Quote Originally Posted by Sonicrich05 View Post
I have an Alienware M17x R4. i7-3610QM, gtx 660, 8gb 1600, and a 128 gb ssd and it scored a 4000 at 1080p maxed. A lot of people don't like alienwares because of their price tag, but I've owned 3 and never had a problem. All of them performed really well. They ARE overpriced, but I just LOVE the way they look so I don't really care.

However you will always get more power for cheaper in a desktop. I spent $1500 and got a computer that scored an 7000 on the benchmark. i5s seem to be the popular choice now, my grandpa has a 3570 in his along with a gtx670 and scored a 7000. You WILL see improvements with an i7 I believe. Another PC I built has a i7-3820 with a 660 and also scored a 7000. It has a slower GPU with an i7, so having an i7 must be somewhat better. Maybe it's because it supports quad channel memory and bigger caches? I don't know that much into it. You might wanna hold off until the 700 series comes out, or those new titan cards. The 600 series will drop in price, and the new ones will be better for the price of a 600 currently probably.

PS) The 3770k outperforms the 3820 for cheaper, so a 3770k with my gtx660 wouldve out done the 3570k with a 670. Don't do what I did and get the 2011 socket CPU, I wish I would've gotten a 1155 socket mobo so I could've easily switched to the new Ivy Bridge CPUs. ; ;
No heart for ROG Asus? :P