towards the optimal laptop

I’ve been revising my Gaming Laptop section and I realized it could be interesting to post two cheap gaming laptops I find interesting:

Asus G73JH: 1199 USD at Best Buy with an Intel Core i7 720QM and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870. There is a thread at Notebook Review about the specific differences with the version found at Best Buy and the usual ones (You can find reviews and purchase options in my post Asus G73JH reviews and where to buy it.

Asus Laptop with Intel Core i7 Processor – Black Create customized CDs or DVDs with this laptop that features a double-layer DVD RW/CD-RW drive. Video chat with friends and family using the built-in 1.3MP webcam and bright 17.3″ high-definition widescreen display.Windows 7 Home Premium preloaded Which Windows 7 edition is best for you? Compare.Learn more about Intel processors. Information provided by Intel.

MSI GX640: 1129 USD at pcRUSH with an Intel Core i5 and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850.

MSI GX640 – CORE I5 – DDR3 SDRAM – 4 GB – SERIAL ATA – 500 GB – ATI RADEON HD 5850 - MSI GX640-098US GX640 – CORE I5 – DDR3 SDRAM – 4 GB – SERIAL ATA – 500 GB – ATI RADEON HD 5850 -

It seems to be available also at Buy.com for 1099 USD and at Xotic PC (customizable, from 1124 USD).

Sadly I haven’t found similar bargains in the UK…

This is really a good price! 935 USD for a 17″ gaming laptop with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M graphics card, Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 processor (2.53 GHz), 6 GB RAM, 500 GB HD… It’s a refurbished laptop I just found at Buy.com.