At less than $1200, a very good entry level Gaming Laptop
598295
Bought for our grand daughter that loves to use her Wacon Intuos Tablet.  I did install a larger M.2, and eventually, depending on where pricing goes, plan to replace the spinning disc 1TB drive with a 2.5 SSD.  Not excessively heavy, and definitely much lighter than the 17" models. The build quality is solid: no flexing of the screen or keyboard area.  Noise is minimal when not gaming, however, I have not seen a "gaming" laptop that does not tach up its fans when playing the deluxe games. Chances are, if you're fraging anything that twitches, you have headphones on anyway!  And, at Less than $1200 right now, I'd say it beats the pants off of any of the "ultrabook" "sissy" models <just kidding>.  It depends on your plans for use! Want to surf, and do spreadsheet, documents, social media stuff, and simple gaming, this may be overkill: get a Chromebook and save some money.  OTOH, if you want the overhead to play any of the premium games at full framerates ( 60FPS), do video editing, this is your entry level laptop!  It's "ultra" powerful, but not an "ultrabook" as defined by Intel!  It does weigh a bit under 6 pounds. Very good value.
1018444
Not bad at all for an inexpensive gaming laptop, plays all my "less demanding" modern games at med/high settings. I did however have to slightly upgrade this product by replacing the RAM with two sticks to get proper dual channel memory. So I strongly recommend you take that cost into account when buying this for gaming. A single stick of ram just doesn't cut it for any modern game.
886327
I bought this primarily so I could do both gaming and video-editing when I'm traveling, and for the cost it definitely doesn't disappoint. I haven't actually done much editing with it (I have a high-end PC as well) but working with Premiere CS6 on this has been great. As for gaming, the only recent game that just doesn't run well enough on it regardless of settings is DOOM, which is a bit disappointing, but it is a very hardware-intensive game so it's not too surprising. Other games like GTA V however run like a dream, even on fairly high settings.

As pictured, I have added another stick of memory as well as a WD black performance hard drive. Some people had said that adding a hard drive such as this would have a significant impact on the battery life but I have seen very little. I can still get 2-3 hours of gaming (depending on the game) on this while on a plane, which is great. I'd also like to note that the hard drive bay is empty in this laptop, so if you get one like I did, it's super easy to install as you don't have to replace anything. One of the two memory slots is also open, so adding another stick of that is also very simple. Thankfully there's only one plate on the bottom of this that covers these areas and there's only one screw holding it in place. I especially loved this since my first 10+ year old laptop had like a thousand of them.

My only issues with this thing that are worth mentioning are Windows 10 (which I have far too many issues with but this isn't the place for that) and a certain part of the outside design of the laptop, which I have taken photos of. The little plastic pieces that guard the heatsinks on the back and side can break very easily. And I mean /very/ easily. On top of that, when they do break, the metal bits of the heaksink itself can bend and fold together. That's honestly an easy fix, you can use anything that is thin enough to get in there and bend them back, but the plastic pieces are obviously different. As you can see in my photos, I have super-glued a few of them back on, and I'm straight-up missing a couple others. It's not like it's a massive issue or anything, especially if you don't plan on moving this thing around a lot, but if you travel with it like me, it's something you need to keep in mind. Otherwise I think the overall build quality is pretty good.

I guess the only other thing worth noting is the so-called sub-woofer. Technically it is a sub, but it's like the size of my thumb, and chances are you will rarely ever notice it. That being said, the speaker sound is still pretty good, just don't expect anything from the sub.

Overall, it was totally worth the cost and I would recommend it for anybody wanting something that's both affordable and has the power to run /almost/ any game currently on the market.
444442
I bought this desktop (my first) at Best Buy shortly before christmas for $479, and after a little less than a year of use, I can say it is easily worth more than that. I spend a fair amount of time on it, because I do online school. I also wanted it for PC gaming, but for this it was recommended to upgrade the GPU (AKA graphics/video card), so I did to a ASUS NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti 1Gb. But the included PSU (Power supply) was unable to provide enough power as it is only 350 watts. So I spent a little more extra money and upgraded the PSU to a Thermaltake 600W TR2. With these combined, I can run Skyrim on high with minimal to no glitches or framerate drops. Battlefield 3 is also gorgeous, and runs perfectly.

