Advice on first gaming laptop - £1,000

[RoguePony]

In 3 months I'm going to have £1,000, give or take a few hundred, at my disposal and I want to buy my first gaming pc with it as I've been slowly killing 2 low-end ones on low quality for years.

 

I would get a desktop but as I'm turning 18 it's natural to assume I'm going to be travelling around a lot more - and I don't want to be forced to share it with my siblings and rooted to one place. Especially as I've heard that there's a way to connect desktop graphics cards to your laptop when at home.

Building my own gaming rig is out of the question too, seeing how much I love gaming it's inevitable I will one day, but not right now.

 

I've had my eye on Alienware for years but I've heard that other brands are much better, Chillbast for example, despite Alienware being so hypnotisingly good-looking. I'm good with computers but know next to nothing about the hardware, so I need as much advice as I can before then.

I do own a cooling pad (link) and I'd want this laptop to be great for at least a few years for my primary gaming, until I can get a desktop.

 

The sort of games I'd want it for and to run smoothly with on HQ are Dragon Age: Inquisition, Skyrim, Portal, Assassin's Creed 5 and so on with similar games - all with around 10 mods. I'm not going to be getting the most insanely demanding FPS games out there but I want it to be a competent and consistent gaming laptop nonetheless, one that lasts.

 

I am in the UK so American retail only brands would be a no-no.

 

Thanks!

Edited November 19, 2014 by RoguePony