2 build options need advice

Ok so here are the 2 builds that I'm looking into buying.

1) P150
15.6" 1920 x 1080 FHD LED Backlit Matte Display (don't care for Gamut, really doesn't bother me)
Intel® Core™ i7-3610QM, 6MB L3 Cache, 2.3-3.3GHz
(8GB) 8192MB, PC3-12800/1600MHz DDR3 - 2 SO-DIMM
AMD® Radeon HD 7970M 2GB GDDR5
750GB 7200rpm 2.5" SATA 300
Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional; 64-bit (i'd like to have 16gb in the future, I'm unsure of to get Home or Pro)
Bigfoot Networks Killer™ Wireless-N 1103 802.11A/B/G/N LAN Card
IC Diamond 7 Thermal Compound, CPU & GPU
= $1,749.88

2) P170EM
17.3" 1920 x 1080 FHD LED Backlit Glossy Display
Intel® Core™ i7-3610QM, 6MB L3 Cache, 2.3-3.3GHz
(8GB) 8192MB, PC3-12800/1600MHz DDR3 - 2 SO-DIMM
AMD® Radeon HD 7970M 2GB GDDR5
750GB 7200rpm 2.5" SATA 300
8X Multi DVD+/-R/RW RAM Dual-Layer Drive
Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional; 64-bit
Bigfoot Networks Killer™ Wireless-N 1103 802.11A/B/G/N LAN Card
IC Diamond 7 Thermal Compound, CPU & GPU
= $1,769.28

Now these quotes are from Malibal as Reflexnotebook hasn't update to the Ivy Bridge.

I chose a single HDD on the P170 for the reason I can probably get cheaper if I searched. I'll probably go 120-250gb SSD as primary, and 1TB 7200 HDD secondary.
I just need something for now. I'm going back to school (in either 2 weeks as there is a waitlist or in september), and I would like to use it to game for now.

This laptop will be used for school work (programming), movies (USB drive/downloaded), email etc and gaming of course. Currently I'm playing Rift, SW:TOR, LoL, BF3 (i will be buying a week or so). I'd also like to try streaming on twitch.tv or own3d.tv.

I'd like to have at least 4 hours of battery time as I'll most likely be beside a power outlet 99% of the time.

I'm trying to keep the laptop price under $2000, so if I do purchase from Malibal and get it shipped to Toronto I won't get dinged with $400 of tax + shipping charges.


Any advice?
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Good builds. I'd suggest you get the 1333MHz RAM options as I've read that you don't need the 1600MHz unless you're going to be doing video encoding or compression of heavy files. It's cheaper!

And here's your cheap SSD:
http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/73302/tigerdirect.com-crucial-m4-2.5-sata-iii-ssds-128gb-ct128m4ssd2-120-256gb-ct256m4ssd2?token=ABwBBQAAAAAGOkFRZg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=-1&isNodeId=1&Description=crucial+m4&cm_sp=Cat_SSD-_-crucial/033112-_-http%3a%2f%2fpromotions.newegg.com%2fcrucial%2f033112%2f118x118.jpg

 

No such thing as 7200RPM 1tb laptop drive yet. But Crucial SSD's are so cheap on newegg right now... Also, you only get tax if you buy from a reseller in your state, so go with someone without that handicap and you can spend much more. Also, the 7970m is a pre-order, so not good if you need it in a hurry. If you buy from Mythlogic they can put it in for you later (as well as customizing your hard drives ) at a really good price, it's why I went with them (see sig). If you buy the parts and ship them in along with your laptop, they can even set those up for you

 

Thanks for the Newegg link

 

Both are good builds, but personally I'd lean towards the 15". Lighter and more portable, and if you wanted you could connect it to a monitor at home for a bigger screen.