Need help to choose my new laptop

tiraulti

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Folks,

Im getting a new laptop.

Mainly I will use it for college, some programming. I need it to be blazing swift in common tasks.

Also some light gaming, Dota 2, HoN, SC2. I dont care if it runs on low as long as it runs 60fps.

It is relevant to say that I live in Uruguay. Due to tax laws, they are more expensive than in the US.

I have gathered some models info from local stores, these are the best prices I could find.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15fesyn652LUL1m63i2HI9t2dJI7sbutpCUKs-ahrMb8/edit?usp=sharing

There are the ones, please help me pick the best one from there.

Storage it is not important because I already bought an SSD to fit into the notebook.

Thanks.
 
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Out of all of these, pay the bit extra and get Acer V3-572G-54S6.

Decent amount of RAM, decent CPU, OK GPU.

The Hp 15z-j100 Y8PK is also a nice secondary contender, while its GPU is a bit weaker its fairly close to the GT 840M, and it does have 2 GB less RAM (depending on how much RAM costs there, might be cheaper to self-upgrade RAM if you NEED more), but it has a much more powerful CPU compared to the i5 that the Acer has.

The i5 the Acer has is the i5-U which while its great on battery life, its CPU overall does perform a bit slower compared to the AMD, not to mention the AMD is an actual quad core vs the dual core i5

Warukyure

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Out of all of these, pay the bit extra and get Acer V3-572G-54S6.

Decent amount of RAM, decent CPU, OK GPU.

The Hp 15z-j100 Y8PK is also a nice secondary contender, while its GPU is a bit weaker its fairly close to the GT 840M, and it does have 2 GB less RAM (depending on how much RAM costs there, might be cheaper to self-upgrade RAM if you NEED more), but it has a much more powerful CPU compared to the i5 that the Acer has.

The i5 the Acer has is the i5-U which while its great on battery life, its CPU overall does perform a bit slower compared to the AMD, not to mention the AMD is an actual quad core vs the dual core i5
 
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