~800$ gaming laptop.

[inneruniverse]

I've been looking at this and would like some opinions on it.

http/www.amazon.com/ASUS-X550JK-DH71-15-6-Inch-Laptop-Dark/dp/B00NGK7GHG/ref=cm_cd_ql_qh_dp_t

I will be on my college campus 9 hours a day 5 days a week so I need something that can handle my daily schoolwork and studying while also being able to do some moderate gaming. Looking to play League of Legends, Hearthstone, L4D2, Resident Evil HD Remake, and whatever new games will be coming out at decent FPS and settings.

Would the laptop I link suffice? If not please give me suggestions. Thank you.

 

[darkbreeze]

With an i7 and 8GB of RAM, that should do nicely for whatever you want to do with it. The GTX 850 should provide a very decent gaming experience as far as laptop gaming is concerned. Especially under a thousand dollars. And you really can't go wrong with ASUS. Lenovo and HP are about the only brands I would commonly recommend over the ASUS laptops.

The quality is good and it has good specs as well as a low price. You could do much worse.

 

[inneruniverse]

Thank you very much for your reply darkbreeze.

Any other opinions? I like as much opinions as possible to weigh with or against my own before I decide to purchase something expensive.

 

[darkbreeze]

If you could find a similar model, or another unit with the GTX 860m graphics, it would be a much better gaming machine, and provide you with the ability to use some higher settings on those titles, but for what it is it's pretty decent as an entry level unit. If you want a really good gaming experience on a laptop it might be a good idea to find a model with an i5 (Or i7, but the i5 is fine for gaming.) and a GTX 860 or higher GPU rather than the i7 and an 850.

 

[darkbreeze]

This is probably a better option if you can swing the extra dollars, unless you can find a sale on something similar for less, which would be optimal. The Y50 has a successful track and review record as well.

http/www.amazon.com/Lenovo-15-6-Inch-Gaming-Laptop-59418222/dp/B00K6ZIO2K