[Skullmeat]

So I'm headed back to school,  and am in the market for a new laptop. My requirements: Dedicated GPU, HDMI, and at least 8GB of ram, for around $1,000 USD.
Here is my first picks: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6834890015
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6834152947

What do you recommend?

[mothered]

Given It's specs, the Asus Is pretty well priced- particularly with the GTX 960 VC.

That said, I personally would never purchase an Asus again. I'm a heavy lappy user and had 3 Asus laptops die on me. One was due to the graphics card, the other was the PSU and CPU Issues on the remaining one. In terms of manufacturer, "Acer" has served me very well Indeed. No loss of functionality on 4 lappies thus far- the oldest being around 5 years and still performing like new.

[insidious]

Both those choices seem pretty solid for a laptop.

Why the dedicated GPU and fancy specs, if I may ask?

Unless you're not bringing your desktop to school (which may very well be the case, dunno) IMO it's better to go with an ultrabook for the portability aspect rather than lug around a 2-inch laptop for the gaming capabilities. Shit gets heavy, especially when you add your books and stuff into the equation.

Also, what are you going to be using the laptop for? Might give us more insight as to what exactly you need.

If it were up to me, i'd go with the MSI. I like the faster CPU, and 16GB of ram rather than 8GB (personal choice b/c I tend to run a few VM's)

[Mr.Kurd]

it's so mouch by at Amazon.
Buy like this:
mod Dell
8 ram
icore 7
2 card
nevide.

[Wildfire]

I was eyeing a Dell Inspiron for school myself, something like what @Mr.Kurd suggested but I think this one is a better value:
https://www.amazon.com/INSPIRON-A10-8700...ref=sr_1_1

Dell Inspiron A10-8700P
AMD Athlon QuadCore A10-8700P 1.80GHz Processor Turbo up to 3.20GHz 2MB Cache - AMD Radeon R6 Graphics (Not quite dedicated!)
12GB DDR3 memory
1TB SATA Hard Drive
$457.76 USD

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Also:
https://www.amazon.com/Inspiron-Performa...710&sr=1-7
Intel Core i7-5500U Processor (4M Cache, up to 3GHz)
12GB DDR3L SDRAM
1TB SATA hard drive
$799.00 ( !!!NO DEDICATED GRAPHICS!!! )
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personal pick \|/
My personal favourite, highlighted on Linus Tech Tips for the amazing value:
https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-i75...iron+i7559
Dell Inspiron i7559-2512BLK 15.6 Inch FHD Laptop
Intel Quad Core i7-6700HQ 2.6 GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4GB GDDR5
1 TB HDD + 8 GB SSD Hybrid Drive Storage; Optical Drive Not included
$799 + freeshipping

Related review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJPQfWCuxAo
Pretty solid machine.

[Mr.Kurd]

l think that last one is best beczuse it's very fast with nice graphic.
And have a huge space size.