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Newegg.com - MSI G Series GE60 0ND-042US Notebook Intel Core i7 3610QM(2.30GHz) 15.6" 8GB Memory DDR3 1600 750GB HDD 7200rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M ($1199, but comes with a free xbox 360. I already have an xbox 360 though)
custom gaming laptops - Welcome to Sager Notebooks (with my configuration, it costs $1269
Of course, each laptop has its own pros and cons.
The Lenovo laptop has a Blu-ray player, and a 1 TB harddrive (however it is 5400 rpm, not 7200 rpm!). It comes with a Geforce GTX 660, same as the MSI one.
It is also the "cheapest" out of the 3 laptops. It weighs about 5.95 lbs. All other specs (memory, CPU, etc) are effectively the same. It costs $1,099.
The MSI laptop comes with a 750 GB hard drive, at 7200 rpm, and weighs only 5.28 lbs. This laptop is the lightest of the three. It also has a SteelSeries chiclet style keyboard, which is apparently very nice. Graphics card is a Geforce GTX 660, just like the Lenovo. It costs $1,199.
Now, the Sager laptop, (with my specifications I chose) comes with the same CPU, the same amount of memory (I can upgrade it to 12 GB of DDR3 for $40 more though), 750 GB of hard drive, and all other things effectively the same as the other laptops. However, it comes with an Nvidia Geforce GTX 670, so it can handle games a bit better than the other ones.
It also comes with a fingerprint reader, which I don't believe the other two laptops have. This laptop is the most expensive compared to the others, at $1,269. It also weighs the most, at a chunky 6.83 lbs.
I'm not sure which one to go for. This is going to be my baby for the next four years or so, so I really want to get the "best" laptop in this price range. I'm not really considering battery life, because I'm almost always going to be in the presence of an outlet.
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How OCD are you about build quality (do you just want it to stay together, or do you fidget about every jiggly part in the computer?) How much do you game? How much do you care about weight? How OCD are you about keyboard quality? Do you insist on a 1920x1080 screen? I'd try to find something with two drive bays, and run an SSD boot drive and a (possibly slow) spinning disk for data. The SSD will BY FAR improve your user experience the most.
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I second SSD drives. Over time I have tried many upgrades, over clocking methods Etc. Etc. but in all honesty nothing has come even close to the speed upgrade that SSD has given me, it's pretty much instant on, instant transfer speeds and program's start almost instantaneously.
Not sure about over there but it's a pricey upgrade over here but well worth the money.
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Which laptop to get.
