Right now I have a Acer V3-551g with a A8-4500m processor and 8gb of RAM and a 5400RPM HDD.
I am looking at the HP 17-BS011DX which has a i5-7200u processor and 8gb of DDR4 RAM and a 5400RPM HDD.
I do prefer the screen on the HP since it is bigger, sharper, and glossy but I don't want to spend that much money unless it will give me a significant improvement to general usage.
When I watch twitch on my Acer it freezes a lot and when I check performance the CPU is stuck at 100%. A lot of times links will be slow or web pages may load slow and I'm not sure what the issue is because my internet connection is fast and I didn't think CPU affected web browsing much.
What I want to know is...should I get an SSD for my old Acer laptop or should I save up and get the HP laptop? Do you think the Acer with an SSD will do tasks faster than the HP without an SSD? Unfortunately I can't afford the HP laptop and an SSD but I may be able to upgrade it later if I get it.
Also if you plan on recommending other laptops you must know that the main reason I chose the HP is because I prefer the buttons on the touchpad and I was able to test the touchpad out at Best Buy. I just got a Lenovo Y500 for a steal on eBay but the touchpad is garbage to me and I'm trying to resell it. I also would like the screen to be at least 900p.
Thanks for the help.
P.S. Do you think the HP will drop in price a lot in the next few months when Ryzen mobile comes out?
P.S.S. How good is the i5-7200u compared to a 1090T
I am looking at the HP 17-BS011DX which has a i5-7200u processor and 8gb of DDR4 RAM and a 5400RPM HDD.
I do prefer the screen on the HP since it is bigger, sharper, and glossy but I don't want to spend that much money unless it will give me a significant improvement to general usage.
When I watch twitch on my Acer it freezes a lot and when I check performance the CPU is stuck at 100%. A lot of times links will be slow or web pages may load slow and I'm not sure what the issue is because my internet connection is fast and I didn't think CPU affected web browsing much.
What I want to know is...should I get an SSD for my old Acer laptop or should I save up and get the HP laptop? Do you think the Acer with an SSD will do tasks faster than the HP without an SSD? Unfortunately I can't afford the HP laptop and an SSD but I may be able to upgrade it later if I get it.
Also if you plan on recommending other laptops you must know that the main reason I chose the HP is because I prefer the buttons on the touchpad and I was able to test the touchpad out at Best Buy. I just got a Lenovo Y500 for a steal on eBay but the touchpad is garbage to me and I'm trying to resell it. I also would like the screen to be at least 900p.
Thanks for the help.
P.S. Do you think the HP will drop in price a lot in the next few months when Ryzen mobile comes out?
P.S.S. How good is the i5-7200u compared to a 1090T