Laptop good enough to run Minecraft?

AustinA

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I am looking at getting one of these laptops in this general price range and I was wondering if these would be okay with running Minecraft or other similar games with pretty much no FPS problems.

http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-i3531-1200BK-15-6-Inch-Laptop/dp/B00KMRGF28/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

http://www.amazon.com/15-6-Inch-Dual-Core-Intel-Laptop-500GB/dp/B00L49X8E6/ref=zg_bs_565108_1

If they happen to not be viable, could you link something in the same price range that could run games like Minecraft fairly well?

I understand 4GB of RAM will do the job, barely, but still good enough. I am not sure what the graphics is, it just says Intel Hd Graphics. Sounds pretty bad.
 
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If you can afford $300 then get the following 15.6" Dell Inspiron for $300. It has a Core i3 CPU with the Intel HD 4400.

http://blackfriday.bestbuy.com/?category=doorbusters2&filter=&sub_cat=Laptops&cat=Computers%20%26%20Tablets


The Core i3 CPU is more powerful than the Celeron N2830 which is a low power Bay Trail-M Atom CPU. While the Intel HD 4400 is considered weak compared to dedicated graphic chips it is far more powerful than the Intel HD (Bay Trail-M) graphics core.


Sell link for some games played with the Intel HD 4400 graphics core.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=intel+hd+4400+games
If you can afford $300 then get the following 15.6" Dell Inspiron for $300. It has a Core i3 CPU with the Intel HD 4400.

http://blackfriday.bestbuy.com/?category=doorbusters2&filter=&sub_cat=Laptops&cat=Computers%20%26%20Tablets


The Core i3 CPU is more powerful than the Celeron N2830 which is a low power Bay Trail-M Atom CPU. While the Intel HD 4400 is considered weak compared to dedicated graphic chips it is far more powerful than the Intel HD (Bay Trail-M) graphics core.


Sell link for some games played with the Intel HD 4400 graphics core.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=intel+hd+4400+games
 
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