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    Looking for advice on budget laptop

    Okay, I've finally decided. Thanks for the suggestions and advice it's helped guide me in researching this. I ended up deciding on the HP 15z. I dug around on the internet quite a bit and eventually just landed on the conclusion that I like the HP plus the lack of a dvd drive was kind of a deal...
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    Looking for advice on budget laptop

    Thank you, that's some useful information. So, I should be looking for a laptop with a strong GPU, so long as it's not going to bottleneck at the CPU. I'll keep looking around for some better deals. The comparisons there really help as it gives me something to really look at.
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    Looking for advice on budget laptop

    Yeah, in the US here. http://store.hp.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryListingView?catalogId=10051&categoryId=88392&langId=-1&storeId=10151 I can't really link to the exact specs since I picked them out in the customize section. I'll take a look into acer more, I haven't really considered...
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    Looking for advice on budget laptop

    Hello, I've decided to finally get a new laptop for school and to do some gaming on. I've been trying to figure out the best bang for my buck, and became overwhelmed by the conversations about AMD and Intel. As I understand it currently, Intel's hyperthreading and quicksync technologies make...