Best Gaming Laptop for $1,000 - $1,200?

[WD-40]

Hey all-

About a month ago, some careless dipstick flight support guy dropped my laptop bag onto the pavement while loading it into a van. Busted it up good, so I've been unable to game since. Im still working on getting reimbursed, but I want to buy a decent fast laptop that can handle today's games. I'd like to keep the cost at $1,000 to $1,200. I want quad core for starters. Any ideas?

[CommanderOtto]

at that price range it's hard to choose... all of them are soo goood!!

i'll get back to you though.

[(SWGO)Johnny]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834152369

[THEWULFMAN]

I suggest going with an ACER, whatever you get. They are affordable and dependable.

[Yanoda]

Special Newegg offer for refurbished Laptop for $950 instead of $1,600 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834230580

Cheers

Yanoda

[CommanderOtto]

Look at the following article: "Dell XPS 13: One of the Best Ultrabooks Yet" (PC World)

http://www.pcworld.com/article/251852/dell_xps_13_one_of_the_best_ultrabooks_yet.html

http://www.dell.com/us/p/xps-13-l321x-mlk/pd

EDIT: YANODA'S CHOICE IS WAY BETTER. BUY IT NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

[THEWULFMAN]

Yanoda found a great one. Go with that.

Also random thing, never buy Alienware.

[WD-40]

I had a look at them all, and Yan's is the one that peaks my interest thus far. (I swore off Dell...can't stand that product). It reports as a decent gaming laptop, but the only downsides is Bloatware, and slow boot up time due to a slow 5,800 rpm hard drive. How does that speed of hard drive affect gaming itself? Also, trying to ascertain whether it's quad-core.

[(SWGO)Johnny]

Asus
Intel Core i7
3610QM(2.30GHz)
6MB L3 Cache
Max Turbo Frequency 3.3 GHz
http://ark.intel.com/products/64899/Int ... o-3_30-GHz

Msi
Intel Core i7
3630QM(2.40GHz)
6MB L3 Cache
Max Turbo Frequency 3.4 GHz
http://ark.intel.com/products/71459/Int ... o-3_40-GHz

[FaiL.?]

Yanoda found a great one. Go with that.

Also random thing, never buy Alienware.

Why not Alienware?