1. Preferred brand
No particular preference. Whichever ones that don't have shite after sales service nowadays will do.

2. Budget
Not more than RM 4,000, give or take a couple hundred.

3. Usage
Occasional gaming (Kerbal Space Program, mostly, which is CPU-heavy), transcoding videos, torrent/home file server.

4. Size
14" - 15".

Other requirements:
GPU - dedicated, preferably GT 840M/750M equivalent or above.

Storage - I intend to use an SSD for the OS/boot drive and a separate 1 TB drive for data/less critical programs. So thr notebook must have either:
- A mSATA or M.2 slot, or
- A DVD drive so that I can replace the drive with a HDD caddy.

CPU - Haswell quad-core is preferred.

Cooling is also important because the notebook will be on 24/7.

Suggestions please?

This post has been edited by ThisIsBoletaria: Jul 30 2014, 02:26 PM