I decided to keep my desktop and just store it for the year and get a decent laptop that would keep me amused while there. Shipping would likely be less but space is at a premium in the places there. I found a company called eurocom that sells laptops based off the clevo models like sager does. I customized one below: I can get a 10% student discount which brings the total to ~1500. I'll be adding my own 250GB ssd to the ODD bay with the bracket and ripping out another 350 gb laptop HDD to stick in the extra 7mm spot if i go this route. All my SSDs are 9mm so i don't think they will fit in the 7mm spot. I'll likely also take my current ODD and throw it in an enclosure in case I need something. What do you guys think? Know of any better deals on prebuilt? I don't need a baller gpu, just one that will run current/future year games on medium with high textures. It seems as though a MSI GE60 apche pro or lenovo y50 would meet most of my requirements too. It would draw less power and be cooler/last longer. Just might not be able to max textures which isn't a huge deal. Closest sager model from reflexnotebook. I would only get rid of the ODD here adn replace it with a HDD cage. This is a little overkill for what I need methinks but price/performance looks to be about the best of the 3 I have looked at here. EUROCOM X3 Gaming Edition Choose your LCD Display 15.6-inch (39.6cm); FHD 1920x1080; MATTE (Non-Glare); Backlight LED Biometric Fingerprint Device Integrated Fingerprint Reader for Secure Data Access and Easy Management of Passwords Built-in Web Camera 2.0 Megapixels; FHD 1920x1080; 30fps VGA Graphics Options - Choose the one that you need and/or want 4GB GDDR5; NVIDIA GTX 860M (N15P-GX-A); 1152CUDA; GPU 797MHz; VRAM 2500MHz; Kepler 28nm; MXM 3.0b; 75W GPU / Graphics Technology Discrete GPU (dGPU) with NVIDIA Optimus Technology: Modular MXM 3.0b NVIDIA Graphics (dGPU) of your choice and Internal GPU (iGPU) CPU Based Upgradeable Processor (CPU) with Diamond 24 Thermal Paste 2.40 GHz (up to 3.40) Intel Mobile Core i7-4700MQ (Haswell); 4C/8T; 6MB L3; 22nm; FCPGA946; 47W; DDR3L-1600 Memory (RAM) Configuration - Fully Upgradeable 8GB; 2x 4GB; DDR3L-1866; CL10; PC3-15000; 204-pin; Corsair Vengeance; 1.35V-1.5V; 2 SODIMMs USB 3.0 Built-in 3x USB 3.0 and 1x USB 2.0 1st Hard Drive. Choose Regular, Solid State or Hybrid Drive: 1TB (1000GB); 7200rpm; SATA3 (6Gb/s); 32MB cache; Hitachi Travelstar 7K1000; 9.5mm 2nd Hard Drive Choose your 2nd HDD/SSD/SHHD (7mm) from the options below: 3rd Hard Drive 3rd HDD co-shared with Optical Drive; no internal ODD available if 3rd HDD selected; external ODD available Optical Drive Without ODD; with 3rd HDD Bracket via ODD Bay; External ODD Available Operating System(s) None - Choose from the options below for Pre-install or install your own Wireless LAN 3-in-1; 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n + Bluetooth 4.0;Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260; 7260HMW Built-in Subwoofer Built-in Subwoofer Module Internal Card Reader 9-in-1 Card Reader; MMC/RSMMC; SD/MiniSD/SDHC/SDXC; MS/MS Pro/MS Duo Standard Battery (internal) 8-cells Smart Li-lon Battery Standard AC Adapter 180W Auto-Switching 100V-250V AC Adapter Standard Power Cord - included USA / Canada Extra Power Cord 1 Extra; UK Currency: $ CAD Price: $1,483 Shipping: Ontario and Quebec - UPS Ground $25 Quantity: 1 Sub Total: $1,508 Tax: HST (GST+PST): ON; NB; and NF [13%] $196 Total: $1,704
