Need Reliable Laptop for School and Lighter Gaming for No More than $400(CS:GO, WoW,nothing much more hardcore than these)

PatrikBalkus

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I have found some options which seemed okay to me, but as I am in college and fairly short on funds, I would like the opinion of others before making the decision. I don't need a touch screen, a 500GB HDD is enough, 4GB RAM is enough, I can upgrade that for cheap later if needed. I would like to have it for at least 3 years so reliability is quite important. I currently have an Asus K55N which I was very satisfied with, but its over 3 years old now and it's starting have issues (it survived a lot, I travel and take it with me everywhere so its no surprise its starting to give in). For what I have listed, should I be looking at AMD or Intel? I currently have AMD.

These are two which seemed good to me:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011KFQASE?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_4&smid=A2L77EE7U53NWQ
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0158XJGJ4?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Which one of these would be better for what I listed? Further suggestions?