ASUS G73JH and Swiss Gear messenger in Tuscaloosa, AL

This thing is a beast! It plays WoW, Crysis 2, Black Ops, MW3, Battlefield 3, Skyrim and pretty much anything else you throw at it AT MAXIMUM SETTINGS and 1600x900. It has a 17.3" screen so plenty of screen real estate. It has 2 hard drive bays, but I'm only including one 7200rpm 500g drive. Has 6gb of RAM, with space for 2 more gigs. Backlit keys, HDMI out, VGA out, multi-card reader, dedicated overclocking button, webcam, mic, CD/DVD reader/writer, and really stout speakers with a dedicated SUBWOOFER! Also has blue accent lights under the screen that make it look really hardcore. This laptop is designed to be plugged in while you are gaming. With its 1.7Ghz i7 and two 5" exhaust fans spinning it draws way too much power for any battery to support. It does have a battery though, and it gives you about an hour and a half surfing the web or word processing, just in case you need to do something quick or keep occupied over a quick trip. I am including the messenger bag because it was very difficult for me to find a bag that fit this laptop perfectly since the fans make it so big. That being said, the fans keep top temperatures under 70 degrees Celsius at 100% load. I am on campus from 8