Need help: Gaming Rig, High end?

[yunaforever009]

Hey y'all!
At college and feeling its about time I replace my Sager with something a little more up to date... but need some help trying to decide on what to look into or what to look forward to. I was kind of hoping Clevo would have refreshed their lines.... but oh well...

I am looking for a 3,000-4,000$ laptop
15-17" screen - 1920x1080 or 1920x1200
i7 900 series
The BEST graphics solution for games. (Dx 11 would be a plus.... but this is something I may need to wait for, don't know how the nVidia solution will be if it is ever released....)
Battery life is not important =)
USB 3.0 would be a HUGE plus
eSata would be a small plus
Blu-Ray is not necessary but ok if added
WiFi a/b/g/n obviously
IEEE 1394 port not necessary...
Chiclet keyboard keys are awesome
Style: I am not looking for a square laptop.... I love my Sager with it's black finish and whatnot... but the laptop doesn't need to be dressy... function over form
HDD: 7200 RPM, 2 x 320 GB in Raid 0 or 500GB single
Ram: at least 6 GB with at least 1333 mhz (DDR3 obviously.)
HDMI out is a necessity
Bluetooth: whatever.... not that important

Everything else I haven't mentioned is not that important...

Yeah... that's kind of it... go hog wild if you want! Or, if you have any generic areas to look, that would be awesome too... Thanks!

-Yuna

Oh, this will be for games and graphics work, but mostly games. Huzzah. Although now... I sometimes wonder if I just shouldn't get a desktop...

 

[Dodger1]

http://www.malibal.com/boutique/pc/configurePrd.asp?idproduct=148

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=5549

w00t

 

[hans030390]

Since you mentioned a desktop, you could build a desktop for $1500 that would dominate the laptop. You could then buy a decent gaming laptop for $1500 with the extra cash (ex: Best Buy and/or Newegg usually have pretty good deals on gaming laptops in that range). Best of both worlds.

Example laptop:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220695

 

[Zap]

You mentioned Clevo not updating their lineup. They were supposed to this quarter, but looks like the release dates slipped. The best right now would be the 860NU, which is the same as the BFG Deimos. It doesn't have USB 3 or Core i7, but does have two GTX 280M in SLI and pretty much hits your other points of interest.

If battery life is of no concern, then are you pretty much just leaving it planted on your desk? If so, you really should look into a small form factor computer. You can build one that will totally spank any notebook out there for probably under $2000 if you go top notch parts (including monitor, OS, etc.).

Disclaimer: I work for BFG.