Looking for light laptop with decent gaming abilities

[Syran]

Anyone have any recommendations for the following?
12-15" Screen
Discreet Graphics, this is going to be a work laptop, but I need something that can play games at a decent resolution, nothing spectacular, but i'm going to be traveling a lot, and don't want to carry a work laptop and a gaming machine.
< 4lbs (or right around it)
$1250 budget

Thanks in Advance!

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Asus UX303LN - ~$1,300

http://www.amazon.com/Zenbook-UX303L.../dp/B00KTL21RA

13.3" Quad-HD touchscreen display (3200 x 1800)
Intel Core i7-4510U 2 GHz. NVIDIA GT840M 2GB VRAM.
256GB Solid State Storage, 12GB RAM
802.11 A/C. 8-hour battery life.
3x USB 3.0, 1x HDMI, 1x miniDisplayPort, Bluetooth 4.0, SDXC slot
3.2lb

Upgradeable HDD
Upgradeable RAM
Replaceable Battery

http://www.laptopultra.com/guide/asus-ux303la-disassembly/

 

[EliteRetard]

This wont meet your weight requirement, but should have faster CPU&GPU than the Asus that was posted. Lower res screen will be much easier for the mobile GPU.

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops...01C9:00013D94:

Lenovo Y40-80, 14" 1080, i7 Broadwell, R9M275, 8GB DDR3 1600, 512GB SSD, $1,000
Weight listed at 5.72lb (Edit: may actually be 4.85lb)

Seems heavy for a 14", don't know how accurate that spec is.

 

[EliteRetard]

Oh and HP has an even larger and faster option, cheaper because no SSD :

http://store.hp.com/webapp/wcs/stor...tops/hp-envy---15t-slim-quad-laptop-k0b71av-1

HP ENVY 15t, 15" 1080, i7 quad Haswell, GTX850M, 8GB DDR3, 750GB 5400RPM, $830
Weight listed at 5.1lbs

Edit: Actually there may be a coupon to knock it down to $750, try:

15HPLOGICBUY

 

[PlasmaBomb]

This wont meet your weight requirement, but should have faster CPU&GPU than the Asus that was posted. Lower res screen will be much easier for the mobile GPU.

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops...01C9:00013D94:

Lenovo Y40-80, 14" 1080, i7 Broadwell, R9M275, 8GB DDR3 1600, 512GB SSD, $1,000
Weight listed at 5.72lbs

Seems heavy for a 14", don't know how accurate that spec is.

Pretty sure it's the Y50 that's 5.72 lb, the Y40 is 4.85 lb.

 

[frozentundra123456]

Oh and HP has an even larger and faster option, cheaper because no SSD :

http://store.hp.com/webapp/wcs/stor...tops/hp-envy---15t-slim-quad-laptop-k0b71av-1

HP ENVY 15t, 15" 1080, i7 quad Haswell, GTX850M, 8GB DDR3, 750GB 5400RPM, $830
Weight listed at 5.1lbs

Edit: Actually there may be a coupon to knock it down to $750, try:

15HPLOGICBUY

That looks like a pretty good deal. I wonder how the thermals are on such a thin laptop with a quad cpu and dgpu.

 

[EliteRetard]

And even bigger and faster:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/291362852383?rmvSB=true

Through Newegg, Acer 15" i7 GTX860M 5.3lbs

The HP seems to have some screen issues among other things:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-...q-nvidia-gtx-850m-haswell-maxwell-review.html

The Acer sounds a bit better:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Aspire-V15-Nitro-VN7-591G-77A9-Notebook-Review.128435.0.html

 

[EliteRetard]

Pretty sure it's the Y50 that's 5.72 lb, the Y40 is 4.85 lb.

Thanks, that makes more sense.

 

[Syran]

Thanks for all the suggestions, ended up going with the Y40-80 w/ 16GB of ram, i7, R9M275, and 512GB SSD for $1000

 

[holden j caufield]

where did you get that laptop for $1000? That's very well specd for the price.

 

[Syran]

where did you get that laptop for $1000? That's very well specd for the price.

Direct from Lenovo. Decided on it, since it was the best priced in the "Business-Looking" category, else I may have done the MSI Ghost, but I didn't want a work laptop screaming gamer.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

how about this thing?
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Valentines_Day_Fangbook_III_Special

weights about 6.15lbs though

 

[EliteRetard]

Direct from Lenovo. Decided on it, since it was the best priced in the "Business-Looking" category, else I may have done the MSI Ghost, but I didn't want a work laptop screaming gamer.

If you'd be willing to make a new mini review thread when you get it that would be cool.

 

[Syran]

If you'd be willing to make a new mini review thread when you get it that would be cool.

I probably will, since most of the reviews are for either an original y40-70 or the earlier 80 before they did some minor upgrades.

 

[Blue_Max]

HP "Envy" is garbage. HP consumer laptops are the worst and continually on the bottom of the consumer reports.

Don't forget to check reviews on the screen quality as well. I almost bought a Lenovo with great specs and a good price, but every reviewer hated the garbage 1080P screen on it.

 

[Syran]

HP "Envy" is garbage. HP consumer laptops are the worst and continually on the bottom of the consumer reports.

Don't forget to check reviews on the screen quality as well. I almost bought a Lenovo with great specs and a good price, but every reviewer hated the garbage 1080P screen on it.

Considered the Omen, but price was a little too high. Everyone has asked if the screen on the y40-80 is the same as the -70, but no actual reviews on the -80 screen.

 

[RainStryke]

I'd look into one of these:
http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np8651-clevo-p650se-p-7690.html

5.5lb but a lot of really solid hardware... like a GTX 970M.