I need help deciding which laptop to buy

[kdeez1103]

First a little background info:

I am looking for a cheap laptop in the $500 to $600 range

It will mainly be used for school with some light gaming like starcraft 2, diablo 3, skyrim maybe even some new games on low settings

The 2 laptops i have been looking at are the:

1. Acer Aspire V3-571G-6407 $499 at acer.com

http/store.acer.com/store/acerna/en_US/pd/productID.258312300

2. Acer Aspire v3-551-8469 $499 at acer.com $439 at amazon.com

http/store.acer.com/store/acerna/en_US/pd/productID.259041000/parentCategoryID.60084600/

I really need help deciding the 571 is a dual core but has a better graphics card......I think

and the 551 has a quad core but with a worse graphics card

Can someone please help?

Other laptop suggestions are also welcome

Thankyou

 

[bignastyid]

If $600 is your budget and you dont mind Acer, looks like the 730m with an i5 is about the best your going to get.
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314016

 

[kdeez1103]

If $600 is your budget and you dont mind Acer, looks like the 730m with an i5 is about the best your going to get.
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314016

That looks really good better than what i picked out. Thanks.

Also is there anything particularly wrong with Acer, and I also heard the Amd a10 is good for gaming any suggestions on a laptop with that processor for around 500 to 600?

 

[UniqueName]

The Intel/nVidia system is better and much more balanced. Clock speed and efficiency make up for lack of cores. Appropriately it costs more.

 

[bignastyid]

Acer isn't really the best quality, but they aren't a bad budget option. A10 is a bit faster than i5 but the 730m is a faster video option. With either cpu the bottleneck(when gaming) will be the video card and the 730m will be less of a bottleneck.

 

[kdeez1103]

Thanks for the responses guys looks like i"ll be getting this laptop unless something better pops up.

Thanks again.

 

[UniqueName]

Try this also. It's slightly slower in games but cheaper. Configure with 3rd Gen i5 and 7670.

http/www.logicbuy.com/deals/hp-g6t/36198.aspx