Hi everyone!
I had a great amount of input and help from the tomshardware community last year when I built my gaming PC, and now I'm back with the hope of seeking out input from the community once again.
My girlfriend asked me to help her replace her dinosaur laptop. The laptop itself has been more or less reliable for the past four or five years, but the chassis is starting to fall apart and it's becoming more and more of an inconvenience to use it as a result.
I'd like to find a laptop in the $600 range that can be used reliably around the house and for occasional travel. My girlfriend is not much of a gamer, but she has played Torchlight II and the Sims 3 in the past. I do not expect her to care much for gaming power, but certainly booting up the Sims 3 (or similar titles) reliably would be a plus.
OS of preference is Windows.
6 or 8 GB of RAM is a priority.
A solid state drive (SSD) for OS and maybe some games would be nice, but I'm not sure it's common for laptops to have both SSD and HDD, and a good amount of storage (500 GB - 1 TB) is important.
Focusing on a reliable processor is more important than a GPU. I imagine the laptop she has now is running integrated graphics, and that has yet to be a problem, but I won't complain if a solid CPU/GPU combo exists at a decent price
Please feel free to make suggestions. If I've neglected to include any important information, please alert me and I'll supply additional info.
Thank you!
I had a great amount of input and help from the tomshardware community last year when I built my gaming PC, and now I'm back with the hope of seeking out input from the community once again.
My girlfriend asked me to help her replace her dinosaur laptop. The laptop itself has been more or less reliable for the past four or five years, but the chassis is starting to fall apart and it's becoming more and more of an inconvenience to use it as a result.
I'd like to find a laptop in the $600 range that can be used reliably around the house and for occasional travel. My girlfriend is not much of a gamer, but she has played Torchlight II and the Sims 3 in the past. I do not expect her to care much for gaming power, but certainly booting up the Sims 3 (or similar titles) reliably would be a plus.
OS of preference is Windows.
6 or 8 GB of RAM is a priority.
A solid state drive (SSD) for OS and maybe some games would be nice, but I'm not sure it's common for laptops to have both SSD and HDD, and a good amount of storage (500 GB - 1 TB) is important.
Focusing on a reliable processor is more important than a GPU. I imagine the laptop she has now is running integrated graphics, and that has yet to be a problem, but I won't complain if a solid CPU/GPU combo exists at a decent price
Please feel free to make suggestions. If I've neglected to include any important information, please alert me and I'll supply additional info.
Thank you!