Need some help, fellas.

[BW85]

Oy, that is very outside of my range lol. Would something ~$1,700 give me something that is strong and somewhat future-proof; lasting me a good 5+ years?

[Mr_Mysterious]

It'll last you 5+ years physically with no problems if you take care of it.

It'll go obsolete in usually less than 2 years.

Mr. Mysterious

[BW85]

I tend to take very good care of my equipment. Would you mind, once I got all my ducks in a row, if I post a copy of what build I had in mind and you can tell me how you think it would do? It may even be as late as next week sometime.

[Mr_Mysterious]

Sure, take your time.

Mr. Mysterious

[BW85]

CLEVO P170EM Core™ i7 Notebook Barebone, Intel® HM77, 17.3" Full HD LED Glossy, FPR, PCIe x16 MXM-III Discrete Graphics
INTEL Core™ i7-3610QM Quad-Core 2.3 - 3.3GHz TB, HD Graphics 4000, 6MB L3 Cache, 22nm, 45W, EM64T EIST HT VT-x XD, OEM
NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 675M 2GB GDDR5 Mobile Graphics Card for P170EM
CRUCIAL 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC3-10600 DDR3 1333MHz SDRAM SODIMM, CL9, Non-ECC
SEAGATE 750GB Momentus®, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache, 2.5-Inch, SATA 3 Gb/s, OEM
RAID No RAID, Independent HDD Drives
CLEVO Dual Layer Super-Multi DVD±RW Optical Drive for Clevo P170EM
NETWORK Built-in 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet LAN Card
WIRELESS Wireless 802.11b/g/n LAN Card and Bluetooth Module for P170EM Notebook
NOTEBOOK ACCESSORY Built-in Fingerprint Reader (Included)
NONE Standard Carrying Case for Notebook Included
MICROSOFT Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Edition w/ SP1, OEM
WARRANTY Standard 1 Year Warranty for Clevo Notebooks

I sort of threw this together, but is pretty close to what I would want.

[sirmetman]

I wouldn't say it will be obsolete in 2 years. My NP9262 is only just reaching functional obsolescence for gaming now (about 4 years after purchase), and for basic office and web stuff, it's still more than capable. Just realize you'll have to set your graphics settings lower and lower each year in new games.