gaming laptop for niece

[Onion_Stub]

im looking for a gaming laptop for my niece with a budget of $300, 400$ if needed. the most intensive game would be minecraft and sims. medium graphics are fine, its her first pc so im not shooting for the stars yet, any help will be appreciated.

 

[bliq]

At $400, look for something with a Core i3 and hope for the best. It won't be a good gaming experience but it will work. A good question to ask yourself is why does it need to be a laptop? It sounds like your niece is young and maybe her gaming machine doesn't need to be portable. She might be better served by an inexpensive desktop with more capable graphics.

 

[VOREXUM]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232798 this is on sale

 

[VOREXUM]

Or this it's 120 off http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232794

 

[bliq]

That i5 one is nice for general purpose. the A10 one is probably better if the focus is on gaming.

 

[Shaun o]

For about $400 you will get about a mid range laptop.

If you want it slightly more for casual gaming, go for a mobile Ati a 10 Cpu/Apu
It should play mine craft with decent frames per second.

Mine craft is more cpu based. but I was thinking in favor of games that need a bit of help from a half decent Cpu/ apu solution also.

Intel I3 to an I5 with about 4Gb of system memory minimum 8Gb would be better though.
And again should run Mine craft ok.

But a Ati Cpu/Apu will fair better with multiple games that require a bit of graphics horse power, as the Intel graphics solution on a I5 is weaker than any Ati based solution in my mind.