Budget Laptop for mild gaming (WoW/DoTA)

[Immings]

I'm looking for a laptop around ~$500 CAD / US -- No Duty Tax please!!!

I mainly use it for WoW and DoTA for "gaming" some others, but any new gen game I play on a console so I don't need a 1k+ laptop. I'd still like to play these mild games at a high quality.

I've been looking at a couple of models at Best Buy; Thoughts?

1) Acer Aspire 15.6" amd 8 series
http/www.bestbuy.com/site/acer-aspire-15-6-laptop-amd-a8-series-6gb-memory-500gb-hard-drive-midnight-black/6573251.p?id=1219225068077&skuId=6573251

2) Hp Pavilion 17.3" Intel i7
http/www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-pavilion-17-3-laptop-intel-core-i7-6gb-memory-750gb-hard-drive-natural-silver-ash-silver/9925475.p?id=1219450406236&skuId=9925475

Anything better for my price range?

 

[quilciri]

For a gaming laptop on that budget, AMD's A-series can't be beat. The price on that can, though

Same laptop for slightly cheaper:
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314554

much better laptop for slightly more:
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834317602

cheers!

 

[Immings]

Thanks for the quick reply @qullcirl but I couldn't find those models on the Canadian website, and doesn't ship to Canada (on US site or Newegg Ebay account)

 

[quilciri]

DOH! Sorry, missed the Canada bit. one moment, please

 

[quilciri]

Ok, that's a good deal on the Acer. I can't beat that new from a quick browse. If you don't mind refurbished laptops, though, this one's a bit more powerful for slightly cheaper.

http/www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834318106

 

[Immings]

Ok, that's a good deal on the Acer. I can't beat that new from a quick browse. If you don't mind refurbished laptops, though, this one's a bit more powerful for slightly cheaper.

http/www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834318106

After searching reviews for this model, I'm thinking I should stay away from this model. Many many many people have had problems with it and to save a few bucks, I don't want to deal with this.

 

[quilciri]

That's interesting, because everywhere I've seen the g505s, it's average 4+/5 stars (newegg, notebookcheck, amazon, etc), and lenovo itself has a fairly strong reliability record.