In major need of help with choosing a laptop!

[HplusGaming]

I am in a pickle here...

I have a Youtube channel (Simple video cutting with Adobe Premiere 11, nothing fancy), school is about to start for me, and I like to play some games that don't require an expensive piece of hardware to run (Minecraft, emulators, etc) My budget? $300 dollars (Maybe $350, but that's pushing it)

Long story short, I need to find a laptop that will fit my needs. I've narrowed it down to 4.

http://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-toshiba-156-satellite-laptop-with-4gb-ram-and-quad-core-processor

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834216814

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834231876

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834231501

Please, someone help me out with this. I'm open to suggestions as well. When it comes to suggestions, preferred HDD size is <120 Gigs, RAM <2 Gigs and some sort of card reader built in, if possible. When it comes to windows 8 or 7, I really don't care, but please, NO CHROMEBOOKS! Battery life that is greater than a few hours would be nice, but not necessary.

I'm aware that, at this price, finding a laptop that fits all my needs/wants is going to be pretty damn hard. But, I'm staying with a 'Glass is half full' attitude for now.

 

[1shado1]

When I looked, all 4 were shown as unavailable. 🙁
Also, not meaning to nitpick, but to inform, I think you meant to use the "greater than" (>) symbol.
In the meantime, I'll try to research some other options in your price range. Do you have any specific brand preferences?

 

[HplusGaming]

No brand preferences. I wonder why my links didn't work...

Edit: Tested the links. They seem to be working fine for me 😀

 

[1shado1]

No brand preferences. I wonder why my links didn't work...

Edit: Tested the links. They seem to be working fine for me 😀

The links work, but the 3 from newegg show as out of stock when I look. Still searching for options. This is a tough one.

 

[1shado1]

Found my problem. When I went to newegg, my settings were for the UK and US dollars, instead of for the US and US dollars. WTF?

Still looking!!

 

[HplusGaming]

Lol. Did you purchase something from UK? XD. Out of the 4, are you able to narrow it down to 2?

 

[1shado1]

Based on what criteria? On CPU strength alone, this is how they rank from best to worst:

1. ASUS S200E-RB91T-CB (link 4)

2. TOSHIBA C55D-A5120 (link 1)

3. TOSHIBA C55T-A5123 (link 2)

4. ASUS X551MAV-EB01-B (link 3)

 

[HplusGaming]

From what I've seen, for video editing I need 2 things. High CPU speed and high ammount of RAM. Everything else like HDD size or usb plug ammounts isn't a huge issue

Edit: You may be onto something with that Ultrabook (Link 4) That one's really nice, and it has some great specs!

 

[velo3100]

Personally I would go with link 1 as it is the only one with a quad core processor but I am not familiar with amd's though.

 

[HplusGaming]

Personally I would go with link 1 as it is the only one with a quad core processor but I am not familiar with amd's though.

So a 1.8 Ghz Quad core is better than a 2.3 Ghz dual core?

 

[velo3100]

Should be, quad cores have the advantage that it can perform more tasks simultaneously. Its only when single thread tasks are run that not much of a difference is noticed.