ended up buying the
Dell - G7 15.6" Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 8GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 - 256GB Solid State Drive - Licorice Black
for $979
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-g7...?skuId=6212436
was going to buy the $1099 one, but the only difference was the RAM and SSD. It had half the SSD and double the RAM, and i figured my SSD is much more important than the RAM size as I don't think I will use very many gb. If anything, I have 2 weeks to see how i like it! thanks for the comments