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Thanks all for the suggestions! An unexpected break from school means that I will be holding off on my purchase for now. I'm really liking Dell's Inspiron for the looks and specs, but it's selling for about 1280 USD in my country so I won't be buying it. The Flex 3 looked nice, but the battery life is a bit too short. The Y700 is selling really expensive here as well . For context, I'm currently in Singapore.

@exercutor5, you're from Singapore? There is this brand called aftershock (Singaporean firm) that offers some nice options, but not sure what the build quality is like. Have you any experience with that brand?

I found one from Lenovo, the Lenovo Y700. Don't really like the looks, but the specs looks pretty decent to me. Anyone have experiences with this model? EDIT: Specifically, how does the keyboard feel? How's the touchpad? EDIT 2: notebookcheck says Lenovo Y700 does not support NVMe? If that's the case then I might drop this model from consideration, I have a spare nvme drive that I really want to use.

Thank you very much, I didn't know this exist. I think they posted BEFORE I edited my post saying I don't want it to look gamey, so I still give you guys the kudos! Thanks for the suggestions!! If anyone still have more suggestions I'll greatly appreciate them

Did some googling but can't seem to find a good match for what I want, turning to teh forums for help! Haven't decide on budget, but should not exceed 1200 USD What I'm looking for: 1) a good CPU, the edgiest mainstream intel processors 2) not demanding much in the GPU department, will even consider intel integrated graphix but prefer a discreet GPU. 3) enough PCIe lanes for those sweet nvme ssds 4) lightweight, gotta carry it around often don't know much about pre-built systems or laptops,will appreciate if anyone can suggest something EDIT: btw, going to use it to do school works and play some games. Games like cities skylines, EUIV, dota, none of those AAA graphic monsters. EDIT 2: also, the design must be either plain or otherwise non-gamey-looking. Elaborate designs on most gaming laptops are ridiculous looking and not great to carry around in between classes