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help choosing between few laptop options

SilentSlinger

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Jan 2, 2016
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Hi everyone
I need a laptop for gaming/auto cad civil 3D and these are 4 laps available to me,
but i need help choosing between them in terms of performance , battery life and heating under heavy use

Dell Inspiron 15-5559 Laptop - Intel Core i7/6500U - 16GB RAM - 2TB HDD - 4GB GPU AMD Radeon R5 M335 - 15.6" Full HD for ( $1080 )

ASUS K501UX 15-inch (Intel Core i7-6500U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, NVidia GTX950M 2GB GDDR3 ( $1050 )

Lenovo Z5170 - Intel Core i7-5500U - 15.6" FHD - 8GB RAM - Hybrid 1TB 5400 rpm 8GB SSHD - AMD Radeon R9 M375 4GB ( $845 )

Lenovo Ideapad 500-15 Laptop - Intel Core i7-6500U - 8GB RAM - 1TB SSHD - 15.6" Full HD - 4GB Radeon R7 M360 DDR3L ( $870 )

Thanks in advance