Help finding right laptop for my new PSU freshmen

chefdaddy911

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Sep 17, 2013
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Budget: around 500-600 buck

Needs: She wants to watch netflex, play league of legends and of course school work.

I have never had a laptop so any help would be great. I idea of what to look for or maybe a model would rock. thanks alot
 
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The following link brings you to HP's line of Pavilion 15 laptops. The first one listed is the HP Pavilion - 15t for $499 and in it's base configuration it can do the job. LoL is not a very demanding game and the Intel HD 4400 graphics core will have no problems playing that game.

http://store.hp.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryListingView?storeId=10151&urlRequestType=Base&categoryId=97517&top_category=88337&langId=-1&catalogId=10051

However, I do recommend spending $50 for the nVidia GT 830m for better game performance. It is by no means a high performance graphics chip, but it is more powerful than the Intel HD 4400 which is good in case she decides to play a game that is more demanding than LoL. I also recommend spending...
The following link brings you to HP's line of Pavilion 15 laptops. The first one listed is the HP Pavilion - 15t for $499 and in it's base configuration it can do the job. LoL is not a very demanding game and the Intel HD 4400 graphics core will have no problems playing that game.

http://store.hp.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryListingView?storeId=10151&urlRequestType=Base&categoryId=97517&top_category=88337&langId=-1&catalogId=10051

However, I do recommend spending $50 for the nVidia GT 830m for better game performance. It is by no means a high performance graphics chip, but it is more powerful than the Intel HD 4400 which is good in case she decides to play a game that is more demanding than LoL. I also recommend spending another $50 for the 1920x1080 resolution screen.

Higher resolution means she will be able to more information on the screen for schoolwork. It is good for writing papers or doing research when she needs to reference information and do her work at the same time. She can have a website open that occupies half the screen while whatever word processor she uses can occupy the other half of the screen. Open Office is a good productivity suite and can be downloaded for free.

The nVidia 830m is generally not powerful enough to run demanding games at 1920x1080 so nothing like Skyrim, Far Cry 4, Assassin's Creed Unity, Alien Isolation, and Metro Redux will have decent performance unless they are played at lower resolution and lower graphic settings. However, for games are not very demanding like LoL and the Sims 4 the 830m will be fine.

Assuming you do select the upgrades I recommended, the price of the laptop will come out to $599.99 once it is added to the cart.

Below is a link to LoL being played on a Surface Pro 2 with a Core i5-4200u and the Intel HD 4400. It is being played at 1920x1080 resolution with very high graphic settings. It is not a very demanding game at all so it plays pretty decently on an Intel HD 4400.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPOBeiNhVnA
 
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chefdaddy911

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Sep 17, 2013
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Thank you very much. very helpful