Laptop for student/gamer

[Finfin15]

Hi! I will be enrolling in college in the spring semester in about 2 weeks and I need a laptop. I do not have an exact budget, however, I would say $500 is probably the top I would go to. What are some decent laptops at different prices that I would be able to play modern games on, and do work on, not necessarily maxed out, but playable. I mainly play MMO's like WOW and Wildstar, but will play the occasional steam game as well.

 

[jaguarskx]

For $540 you can buy the following Lenovo Ideapad 700-15ISK which has a Core i5-6300HQ, 1080p screen and a GTX 950m. The GTX 950m is not listed in the specs, but it has been confirmed in the comments. Battery life is not that great though... I think 4 hours based on average usage (no games).


https/www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Ideapad-700-15ISK-i5-6300HQ-2-3GHz/dp/B01I7WYHJ2/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1482949140&sr=8-13&keywords=gtx+950m

Per Lenovo's site, all models of the Ideapad 700 has the GTX 950m.

http/shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/700-series/700-15-inch/


Here's a review:

https/www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ1I5snyqVM

 

[Masihakhan]

Dell Inspiron 15 i5558-5718SLV Signature Edition is a good one. I personally recommend this because my younger brother have it. It will cost around $440-460.

 

[starscream27]

Hello,

Please have a look. this is the laptop with the best GPU i could find within the budget
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16834315713

Specs:
Intel Core i5 7th Gen 7200U (2.50 GHz)
8 GB Memory 1 TB HDD
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
1920 x 1080
Windows 10 Home

You can check here for the benchmarks to get an idea abt the expected performance:
http/www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-940MX.156033.0.html

cheers

 

[jaguarskx]

For $540 you can buy the following Lenovo Ideapad 700-15ISK which has a Core i5-6300HQ, 1080p screen and a GTX 950m. The GTX 950m is not listed in the specs, but it has been confirmed in the comments. Battery life is not that great though... I think 4 hours based on average usage (no games).


https/www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Ideapad-700-15ISK-i5-6300HQ-2-3GHz/dp/B01I7WYHJ2/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1482949140&sr=8-13&keywords=gtx+950m

Per Lenovo's site, all models of the Ideapad 700 has the GTX 950m.

http/shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/700-series/700-15-inch/


Here's a review:

https/www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ1I5snyqVM

 

[Finfin15]

Thank you guys this is very helpful!