Looking for cheapest gaming notebook

Wolfdog0

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General Questions

1) What is your budget? $500 or less cheaper is better

2) What size notebook would you prefer?
d. Mainstream; 15" - 16" screen
3) Where will you buying this notebook? USA

4) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?
a. Like: Prefer Toshiba others like Asus and HP are fine though
b. Dislike: Apple

5) Would you consider laptops that are refurbished/redistributed? No

6) What are the primary tasks will you be performing with this notebook? Gaming, Browsing web, Yahoo IM, YouTube, Skype, Windows Media Player for music listening

7) Will you be taking the notebook with you to different places, leaving it on your desk or both? Both but mostly at desk

8) Will you be playing games on your notebook? If so, please state which games or types of games? WoW, The Sims 3, Guild Wars 2, StarCraft 2

9) How many hours of battery life do you need? Doesn't matter

10) Would you prefer to see the notebooks you're considering before purchasing it or buying a notebook on-line without seeing it is OK?Yes but would rather see it

11) What OS do you prefer? Windows 8.1

Screen Specifics

12) From the choices below, what screen resolution(s) would you prefer? Keep in mind screen size in conjunction with resolution will play a large role in overall viewing comfort level. Everyone is different. Some like really small text, while others like their text big and easy to read. Click here for Screen resolution information. What every the notebook comes with so normally 1366x768

13) Do you want a Glossy/reflective screen or a Matte/non-glossy screen? Prefer Glossy

Build Quality and Design

14) Are the notebook's looks and stylishness important to you? No

15) When are you buying this laptop? in few months

16) How long do you want this laptop to last? As long as it can last with it taken cared of.

Notebook Components

17) How much hard drive space do you need? Do you want a SSD drive? around 500GB is fine

18) Do you need an optical drive? If yes, a DVD Burner, Blu-ray Reader or Blu-Ray Burner? Doesn't matter if it comes with DVD burner that would be extra
 
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500$ Brand new laptop for gaming, wow. Are you okay with Intel Integrated Graphics? The cheapest you can decently game on with dedicated GPU is the lenovo (r9 m270) y40 for ~720$ and many other notebooks at 900$ or 1100$ with an 860m. Then there's the 870m at ~1400$ or more and 880m at 1800$ or more

you'll have to buy a refurbished or used laptop and even then, nobody is selling their laptops with 7XXm 8XXm GPUs, you'll have to wait atleast till the next 9XX series or even the one after

Just have a look here and take it as an example
http://outlet.lenovo.com/outlet_us/laptops/#/?page-index=1&page-size=100&sort-criteria=1&facet-4=1&facet-12=2&facet-12=7
 

Wolfdog0

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Yes I am fine with IGP cards but I am more interested in AMD type notebooks since they come with radeon cards. Or are notebooks with intel hd cards better?
 
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Oh, well, that was actually sarcasm and I was hoping you'd get it :p. Anyway, For what I can see I assume you don't have much experience, all I can tell you is not to expect running Watch Dogs, Bioshock Infinite and Metro Last Light on Ultra at 60fps with four 4k monitors. It will barely run mass effect 3 at low at 768p and probably at 1080p with some lagg

http://outlet.lenovo.com/outlet_us/itemdetails/59RF1366/445 When I found it there was 1 at stock but now it's gone, this is the best I could find. It is actually very well for that budget and from what I can see it will run skyrim, cod ghosts and even bioshock infinite at 720p with lowest resolutions http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-820M.108477.0.html