please help! New Laptop. under 600?

[georgedlcm]

Hey Guys!

Im looking for the best laptop with $600 (school, normal use, work, etc.)

( would like to play games if i upgraded it, not looking for very good video quality)

Requirements:

14-17 Inches

X. Do you want to play games with your laptop?

Low-Mid (Call of duty, GTAV, Forza Horizon)

X. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)

School, Work use.

X. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?

People recommend me more SDD, but i don't really now the difference. (180 + SDD or 1Tb)

X. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.

Amazon, Best Buy, Costco

X. How long do you want to keep your laptop?

3 years

X. What country do you live in?

San Diego, California, USA


Options-

1- Acer Aspire 5, 15.6" Full HD, 8th Gen Intel Core i5-8250U, GeForce MX150, 8GB DDR4 Memory, 256GB SSD, A515-51G-515J

THANKS !

 

[hang-the-9]

A system with an MX150 card is OK for games on lower settings. That is for today. In the next few years games will be more and more demanding on the hardware. If you are planning on trying any new games, getting a low end gaming system now is not a good idea. Also the CPU in the lower end systems tend to be low wattage versions which are good for battery but not so good for gaming or video editing.

If you go up to the $800 range you have a lot faster systems to pick from like this https/www.amazon.com/Dell-i5577-5335BLK-PUS-Inspiron-Gaming-Laptop/dp/B06XFGDD8P/ref=dp_ob_title_ce We bought one of my kids this laptop for school a few months ago, she is very happy with it. It is a very balanced system for the price, enough drive space for storing some games, fast enough video card and a quad core CPU.

 

[zoltan.boese]

http/www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3644965/acer-nitro-good-choice.html

 

[jaguarskx]

If you can bump up your budget to $637 + tax you can buy the following Dell laptop that is currently on sale with a Core i5-7300HQ and GTX 1050 which are a lot better than what the $600 Acer laptop has.

https/www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-5000-Gaming-Laptop/dp/B06XFG7157/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1518806018&sr=1-3&keywords=gtx+1050+laptop

Click the following link to see what a difference the extra $37 + tax can make. Remember, the Dell laptop is on sale and there is no indication as to when it will end. The benchmarks for the mx150 and GTX 1050 are from Notebookcheck.net.

https/tinyurl.com/ycaqfb49

 

[hang-the-9]

If you can bump up your budget to $637 + tax you can buy the following Dell laptop that is currently on sale with a Core i5-7300HQ and GTX 1050 which are a lot better than what the $600 Acer laptop has.

https/www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-5000-Gaming-Laptop/dp/B06XFG7157/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1518806018&sr=1-3&keywords=gtx+1050+laptop

Click the following link to see what a difference the extra $37 + tax can make. Remember, the Dell laptop is on sale and there is no indication as to when it will end. The benchmarks for the mx150 and GTX 1050 are from Notebookcheck.net.

https/tinyurl.com/ycaqfb49

That is a great price for the CPU and video card. Only thing that should be changed at some point is the hard drive, it's not even a 7200 platter drive, it's the slower one. Once it's loaded will be fast but part of it being cheaper is the lack of an SSD. Good thing that is easy to swap out at a later time.