Best Laptop for video editing under $550?

[wolfeline]

Hello! I'm currently a high school student and I do video editing for projects because it's something I enjoy doing.

I'm looking for a laptop that will be able to run Adobe After Effects pretty well and some advise on what I should look for for video editing. I'm not a huge gamer, so that won't be a problem. Also, I can't go over my budget because it's mainly going to be used for video's and schoolwork so it has to be a Windows OS.

I also need one with a good build. I'll have this for at least 2-3 years so it should be able to keep up with my demands. Personally I just watch youtube videos and browse the internet when I'm ot video editing so it goes from moderate usage.

I've been looking at a few, and I wanted your opinions or recommendations to which one I should get.

Here are some of the ones I've been looking at:

Lenovo Z50:
http/www.amazon.com/Lenovo-15-6-Inch-Laptop-80EC000TUS-Black/dp/B00K6ZIBGY/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1427520727&sr=1-1&keywords=lenovo+z50

ASUS V551LA 15-Inch i5 Touchscreen Laptop (OLD VERSION):
http/www.amazon.com/V551LA-15-Inch-Touchscreen-Laptop-VERSION/dp/B00F0RDX3O/ref=sr_1_15?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1427443460&sr=1-15&keywords=touch+screen+laptop

Acer Aspire E5-571-56UQ 15.6-Inch Laptop (Titanium Silver):
http/www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-E5-571-56UQ-15-6-Inch-Titanium/dp/B00K2O4PCI/ref=sr_1_12?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1427436221&sr=1-12&keywords=touch+screen+laptop

Lenovo Flex 2 14:
http/www.amazon.com/Lenovo-15-6-Inch-Touchscreen-Laptop-59418242/dp/B00K6ZIN1C/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1427436221&sr=1-4&keywords=touch+screen+laptop

HP 15.6" Laptop PC - AMD Quad-Core A8 / 750GB HD Windows 8.1 64-bit (Black) (8G/Touchscreen):
http/www.amazon.com/HP-15-6-Laptop-Quad-Core-Touchscreen/dp/B00R9Y62HU/ref=sr_1_7?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1427436221&sr=1-7&keywords=touch+screen+laptop

Thank you so much!

 

[jaguarskx]

Your best bet the 1st or 2nd laptop listed. The others are rather weak. The Core i3 in the Lenovo Flex 2 lacks turbo boost which acts like an auto overclock. The A8-6410 APU in the other laptops is a low power AMD APU meant for entry level laptops and is not as powerful as the A10-7300 APU.

Based on the X264 HD benchmarks in the link below in comparison to CPUs that is a little weaker than the Intel Core i5-4200u, the A10-7300 APU in the Lenovo Z50 would not perform as well as the Core i5-4200 in the Asus V551LA. Click "Show Comparison Chart".

http/www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Kaveri-A10-7300-Notebook-Processor.117333.0.html