XolandoX

17.3 is a large laptop you'll probably come across mobility issues and also if you wane game go for the 15"

There are some nice video's on youtube how to disassemble them

I agree with Msi having poor customer support, takes about two weeks to get an answer from them.

But the price + upgradability(is this a real word?) makes up for what they lack in other things for me, plus I think the build quality is pretty good.

One brand I'll never buy anything from again is Asus, I have two expensive laptops from them and both broke down after about 6 months,

and they didn't even want to pay for service on one of them which I since then havn't used. Worst build quality ever on their gear.

I agree with Suoah.

The support from MSI is slow compared to other brands like HP and Dell.

But they have a real good price quality

Just to be sure what kind op processor do you have in you're laptop.

I know from personal experience that garry's mod is relay processor dependent and will run slow if you don't have required speed.

Also when you have a lot of mods installed it becomes also laggy.

I don't know about Company of Heroes maybe it is also relay processor dependent.

My laptop screen just got replaces from a glossy to an anti-glare and i have to say I regret not switching sooner.

Not only is the color depth of my anti glare screen better but a also can see everything on my screen when the sun on it.

I dont think ill ever want a glossy screen ever again.

If you take a look at these benchmarks you will see that the 680m and the 7970m are around the same performance level

PassMark - Radeon HD 7970M - Price performance comparison

PassMark Software - Video Card Benchmarks - Video Card Look Up

So if you have the 7970m in crossfire you'll have almost 2x the performance if the game supports crossfire correctly