The hard core PC gaming niche is full of expensive, crazily designed towers and heavy, chained-to-the-desktop laptops. Some of these units are so powerful that it can make an average PC’s graphics capabilities look like nothing. But there is a very high price to pay for such systems.

iBuyPower is a company that specializes in building and customizing gaming desktops and laptops, and some of the customization this company does is just out of this world.

The company’s latest laptop is the Battalion 101 M865TU. Housed in a bulky but not monstrous chassis, this 15.4-inch laptop isn’t exactly portable or attractive. And for a price of roughly $2,012 for our handily configured machine, it’s worth a look as a serious gaming rig that won’t break the bank.

The Battalion 101 M865TU comes with 2.93 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T9800 Processor, 4GB, 1033MHz DDR3 SDRAM Memory, 500GB, 7,200rpm Hard drive, Mobile Intel PM45 Chipset, Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M Graphics, Windows Vista 64-bit Home Premium SP2 Operating System.