Custom Gaming Laptop Advice

What is your maximum budget?
- $1,300

What country are you in?
- U.S.A.

What will be the uses of this laptop?
- Gaming and watching Movies/Neflix mainly

Do you have brand loyalty or care which brands we select for you?
- currently have an older ASUS G60VX, but Sager also has some quality laptops

What screen size do you require?
- 15.6" since it will fit in my Targus bag

What screen resolution do you require?
- 1366 x 768 to 1920 x 1080 is fine for me

Are you looking to buy NEW or would refurbished/recertified/used be okay?
- New, Custom

How long should the battery last? (Under optimal conditions, no movies/games/heavy internet)
- I plan to have it plugged in most of the time

What games would you like to play with your laptop? And on what settings?
- Anything and everything, as long as it plays well.

What operating system do you need? (if any)
- Have a fresh copy of Windows 8 Pro ready :-)

Is there a certain style of laptop you want? (aluminum, black, gaming, etc.)
- Gaming preferred

How much hard drive space do you need?
- HDD it comes with will be for backup, so size doesn't matter. I already have an Intel 320 120GB for the OS

Do you need any special hardware? (blue ray, webcam, specialty ports, etc.)
- Negative

Is there anything else we need to know?
- Been looking at pro-star.com and leaning towards the P150EM. They seem to have some of the best prices, but there are a ton of custom laptop providers out there so I'm wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction.

Thanks for the replies guys I went with Xotic after all and am very satisfied, other than my CC getting declined inititially, but that wasn't their fault, it was the amount of the sale.

Ended up going with the NP9150 and the meat of the machine is such:
i7-3630QM (2.4GHz - 3.4GHz)
nVidia GeForce GTX 675M 2,048MB
8GB - DDR3 1600MHz
500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache (for storage )
Display: 15.6” FHD 16:9 LED Backlit Wide screen (1920x1080) Super Clear Matte Type Sager Screen
Thermal Compound: - IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU
COPPER COOLING UPGRADE - Extra Cooling Copper Heatsinks Applied to the Heatsink/Heatpipes

Hoping all the cooling upgrades are worth it, but I do know once I get my Intel 320 120GB SSD in the system and load up Windows 8 Pro it should be a fantastic Laptop

Edit: Well, looks like the "Cooling Upgrades" will be lackluster at best. Should've done more research on them before hand. Oh well, still will be a great laptop as long as nothing is DOA
Edited by Choppah4 - 11/9/12 at 10:19am

It's fine, still be the most powerful Laptop I've ever owned, far better than my ASUS G60VX, and really just need it to play GW2 and some other games without too much trouble at work and whenever I visit my parents . Only problem is... I want it like RIGHT now

Finally received the Laptop last Wednesday. It's very VERY nice Gaming performs just like my Desktop in most cases, course I'm only playing a few games right now, but at least it will be able to keep up. Thanks again for the recommendations Gents.