There is no such thing as a good gaming laptop. It will handle some games, but if you are only looking for a machine for gaming, towers are the way to go. I7 processors and mobile I7 processors are WAY different in speed as well as the graphics cards, etc. This is a great laptop for handling everyday tasks. It is super fast. Do a little research about the difference between gaming laptops and gaming computers. You will find out that laptops use scaled down versions of everything and are not nearly as capable as towers are.