Well the best known brand of gaming laptop out in the market right now is Dell's ALIENWARE which comes with the best graphics card offered in the market right now, the GeForce GTX 460M, 470M, 480M & 485M family or their Mobility Radeon CrossfireX counterpart.
A newer, better model of the GeForce, the GTX 560M, is coming out soon (that is, if you can still wait for it).
click here for more info: http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeFo…

What makes ALIENWARE the best, aside from the fast processor (Core i-7), bigger RAM (up to 16-32GB), bigger storage (2x500GB or 2x750GB HDD), it offers 2GB Mobility Radeon 6970M CrossfireX or 3GB GeForce GTX 460M SLI, which will suit any graphic animation or designing software you would need to use for school (great on any games too).

Dell offers a 4 YEAR ADVANCED PLAN, so that if within that 46months & say, something really REALLY bad ACCIDENTALLY happens to the laptop, DELL WILL REPLACE IT WITH A BRAND NEW ONE.
If you can afford the initial cost (about $3000), you can get it with the peace of mind that you wont have to worry about anything in 4 years time (& a lot more years after that if/when they replace it with a brand new one).

What's good about the 2 HDD, if one breaks down, the other is not affected (you can use one as back-up for all your files, pictures & important documents.

Since university starts on September, you may want to wait for the new models of the Alienware M15X to come out with the new GeForce GTX 560M.

But if you're looking to get an affordable, not so big, yet best in performance gaming laptop as soon as possible,
LOOK NO FURTHER.
Like me, get the MSI GT680R 15.6"-full HD GAMING NOTEBOOK which comes with the 2nd Generation Core i7 Processor 2630QM, 8GB DDR3 RAM, 1TB Hard Disk Drive (2 x 500GB 7200rpm SATA HDD) & a powerful Class 1, 1.5GB NVIDIA GTX460M DDR5 dedicated graphics card that can handle DirectX 11 enhancing the 3D detail effects from FRYS.com (SKU#: 6547393).
I got the chance to use the laptop first hand at the FRYS store. I came back to check out the laptop EVERY HOUR for 6 hrs & found out that the air from the vent of the laptop remained cool compared to any other laptops on display there, meaning THIS LAPTOP HAS PROPER HEAT MANAGEMENT, that means this laptop can handle long hours of gruelling play. Now, I'm all stewed up saving to buy this b4 Blizzard releases Diablo 3.
The MSI GT680R 15.6" Gaming Notebook w/ the Intel® Core™ i-7 retails for $1,499.99 (+ tax & other sur-charges; www.FRYS.com). I chose to pay more to have the newest technology so that I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT GETTING OUTDATED WITHIN THE NEXT 8 YEARS.
click here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…

You might want to buy this to protect your screen:

watch the video: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
Protect your screen from cracks, get a COOLER MASTER U2 Notebook Cooler w/c has dual purposes. Cool thing about it is, you can position the fans on the right spot for better ventialation.
When travelling, detach the easily detacheable dual fan, then use the aluminum frame as a protection for your laptop's screen when inside the bag. I got mine from MicroCenter.com for $15, 48% cheaper than the regular $25 tag (FRYS.com SKU#: 6344931).
click to buy: http://www.microcenter.com/single_produc…

If you need help customizing a laptop, just e-mail me & I'll do it for you.

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