Best Laptop for around 350$

laviniuc

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nope, atoms are far worse and same price.

 

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Go for either of them, both of them are Good for under $350 Laptop :
Understand you will not be able to play games on any laptop below $350 other than basic games such as Angry Birds, Other functions such as movies, Web browsing are good and office work is also good :

1.Asus X401U 14" Laptop
->14 inch HD display
->E2-1800 CPU with AMD Graphics
->500 GB HDD
->1 USB 3.0 port
->Light and compact
Cons:
-> No Optical Disk

2.HP 2000-2b19wm
->15.6inch HD LED backlit display
->E-300 CPU with AMD Graphics
->Optical Disk
Cons:
->Heavy
->320 GB HDD

 

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Do not buy any laptop with a crap AMD "E" APU. They are crap.

Get the following 15.6" HP laptop from Bestbuy which has 3rd generation Core i3 running at 2.4GHz. It will have an Intel HD 4000 which is capable of playing some non graphics demanding games. Based on my experience with testing Skyrim on an Intel HD 3000 graphics core, that game should be playable with a mix of low and medium settings. The Mass Effect trilogy will definitely be playable and so will the Batman Arkham series. There are other games it can play as well with low / medium settings just do a search on youtube using "Intel HD 4000 games" or something similar.

http/www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-15-6-laptop-4gb-memory-500gb-hard-drive-black-licorice/2255015.p?id=1219070766187&skuId=2255015#tab=specifications

Bestbuy may not actually have it in the store. If that is the case you it will be shipped to the store for picks after you buy it.

 

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Did I mention AMD "E" APUs are crap?

 

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jaguarskx :

Did I mention AMD "E" APUs are crap?

you did notice he said 350usd, right? in that price range they wipe the floor with intel atoms.

 

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I forgot to mention that he has the money on a amazon gift card, but i cant find anything like that laptop that jaguars put, its an impressive price for a core i3, the option 2 that Gamer Drone put is quite good and cheap, also gaming is not important is mostly for web browsing and office works

 

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I provided a link to a $350 15.6" laptop at BestBuy.

It has an Ivy Bridge Core i3 with the Intel HD 4000.

 

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fabians19 :

I forgot to mention that he has the money on a amazon gift card, but i cant find anything like that laptop that jaguars put, its an impressive price for a core i3, the option 2 that Gamer Drone put is quite good and cheap

Okay, that kills my suggestion then.

 

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It was a really good suggestion jaguarskx i really appreciate it, but i think im going for the option 2 of GamerDrone http/www.amazon.com/HP-2000-2b19wm-15-6-Inch-Laptop-Winter/dp/B00BJ8C02I/ref=cm_cd_ql_qh_dp_t is cheap, decent, large its going to fit well the owner

Tyvm to all

 

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Get the following Dell Inspiron 15 i15RV-953BLK for $300.

http/www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-i15RV-953BLK-15-6-Inch-Laptop/dp/B00F4MEK6E/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1386184105&sr=1-2&keywords=laptop

It come with an Ivy Bridge generation Pentium 2127U; basically a Core i3 CPU, but no Hyper Threading. The Ivy Bridge generation Intel HD graphics core's (no model #) performance is basically in between the Intel HD 2000 (Sandy Bridge) and the Intel HD 2500 (Ivy Bridge).

Not only is the E-300's CPU performance pathetic against an Ivy Bridge generation Pentium CPU, the Radeon HD 6310 integrated graphics core is also much less powerful. That's the Ivy Bridge generation Intel HD is a high performance graphics core, though.

 

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You can go with Pentium but i personally feel the AMD E series with the AMD Raedon graphics will have a bit of a edge over the Intel Countepart ... Also the Hp Lappy more tried and tested .. Again my personal recommendation..Dont wanna fight over it !

 

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Based on the following comprehensive ranked list of mobile graphics cores / chips / cards the Ivy Bridge generation Intel HD performs (rank # 382) better than the Radeon HD 6310 (rank # 424)

http/www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html

 

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If in cpu power is better intel then thats what i want, gpu is not relevant in this case, that last laptop is not bad will consider it

 

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The AMD E-300 was considered very weak even when it was newly released.

Here's a ranked list of mobile CPUs. The E-300 is #568. The Pentium 2127u is #243.

http/www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmarklist.2436.0.html

It boils down to:

A) A more powerful laptop for less money.
B) A less powerful laptop for more money.

 

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