This desktop, when upgraded, is a perfect entry-level to mid-level gaming rig, for a great price. I am thinking about upgrading the CPU and RAM when I have enough spare cash, but overall, this machine is really great for what most people need.

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552945
Granted I got it used through the incredible Amazon Warehouse deal for about $200, but it's definitely a device I would have considered paying much more for. This thing is sleek, attractive, well-built, fast, good-looking, and all-around awesome. Now, when you read "fast" you might think "oh he's only checking email" but I have a *seriously fast* over-clocked gaming machine with the latest Core i5 running at over 4 Ghz. No, I don't do hard core gaming on this laptop, but for business tasks it's really sufficient. If you crunch huge numbers and have vast databases you work with, you might notice a slowdown. If you watch movies, play basic games, work with Excel, powerpoint, etc, develop or code, etc... it's a top-notch productivity machine for its price range. Gotta love Azus. They consistently provide superior products at moderate prices.
4134387
Not really what you would consider a gaming laptop however it is powerful and good for casual gaming and work/school productivity. Battery life is dismal, likely a 4 hr charge at best and it's internal so that's why it's not 5 star quality. Brushed aluminum is a nice feel and it can be downgraded from Win10
2305449
I'll keep this short as a pros/cons list.

Pros:
Great weight, wonderful performance and quality (can run my best games on the highest graphics. E.g. Skyrim, Dishonored, etc.), does not heat up easily, and has an overall great feel to it.

Cons:
One combo port for a headset with one outlet (ergo, a microphone/headset splitter is required if you have a standard headset), no CD/DVD player (requiring external hardware), and glitchy touchpad. I had to update the driver software, but I blame it on Windows 8 mostly.

Overall, a perfect buy for the low-budget gamer!
3299069
The laptop was delivered promptly and in excellent condition. I am also very pleased with the laptop in general. It will max pretty much any game you throw at it with great frame rate with the Nvidia Geforce GTX 980M, which is probably its main selling point. This laptop has lots of other features that will make this attractive to potential buyers, such as a respectable Core i7 processor, a 128 GB SSD boot drive with an additional 1 TB hard drive for your other programs and games, and a Blu-Ray writer. The laptop also has an amazing cooling system built in as well, comparable with the cooling system of an ASUS ROG laptop. My GPU maxed at about 75 degrees Celsius after playing Far Cry 3 for a couple of hours on max settings. Great laptop, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking at getting a gaming laptop.
1891429
Really good laptop, bought 1 year ago and I have no problems, I upgraded from 4 to 8 GB ram and now is even better ! :D

(This laptop is it really good for basic stuffs, can run some games really decent, (Elsword Online, Dragon Nest etc)

Not your ideal laptop, if you are looking for a cheap gaming one.. xD
234896
I knew I was in for trouble trying to buy a gaming laptop, and although I had some buyer's remorse at first, now that I've had the laptop for a year now I can say it's excellent.  All the heat is vented away from me.  The keyboard stays cool.  The fan is quiet.  The gaming performance is excellent thanks to a good GPU and SSD.  The thing starts up extremely quickly.  The large HD screen, which was the reason I bought this particular laptop, is great.  I use a mouse and disable the mediocre track pad--but then again I never liked track pads.  Windows 8.1 as an OS did not impress me at first but now I prefer their apps to a traditional browser.  So overall I'm pleasantly surprised and plan to use this laptop as my primary home machine.  It might even be my last PC.  I recommend it.
4092503
This is a good computer to play games like mine craft ,csgo,ect.
3747895
I've had this laptop for only one week and already I feel it was a worthwhile investment.  It multitasks very capably, has a high amount of power under the hood compared to most anything else in its price class, and has a number of additional hardware features that I will expound on now:

Fingerprint Reader: A fantastic touch that wasn't even listed in the specs.  Works perfectly fine.
Beats Audio: This laptop puts out sound that instead of seeming to have a definitive source, seems like it's coming from multiple points; the end result being the audio on this laptop may be my favorite part.  It apparently has hardware algorithms that remove speaker noise from the microphone, which means things like Skype calls will be clearer, or in my case, while gaming in a voice chat server I can have the volume up quite loud and my teammates won't hear it when I talk.
Backlit keyboard: At an extreme enough angle, the lights under the keys are visible, but definitely preferred over not being included at all.
Touch screen: While I tote around a mouse to use with the computer, a touch screen seems to be a must for any Windows 8 system for ease of use, as it's quicker than the trackpad.  Works quite well.

