Pretty much it. wife plays games like diablo 3, civ 4 or 5 (the new one), and a few other games but mainly those. It might as well be a desktop, as she will barley have it not plugged in for less than 2 hours but she insists. She heavily uses facebook games sigh. I figured id start the search and see if the community couldn't help me piece together a couple of options
Looking for the best $500 laptop out right now for gaming/ web surfing
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Here it is.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($115.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($70.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($32.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($32.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive ($12.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $499.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-10 00:38 EST-0500
I have outfitted this with a 240GB ssd. You can replace it with a HDD or add it later on.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($115.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($70.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($32.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($32.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive ($12.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $499.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-10 00:38 EST-0500
I have outfitted this with a 240GB ssd. You can replace it with a HDD or add it later on.
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Acer Aspire E E5-573G-52G3 for $500.
- i5-5200u
- nVidia 940m
- 1080p screen
http
/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315131&cm_re=acer_940m-_-34-315-131-_-Product
Basically, it is the least expensive laptop you can buy with a nVidia 940m. It is not a "gaming" GPU, but it is good enough to play most games (not all) at 1366x768 / 1600x900 using low / medium graphics settings.
For games like Diablo 3 and Civ 4, I am pretty sure she can play those games with the highest graphic settings @ 1080p since they are not very demanding games.
Click following link for info and some game benchmarks of the nVidia 940m.
http/www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-940M.138027.0.html
- i5-5200u
- nVidia 940m
- 1080p screen
http
/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315131&cm_re=acer_940m-_-34-315-131-_-ProductBasically, it is the least expensive laptop you can buy with a nVidia 940m. It is not a "gaming" GPU, but it is good enough to play most games (not all) at 1366x768 / 1600x900 using low / medium graphics settings.
For games like Diablo 3 and Civ 4, I am pretty sure she can play those games with the highest graphic settings @ 1080p since they are not very demanding games.
Click following link for info and some game benchmarks of the nVidia 940m.
http
/www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-940M.138027.0.htmlSimilar threads
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