Looking for a laptop under $900 that can game and I wanted to know if the msi GP70 2OD-027US was a good choice?

[CobbleCoTyler]

It has a 4th gen intel core i5-4200m processor with a nvidia geforce gt 740m and i wanted to know if i could play newer games on it

 

[electrontau]

should be ok. Just keep in mind that you will not be able to upgrade CPU nor GPU in the future.

From personal experience, the laptop will get hot and fan will be noisy. Have Sony E-series with i7 and radeon 6690.

 

[ben123a9]

If you want a laptop to game on a budget I would go more with an AMD laptop with something like an A10 or A8 richland, they are powerfull and the CPU is... enough for what you will do I will assume. A better option than what you currently show.

Ex: Acer V5-552G-X414 or Toshiba Satellite S75D-A7346

 

[ethereal essence]

If you want a laptop to game on a budget I would go more with an AMD laptop with something like an A10 or A8 richland, they are powerfull and the CPU is... enough for what you will do I will assume. A better option than what you currently show.

Ex: Acer V5-552G-X414 or Toshiba Satellite S75D-A7346

+1

If you can find one with an A-10 and dual graphics you'll get some decent performance for around 700 or so. I picked one up on sale for 580.00. 17", gaming at 1600x900 and does pretty well considering.

 

[iiTzzDeFuze]

Is there a specific reason why you are picking a laptop? Because if you are thinking that you can't build a pretty K!ck A55 system at the $900 price range, you'd be pretty surprised on what you can come up with.

Check this out •••> http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1CVie

Pretty high end if you ask me. not only that I bet you somebody can come up with a better configuration than the one I provided.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H87M Pro4/ASM Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($91.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($86.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($340.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($15.00 @ Newegg)
Total: $907.82
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-28 22:48 EDT-0400)