I've noticed even under heavy load, on a flat surface the laptop never gets too hot to touch for any length of time.  The vent is on the left side and by about the D key the laptop is back to room temperature.

The WiFi connects quickly and is quite fast, no complaints here.  The webcam is a high resolution but performs less than desirably in low light, however with decent enough lighting everything is clear and sharp.

War Thunder runs on medium settings at around 50 average FPS, and League of Legends runs >60fps at all times.

The only qualm I could possibly have is the lack of Bluetooth.  While this is easily rectified with a bluetooth dongle, it's just unusual to see a laptop without it, but if that's what contributes to the price point of this laptop, that's perfectly acceptable to me.
4082635
i actually didn't buy this laptop from this website, i purchased mine from newegg for a cheaper price(hehe) but i felt compelled to write a review for this laptop, because its pretty killer. i can't begin to go off on how amazing this laptop is for this price. its no gaming machine by any means, but its playing games my pc cant. i can run league of legends at 65 fps, and graphically and processor heavy games liike metro last light and assassins creed rogue run just fine,  mostly because it has the nvidia geforce 940 m, 8 gigs of ddr 3 dedicated ram, and an 8 gig ssd drive. it starts up very fast from shut down to on status(about thirty seconds really). has a built in 10 keypad, WHICH I LOVE, because i use it a lot while typing and for work. the battery lasts a good while too, granted you're not gaming for a long time, i have about four or five hours of life if i'm not running a graphically or processor demanding game(i can play a few games of league of legends on full battery before needing to plug in). my only gripe, and i don't know if theres a way to look this up and fix, but i keep having to turn numlock on every time i turn on the laptop. and, i kind of wish the keyboard was backlit, i don't see an option for that, and other answers have stated that it is not. also, BIG THING HERE TOO, THERE IS NO CD/DVD DRIVE, YOU WILL HAVE TO BUY AN EXTERNAL DRIVE.  but the one i got was the color white, and it is gorgeous. all in all, minus those two minor setbacks,and the one slightly major,  this is an amazing laptop. and it DOES have a terabyte of hard drive space, with the option to remove and build on that, and also build on the other specs. if you don't mind those other things bogging you down, i would HIGHLY reccomend this laptop.
3444463
Searched all of the major computer sites, TigerDirect, Newegg, etc., the same model was more on those sites. Also had less RAM than what Amazon was offering in this package. I am not into gaming as I once was (FPS and MMO's) but it handles all my favorite games flawlessly. Had it setup out of the box and installing games in less than 10 minutes. Graphics are amazing, getting anywhere from 95-160+ fps in modded Minecraft games. Placed my order on a Thursday, paid for 2 day shipping, had it on Saturday morning, early. Overall, a great gaming computer slightly above entry-level imho. Very satisfied.
2372246
Very good laptop for gaming can easily run wow on ultra as well as many other games at a good fps.
1527478
17.3 inch screen, great graphics for the price, this is a great gaming laptop if you're not looking to spend $2000+ on a laptop capable of playing games.  It ran 3 EVE Online clients without a hitch, it can run games circa 2013 at mid-high settings and if you purchase this laptop for travel use and you have a main rig at home, this will definitely suffice.

I paid for 2 day shipping and after a day I doubted the delivery date but the seller responded with an email that it would arrive on the right date and it did, so I vouch for trusting them.
357429
Bought a pair of these for my younger siblings for their school needs/light gaming. Specs are just good enough to run some taxing games. But you'll have to turn graphics settings down a bit to enjoy heavier-graphic-intensive games. This next bit wasn't advertised well, but this notebook does NOT come with a CD/DVD drive. It's not that big of a deal since most things don't need it anymore. There is a slot in the case for one still (has a cover over it), so if you do need one, you can order it separately and install it yourself. just Google "Acer Aspire E5-571-588M Optical Drive" and you should have no problem finding it. There are also external optical drives you can use as an option.

Other than that, it works great for a mid-range notebook.