8GB is a decent amount of RAM to work with. I don't have really tips for gamging laptops, since I don't really believe in them. You pay alot for the design too, and there are much other laptops that are nearly as good for way less money. I suggest you go look at laptops with 8GB, i5 and a decent graphics card that will do the job for you I think.
And what you mean by photography friendly? You want to do high-level photo-shopping on it? Or just watch your photos in a gallery or something?
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