I think the same MSI is available for lower price on amazon which I recommend MSI GL 62 GL 626 QF 893 Notebooki 76700 HQdpB 01 D 8 VJ 0 K 8 refaslisstl ? ieUTF 8 linkCodell 1 taglonerim 220 linkId 73 a 8 c 2 b 4446 bd 0 cf 89 b 9 c 939 ce 17 b 4 a 5 because it has everything you need at a great price , a powerful quad core i 7 , 12 GB of ram for smooth multi tasking , 1 TB HDD for storage , small SSD storage 128 GB , for faster booting and and overall performance , USB C which is a nice bonus , it doesn ' t have a Backlit keyboard though , but it does have an optical drive like you wanted , 960 M GPU just like the Dell ' s and comes with 4 USBs 1 C , 1 2 . 0 and 2 3 . 0 , and it around the same price range . But as mentioned there is an option available for mid range 800 ~ that would be better , but if you can really push your budget I would recommend this MSIGP 62 MVRLeopardGP 62 MVRLeopardPro 218 i 76700 HQdpB 01 M 0 COXDIrefaslisstl ? ieUTF 8 linkCodell 1 taglonerim 220 linkId 5 a 48 ecbc 7 a 9744 atel 036 c 6 ac because it comes with the much more powerful GPU 1060 which will greatly enhance your gaming experience as noted by the comparison mentioned above a long with i 76700 HQone of the best CPU in the market 16 GB more than enough ram for smooth multi tasking , 1 TB storage which is more than enough but I would recommend adding SSD for faster performance once you have enough budget .