Okay for moderate gaming?

[Evan Sanderback]

I customized a laptop on the hp website and, before it buy it I just wanna know how good the build is, if it's not good then, can you help me with another computer (laptop), of equal or lesser price?
Windows 8.1 64
4th generation Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ Processor
Included 2 Year Warranty
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M Graphics with 2048MB of dedicated video memory
17.3-inch diagonal Full HD Anti-glare LED-backlit Display (1920 x 1080) Non touch
12GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
1TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
NO mSSD Hard Drive Acceleration Cache
Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2013
Security Software Trial
6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
Backlit Keyboard
HP TrueVision HD Webcam w/ integrated digital mic
802.11b/g/n 2x2 WLAN and Bluetooth® [2x2]

 

[MFBLO96]

What will you be using it for?

 

[Evan Sanderback]

What will you be using it for?

Whatever it can handle, I'm okay playing on medium graphics, or even low, but I don't want lag, and right now, I only have divinity 2, skyrim and gothic III

 

[MFBLO96]

For those sorts of games it should run them just fine

 

[Evan Sanderback]

For those sorts of games it should run them just fine

All right, thanks, now, I can upgrade to the 4800mq for only a few bucks more, should I? Would it help performance?

 

[MFBLO96]

The 4800mq is 2.7 ghz
The 4700mq is 2.4 ghz
They are the same architecture, one is simply clocked higher
I would probably go for it, since it would be around a 14-15% improvement, but if it costs a lot more it would probably not be worth it.

 

[Rationale]

Your CPU is already one of the stronger parts, especially considering games don't push modern CPUs very hard. That CPU is similar in performance to an i5-4440 - In other words, it won't hold you back at all. I'd go for a better graphics card or nothing. I doubt you'll see a performance improvement in games otherwise.

The GT 740m performs between a GTX 650 and GTX 550- Okay for medium settings in new games without "lag", and high/ultra settings in older games.