http://www.xoticpc.com/asus-gl752vwdh74-eta-novdec-p-8748.html

1. Is it worth the price?

2. Are there other laptops that I should be looking at, for this price?

My main requirements are i7, 17 inch display, a decent gpu, an SSD for the OS and a backlit keyboard.



EDIT: Between the one I linked above, and this one (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314853), which would be better?

This post was edited by Ashwin on Oct 10 2015 06:57am

the one on newegg doesn't use skylake looks like

It looks like the ones on the acer website ( http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/series/aspirevnitro ) have the 6700 series processors (skylake).

I currently have a 760 in my desktop and it handles all my games fine. Would a 970 make a noticeable difference? If needed, I guess I can not get an ssd, but from what I've heard, ssds make the load times exponentially faster.

Would you recommend a faster gpu over an SSD is the bottomline, I guess.

SSD are most beneficial for non-gaming. opening up apps, booting up, etc. so what's your priority? performance other than gaming (SSD) or performance during gaming (GPU)?

considering that a 250 GB ssd or a 1 TB hybrid drive costs < 100$ and will continue to get cheaper whereas gpus are harder to replace, i'd get the laptop with a better gpu and try to upgrade the hard drive later.

This post was edited by carteblanche on Oct 10 2015 11:43am

I am not planning on using the laptop for heavy gaming. But that said, it would be nice to have a good gpu.. but I've had a 760 for a while now, and it can totally run any game that I play. So, do I really need the 970?

How much of a speed difference does an ssd make? Is it really that noticeable? I haven't used an ssd so I'm not sure.

Also, if I go with the msi, can I but a separate ssd and install it in the laptop?



Edit: and the asus that I had listed had an IPS display. Isn't that a better option than a regular display?

This post was edited by Ashwin on Oct 10 2015 12:20pm

What games are you trying to play? 970 is plenty of power. It if you can snag a 980m go for it

Mostly dota 2, csgo, path of exile..

Then you're fine getting a 960m at that point