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If his CPU isn't soldered to his Mobo.

http://h20565.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/psi/swdSelector/?javax.portlet.tpst=867000c4cf25636cc859bfdeb053ce01&javax.portlet.prp_867000c4cf25636cc859bfdeb053ce01=wsrp-navigationalState%3D_oid%25253D5359420%25257CimplicitModel%25253Dtrue%25257C_op%25253Dnavigate&javax.portlet...

Try the Lenovo Y510P.

You in the US?

Start with the Lenovo Y510P http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y510p/

HP Probook 450 review: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-HP-ProBook-450-H0V92EA-Notebook.102727.0.html ASUS X75VB review: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-X75VB-TY045.102932.0.html You should be able to make a decision now. The games you want to play, won't.

Congrats!

Perhaps its bad. Put the intel 520 in another PC and partition/format it, see if that works for you.

So bios sees the drive but when you go to the install options where you can add/delete/create partitions and format you get nothing, correct?

What is your bios set to for HD controller? For Win 7 or 8 it should be AHCI or at the very least IDE.

If on Win 8 - Charms Bar/Settings/Change PC Settings/Update and Recovery/Recovery

http://systemrequirementslab.com/cyri

Did you use Disk Manager or are you looking in MY Computer/This PC/File Explorer?

You need to use disk management and partition then format the drive.