I was considering the Lenovo y40 also but the cheapest I found was $1000 USD or higher on Lenovo's site, and that's with a dual core i5.
I ended up getting from Eurocom (Canada) a Clevo W230ss for $1088 that came with a QHD 3200x1800 IPS screen, i7-4700m, maxwell 860m, and a hybrid 500gb...