Looking for laptop for school and a little gaming

Hey yall, my friend needs to get a laptop for art school and is looking for suggestions. on top of general school work they would like to be able to run games like Minecraft/Stardew efficiently with room for others.

Max budget is $1000 Canadian, roughly $730 USD

* **Are you open to refurbs/used?**-no-
* **How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?**-Performance, battery, build quality, form factor-
* **How important is weight and thinness to you?**-Not important-
* **Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.**-n/a-
* **Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.**-Gaming-
* **If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?**-Minecraft, Stardew valley with potential for other higher end games, at least 60fps-
* **Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?**-Reliable (decent overall lifetime) Reliable keyboard-
* **Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.**--