Gaming laptops.. I went through this same thing. Only my budget was around 450$ XD. Then again, I never really needed it for any resource heavy games and it works the games I want excellently.

That seems pretty nice to me. i7 is definitely the kind of processor you want. I'm no expert on processors but that one doesn't looks decent. The clock speed looks below average for a 1,400$ laptop, but it shouldn't cause any problems.

It really depends on the games you want to play. Though the one you think is good looks all around nice to me.