My Asus G50Vt-X5 finally died on me, so I just ordered a new laptop.
I know.. Laptop.. Gaming? Buuhh.. But I travel a lot.
Malibal Satori
17.3" 1920 x 1080 FHD LED Backlit GlassView Display
Intel® Core™ i7-2820QM, 8MB L3 Cache, 2.30GHz
(8GB) 8192MB, PC3-10660/1333MHz DDR3 - 2 SO-DIMM
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460M 1.5GB GDDR5
750GB 7200rpm 2.5" SATA 300
8X Multi DVD+/-R/RW RAM Dual-Layer Drive
Internal 802.11A/B/G/N LAN and Bluetooth Card
IC Diamond 7 Thermal Compound, CPU & GPU
3 Year Ltd. Parts and Labor Warranty with 24/7 USA-Based Support
Integrated 2.0 Megapixel Web Camera
Integrated 9 in 1 Card Reader
Integrated Fingerprint Reader
MALIBAL Software & Drivers Disc
PowerDVD & Bison Cam Software Package
Standard Black Carrying Case
Additional AC Adapter
They wanted an extra $500 to upgrade to the 485m, as well as another $500 to go up to the QM Extreme.. Not in my budget.
Has room to throw in two more memory sticks later on if needed, as well as one more HDD bay.. I might get an SSD eventually.