Is a graphics card and design upgrade worth the price?

So I'm thinking of buying a sager laptop with a good gaming graphics card but I'm not sure which is the best buy for my buck. I want to stay as close to $1500 but if its worth the money I'm willing to spend a little more. I used to be looking at only the np8230 and the np8250 but recently I found the np7352. I plan on upgrading the monitor to 95% gamut, a blu-ray player, 16gb of ram, ic diamond cooling compound, and the killer 1103. Therefore the only differences would be the graphics card, fan and cooling, design and structural differences, and in the 8250s case a backlit keyboard. So my question is if the difference between the gtx 770m and gtx 765m and any structural differences is worth $200 (approximate differences in prices between the 7352 and the 8230) if it isn't worth the difference should I instead upgrade to the 4800mq for .3ghz more processing per core on the 7352. If it is worth it, is the $100 difference for the 8250 worth it to get a backlit keyboard and better cooling and whatever else is better in the 8250. Please help me out guys, thank you.

 

Personally, I'd stick to the default amount of RAM and upgrade to 8GB (or leave it at 8 if that's the default) since games barely even fill up 8GB already, let alone 16. Now, if you're using more demanding stuff like virtual machines, then 16GB Is more reasonable, but even then I'd buy it aftermarket since it's cheaper. As for the Killer wireless, I'd skip over it and get a better Intel card like the 6300; the Killer is nothing more than a generic Atheros or Realtek wireless card with "special" drivers that supposedly ("magically") increase gaming performance.

Build quality will be basically the same, as with any consumer-class laptop. The CPU differences between the i7-4700MQ and the i7-4800MQ is minimal as well, though graphic cards are one of the few things that are worth an increase in price, so I'd pick up the 770M.

 

Okay. I stick by my upgrades i chose, which i chose for reviews i read, and requirements i have which include virtual machines. But my question is if the 770m is worth $200 more than the 765m?

 

You could try reading through this tread (same question asked): http://forum.notebookreview.com/what-notebook-should-i-buy/722042-gtx-765m-vs-gtx-770m-worth.html

 

Ohhhh...I hadn't seen that thread. Thank you very much! Cheers!