Guide me to buy? My budget only $350-$400

jyjyjy

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Hello guys recently i was found these 2 laptop:

1. Asus X454LJ-BING-WX150B X-Series
Spec:
Intel core i3-5005U
Nvidia Geforce 920m 1GB dedicated
2GB DDR3 1600
500GB Harddrive

2. HP Notebook - 15-af005ax
(M9U58PA)
Spec:
AMD Quadcore A8-7410
AMD R5 m330 2GB dedicated
2GB DDR3L 1600
500GB Harddrive

Can you guys help me to compare these 2 notebook's spec which is better to buy? Or suggest another1.
Usage: For study, video edit and able to play dota 2.

Thanks.
And sorry for my bad english.
 
Solution
In terms of processing performance, the A8-7410 is only about equal to the Core i3-5005u and that is only if the all 4 cores can be used.

For graphics performance, the nVidia 920m is more powerful than the Radeon R5 M330. The link below has some benchmarks...


Greetings:

Are these the machines you're considering?

http://www.techhypermart.com/notebooks/asus-x454lj-bing-wx150b-x-series-14-laptop-notebook-i3-5005u-2gb-500gb-nv-gt920m-w8-1b.html

http://www.lazada.com.my/hp-15-af005ax-notebook-amd-a8-74102gb500gbradeon-r5-m330-2gb156w81bingblack-1803082.html

If so, the HP seems the winner with 2 GB of dedicated GPU, so on paper it should have more power for gaming. But 2 GB of RAM isn't going to get you very far with modern games, and it's also in the low end for school work (office programs).

In order to run DotA 2, Steam lists a minimum of 4 GB of RAM and GameDebate 2 GB minimum/ 4 GB recommended. As for graphics, the integrated Intel HD 5500 in the i3 5005U should be able to run the game on its own, but even with a dedicated 1 GB of GPU it's probably going to be at low-to-medium settings with resolution at 720p. The AMD A8-7410 relies on the 2 GB R5 M330 card which has more memory than the GeForce card, but it nevertheless loses to the 920M in the gpuboss.com tests. So, both machines are equally good/bad.

My advice is to go with the HP (which is also less expensive), simply because it seems more usable, maybe not for gaming, but for everything else.

Best of luck,
GreyCatz.
 

jyjyjy

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Is HP 15-af005ax (M9U58PA)
have 2 Ram slot or just only 1 ram slot? Ram i will upgrade to future, up to 8gb (4gb x 2 / 8gb x 1)

Actually i don't really trust game-debate, cpuboss or something like that
I am always looking for reviewers' opinions

Anyway thanks for your reply and your golden advise.
 


Hello, jyjyjy:

As far as I can tell from HP's homepage, it only has 1 RAM slot and total memory is capped at 2 GB. If you're interested in reviews, here's one about HP:

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/laptops-portable-pcs/laptops-and-netbooks/hp-pavilion-15-1188740/review


Cheers,
GreyCatz.