Which Laptop is best?

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I am going to buy a laptop and have found a few in the right spec/ price range but don't know what to go for:

HP Notebook 15-r150sa 15.6” Laptop - Black

HP 15-g092sa 15.6" Laptop - Black

ASUS VivoBook X550CA Refurbished 15.6" Touchscreen Laptop

They are three I like the look of, Can anyone recommend one of them or have you seen another one similar that I may like?
 
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Assuming you are looking to play games with this laptop, do not buy the refurbished Asus because it uses a 3rd generation Core i5 CPU with the Intel HD 4000 graphics core. It was pretty decent when it was released (for an Intel graphics core), but it is not as power as the Intel HD 4400 graphics core that is in the HP 15-r150sa which is integrated in the 4th generation Core i5-4210u.

The HP 15-g092sa uses AMD's low end APUs to keep costs down and is meant for budget laptops. The processing power of AMD A8-6410 APU is not as good as the Core i5-4210u, but the integrated Radeon R5 graphics core is more powerful than the Intel HD 4400 so you get better performance in games since most games are limited by the graphics core. Just for...
Assuming you are looking to play games with this laptop, do not buy the refurbished Asus because it uses a 3rd generation Core i5 CPU with the Intel HD 4000 graphics core. It was pretty decent when it was released (for an Intel graphics core), but it is not as power as the Intel HD 4400 graphics core that is in the HP 15-r150sa which is integrated in the 4th generation Core i5-4210u.

The HP 15-g092sa uses AMD's low end APUs to keep costs down and is meant for budget laptops. The processing power of AMD A8-6410 APU is not as good as the Core i5-4210u, but the integrated Radeon R5 graphics core is more powerful than the Intel HD 4400 so you get better performance in games since most games are limited by the graphics core. Just for informational purposes, the A8-6410 falls in the AMD "Beema" APU family which are low cost and low power consuming APUs meant for tablets and basic laptops.

I am not familiar with website in the UK, but I would get the following Acer E5-551 laptop for £399.99; perhaps you can find it for less. It has the A10-7300 APU which is part of AMD's "Kaveri" APU family and it is an APU designed specifically for laptops, not tablets and basic laptops. That means it has a more powerful graphics core and has better processing power than the A8-6410. The processing power of the A10-7300 is still not as good as the Core i5-4210u, however, as stated above if you are looking to play games, then you want a laptop with a more powerful graphics core.

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/acer-e5-551-15-6-laptop-black-10011211-pdt.html#cat-0
 
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