerful). It is the best GPU you can get, because the 950m-titan m is well beyond your budget.