Buying a Gaming Laptop

[Ratchetjak]

Hey there. I just have a question about purchasing a laptop for gaming. Now, I just want to say this, I'm not looking to do higher end gaming. All I want to play from time to time are game emulators.

-ePSXe (For playstation 1 games)
-Virtual Boy Advance (For GBA games)
-Project64 (Nintendo 64 games)

That's pretty much it. Nothing like Call of Duty, Skyrim, or any of those other kinds of new age games (That's what my PS3 is for haha). But yeah anyway, onto the question.

I'm looking to get a laptop but I don't have much money. I've been looking on Ebay and been finding some laptops for prices in my range ranging from refurbished to used. I've already heard that I should get a laptop with an Intel I5 or I7 core but my question is, Do I really need to? For the gaming I'm trying to do, would an Intel Celeron or Intel Core 2 (including Duo or Quad) be good? Or at least semi-decent? I just say this because I can't really afford the models with an I7 core.

important Note - I keep all my files on a portable hard drive

Also, I know they say I should look only for Asus, Dell, or Lenovo but what's wrong with HP or Gateway or Toshiba?

I apologize, I'm new to all this and am just curious. Thank you in advance guys.

 

[Joeteoh99]

For what you are doing a Pentium and a Celeron will do. But what is your budget? We may be able to find an i5 within that price range.

 

[Ratchetjak]

For what you are doing a Pentium and a Celeron will do. But what is your budget? We may be able to find an i5 within that price range.

Well, I actually did get a Windows 7 Dell Latitude e6510 with an I5 core but the thing is having Major difficulties so I'm most likely going to return it to the person I bought it from (I got it off Ebay). I'm having a bad experience with Windows 7 and I really rather go back to Windows XP. if I can. Or try Windows 8.

If you are saying a Celeron would be okay, then I can get myself a new one. I've been seeing these 2.16 Celeron cores for Dell or Asus.

My range is up to 350 right now. Like I said, it's not a l ot.

 

[Joeteoh99]

I can run CS v1.6 on a Celeron laptop lol.


Try this:

http/www.amazon.com/Toshiba-C55-A5281-Processor-SuperMulti-Windows/dp/B00DXWFF3E/?tag=laptopninja-20

 

[Ratchetjak]

I can run CS v1.6 on a Celeron laptop lol.


Try this:

http/www.amazon.com/Toshiba-C55-A5281-Processor-SuperMulti-Windows/dp/B00DXWFF3E/?tag=laptopninja-20

i don't know what CSv1.6 stands for but yeah, if a celeron can work with the kinds of games I'm wanting to play, I'll go with it. The link you shared was nice but I don't think I'll be able to get 50 extra dollars right now so I was thinking maybe something like this?

http/www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-D550MA-DS01-15-6-Intel-N2815-1-86GHz-4GB-500GB-Laptop-Windows-8-/181524603269?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item2a43b5a185

http/www.ebay.com/itm/Toshiba-Satellite-15-6-Laptop-4GB-500GB-Windows-8-C55D-A5344-/400771691757?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item5d4fdab4ed

http/www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Inspiron-15-3531-Celeron-Dual-core-2-16-Ghz-4-GB-500-GB-720P-BT-1YR-WTY-/171429564004?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item27e9ff8e64

http/www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Dell-Inspiron-i3531-1200BK-15-6-Laptop-Intel-2-16-GHz-4GB-500GB-RAM-/111436901277?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item19f2282b9d

http/www.ebay.com/itm/Toshiba-Satellite-C55D-A5120-AMD-E2-Series-Laptop-15-6-8GB-500GB-Win8-1-/131292817637?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item1e91a968e5

Would any of these be good?