Looking for a gaming laptop under 500

Ronan98

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I'm looking for a gaming laptop under 500.It has to be able to run games such as cities:skyline and skyrim.I doesn't have to be an absolute beast, but it has to have at least 8gb of ram because I will use it for solidworks.
 
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At $500 or less you will have to settle for a laptop with integrated graphics can probably 6GB of RAM, but at least you can upgrade the RAM to 8GB by removing a 2GB stick of RAM and replacing it with a 4GB stick of RAM which should cost about $35 - $40. The following Lenovo laptop for $480 has the integrated Intel HD 5500 graphics core which should be fien for playing Skyrim at low settings. I have no idea about Cities: Skyline.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834318466&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-All+Laptops+%2f+Notebooks-_-N82E16834318466&gclid=CjwKEAjw0LmoBRDHuo7UkaKXhn8SJADmDTG0rWBQyenyJH8LFA4KNsGAzBt3EgB6qTEp945bvEKx1BoCPlbw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds


The following Acer laptop for...
At $500 or less you will have to settle for a laptop with integrated graphics can probably 6GB of RAM, but at least you can upgrade the RAM to 8GB by removing a 2GB stick of RAM and replacing it with a 4GB stick of RAM which should cost about $35 - $40. The following Lenovo laptop for $480 has the integrated Intel HD 5500 graphics core which should be fien for playing Skyrim at low settings. I have no idea about Cities: Skyline.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834318466&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-All+Laptops+%2f+Notebooks-_-N82E16834318466&gclid=CjwKEAjw0LmoBRDHuo7UkaKXhn8SJADmDTG0rWBQyenyJH8LFA4KNsGAzBt3EgB6qTEp945bvEKx1BoCPlbw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds


The following Acer laptop for $580 is the least expensive laptop with a dedicated graphics chip (GT 840m) which a huge step up from the Intel HD 550, but considered weak compared to higher end graphics chips. It comes with 8GB of RAM so no need to buy RAM and install it yourself.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314535&cm_re=acer_aspire_gt_840m-_-34-314-535-_-Product
 
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