With a budget of $2500? Skip the laptop.
You can get a 980 GTX for ~$500-$700.
Skip the i7 because you won't use hyperthreading, save money and get an i5
8 GB RAM, only get more if you plan on heavy multitasking
Motherboard costs ~$200
240 GB SSD for around $200-250 (price may have dropped).
All that and you're still at less than that $1700 laptop with a system that will blow it out of the water.
You can get a 980 GTX for ~$500-$700.
Skip the i7 because you won't use hyperthreading, save money and get an i5
8 GB RAM, only get more if you plan on heavy multitasking
Motherboard costs ~$200
240 GB SSD for around $200-250 (price may have dropped).
All that and you're still at less than that $1700 laptop with a system that will blow it out of the water.
