Need Review or other options for my choice of laptop

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I have decided to buy a Lenovo G50-45 with AMD a8 6410, 4gb ddr3 1600 mhz, 500 gb, win 8.1, i plan on adding another a 8gb ddr3 in the extra slot ( i would like an expert opinion on how it will affect , i mean adding more ram), as for the laptop( only lappy), the max i can spend is around 400$ , my prime requirement is coding , i am learning to code c, java, c++,etc, maybe a bit of VMs for trying out other OSes, and i used to play a lot, but recently my desktop from 2010, c2d e7500, nvidia 630gt 1 gb ddr3 and 4 gb ddr2 isnt supporting any, so i might even try to play games like ac unity or cod advanced warfare, but the chances of doing that are very less. i will carry the lappy to college for watching tutorials. i have heard amd processors tend to heat a little too much so planning on getting a cooler too ( cheap one ), and is there any possibility i can add an external pcie express slot to my lappy to connect the graphics card of my desktop to this, and lastly would you recommend any other laptop in my 400$ price range.
 
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For 400 dollars you're going to get a barebones unit without any advanced capabilities, unfortunately. Adding the additional 8GB of RAM later is unlikely to offer any performance benefits except possibly in VM's.

No, you cannot use your desktop GPU with ANY laptop, it would need to have BIOS support for the hardware, which none do that I'm aware of, and I'm aware of them all. Heh, just kidding about that last part, but no, to my knowledge there is not any way to do this.

Getting all those little extras are just adding a Band-Aid to a wound. Get a better unit to start with and you won't need to add additional memory, cooling or other hardware.

You need to either increase the budget by a couple of hundred dollars or decrease your...
For 400 dollars you're going to get a barebones unit without any advanced capabilities, unfortunately. Adding the additional 8GB of RAM later is unlikely to offer any performance benefits except possibly in VM's.

No, you cannot use your desktop GPU with ANY laptop, it would need to have BIOS support for the hardware, which none do that I'm aware of, and I'm aware of them all. Heh, just kidding about that last part, but no, to my knowledge there is not any way to do this.

Getting all those little extras are just adding a Band-Aid to a wound. Get a better unit to start with and you won't need to add additional memory, cooling or other hardware.

You need to either increase the budget by a couple of hundred dollars or decrease your expectations.


 
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