Thanks for all the options guys! I'll definitely be checking out the specs of the links you're all posting. Good to see other brands other than Alienware too. Though I have had my heart set on an Alienware laptop for awhile, I could change my mind. @kitty stew - I was actually looking at an Asus when I was trying to decide between my Lenovo and Alienware a few years back. I don't remember what turned me away from it, but I've heard good things about Asus performance and I've never really heard anything bad about it. And even tho I'm looking to buy next year I'm going to be keeping an eye on prices come Black Friday. Electronics always drop in price during Black Friday.
What is your reason going with a laptop, is it a spacial issue or are you just looking for something mobile. If so then I'd suggest doing a bit of research and ordering the components and building a custom Laptop. Mainly because you'll be getting what you want at a cheaper price rather than paying the "name brand" tax.
if you're from the US, OP..http://slickdeals.net/https://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-dealsit may still be hard to know what a good deal is if you're not affluent with hardware and price ranges, so one thing to do is check out that forum for feedback on whether or not it's a good deal -- I also like to Google the item description/product id/model and look for third party reviews on the things I buy from other sites (such as Newegg, Tigerdirect, MemEx, Amazon, reviewers like Tom's, etc.), I'm pretty much the same way with all products not just computers which is why wife often defers to me when it comes to buying stuff in general
I'll have to check those sites out. And I always check out the reviews on things I buy now. I've been spurned in the past, so now I go through as many as possible for pros and cons. And I'm also talking to a friend irl because he's built laptops so he's kinda like my go to as well. I just wanted some other opinions from gamers on here as well. And though money isn't too big of an issue, it'd be nice to save some bucks where I can. I know not to go cheap. I did that when I was first looking at laptops a long time ago and had the worst time with Geek Squad.
Best Buy PC eh? Yeah I made the mistake too. Those guys just try to sell their pre-built overpriced PCs that fail on you in a few years(always the PSU).