Mobile Rig Recommendation

[LeftEyeNine]

Hello,

Recently my family decided to reward me with a laptop for something I don't have a single idea about.

So I went with an ASUS K52JT series notebook with the following configuration:

Intel Core i7 740QM (1st gen.)
4 GB DDR3
500 GB HDD
ATI Radeon HD 6370M
15.6'' HD-LED WXGA

However, after 10 days of the purchase, following a 20-minute-long lag at Windows boot, I discovered bad sector(s) on HDD and RMA'd the portable rig.

Now that the return is accepted, I'm eligible for choosing the very same rig anew or the following laptop I came across with for which I'll have to splash some more cash:

ACER AS7750G
Intel Core i5 2410M (2nd gen.)
6 GB DDR3
640 GB HDD
ATI Radeon HD 6650M
17.3'' HD WXGA

As obvious, the latter has certain advantages such as a bigger HDD, a bigger monitor, a better GPU and a newer gen. CPU of lower class.

Would it be worthwhile to spend that extra cash ? Or would downstepping from a 1st gen. i7 to a 2nd gen. i5 for those advantages be unnecessary ?

Thanks in advance.

[Lemur]

Hmm, usually the problem with a laptop (gaming-wise) is that the video card is mismatched with the resolution of the screen. Meaning, there are more pixels than the GPU is really comfortable pushing around. The CPU is usually not the (primary) issue.

I'd say trading an i7 for a more recent i5 is an easy move if the GPU is markedly improved. 90% of the time on a laptop you're GPU-bound, not CPU-bound.

-edit-

A bit of lazy Google-fu isn't turning up gaming benchmarks for me, but here's the basic numbers: 6370M and 6650M. Looks like the 6650 is a big step up. No-brainer.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Yeah. Neither of those is a portability champion of battery life, so you're not really losing anything there.

[LeftEyeNine]

Lemur votes for ACER.

Yeah. Neither of those is a portability champion of battery life, so you're not really losing anything there.

?

[Tellos Athenaios]

I concur with Lemur's opinion, given that neither laptop offers battery life worth caring about.

[LeftEyeNine]

I couldn't care less about battery life, Tellos. So it's not a concern at all.

How about this one ?

http://www.packardbell.com.tr/pb/tr/...l/LX.BTK02.004