Budget Gaming Laptop under $850

[TheChaoticToast]

Hi, I am in the need of a new laptop, which i mainly need for school work. However, I also wanted a low-mid range laptop to run newer games on medium/high settings at atleast 30 FPS. The games I am looking to play are battlefield 3 / 4, skyrim, watch dogs, the sims 3/4, CS GO, Civilization V, Sniper Elite, and fallout 4. My budget, finally, is $850. Right now I am looking at this guy right here:

http://store.asus.com/us/item/201510AM150007425/A23718


It's an Asus with a I7 4720hq CPU, 1TB hard drive ( only 5400rpm ), Nvidia 960m 2GB GDDR5, and 8GB of DDR3 Memory... The OS is Windows 10, which is nice with directX 12... The screen is full hd at 1920x 1080 which I wouldn't mind bringing down to about 720p for gaming.


Any other suggestions would be fantastic! I am looking for a reasonable priced 965m, and by some luck a 970m in my price range.


What do you think??? I think this is honestly the best I can do in my budget... I know I should build a gaming pc, but that's not my intention... I need a laptop for school and just wanted a plus of a light gaming setup... Besides, I have built pcs, but end up selling them due to lack of use...

Thanks for all your help!!!
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bondfan123 has edited this post November 10, 2015 1:25:01 PM

 

[runzwithsizorz]

which i mainly need for school work.

Sounds fine IF you will not be transporting it around school. I love my four year old ROG 17" laptop, but I do not carry it around with me. For newer games, I have a dedicated gaming PC. Still, my old ROG plays ME 2 on high settings.
As for Win 10, DX 12 games are still 1-2 years out, so I would not make DX 12 capable games a main criteria for going with Win 10.

The Wife

 

[Denithor]

The CPU should be enough to push most of those games, possibly BF3/4 multiplayer excepted (no personal experience with either, but from what I have heard a quad CPU is crucial for good large-member multi-play).

The 960M is about equal to a 750Ti if I recall correctly. So you're not going to be turning everything up to max but it should run okay with some eye candy enabled.

EDIT: And, as a note, upgrade that spinner to an SSD as soon as budget allows. Especially in a laptop, this is a major boost, in performance and power consumption and safety (won't break an SSD if laptop falls).

 

[computermandan]

For school work and light gaming that ASUS ROG you linked looks fine.

Nice machine for the price point.

 

[F1N3ST]

I snagged an Acer on newegg for $480 with a i5 5200u 8gb ram and 940m

Pretty solid deal they might still have it. Save you some moneys too.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I've never liked laptops they break too often. How about a low cost laptop or tablet for school and a proper desktop for gaming?