1. Preferred Brand: Anything (but had bad experience with Dell)
2. Budget: About 3k
3. Usage: Gaming, media and photography usage -don't need SSDs, love more space on the HDD.
4. Preferred laptop/screen size: 15" and above

-preferably something lightweight, not like those desktop replacements. been hearing on the lenovo y580, is that the best value-for-price currently?
- also have a win7 license on hand, so maybe wouldn't need another win7 license.
- also, if anybody knows a better laptop with custom specs (like those from illegear, that would also be helpful as a comparison).