Forget the 'gaming' moniker. The only real difference between a gaming laptop & high performance business laptop is gaming laptops get better video cards. $1k is a great deal
This is from Lenovo who also makes Thinkpads
Great price for great specs and performance
http://www.cnet.com/news/get-a-lenovo-y50-touch-4k-gaming-laptop-for-999-99/?tag=nl.e796&s_cid=e796&ttag=e796&ftag=CAD7dba523