Cheap laptop for Sims 4. . intel or AMD ?

[daauneal]

Hi all, 

 

I've been tasked with finding a "gaming laptop" for a 12 year old to play sims 4 on, possibly other games in the future but I'm not sure what, I haven't had a laptop in years so I'm unsure of what's good in the gpu market for laptops these days. 

 

Oh and one small thing, she wants to spend under 500 euro . . .  

 

So far for her price mark the best I can see are 

Acer Aspire E5-721-630T

17.3", AMD A6-6310, 8GB, 1TB, AMD Radeon R4, DVD

 

or 

Acer Aspire E5-571-30DF

15.6", Intel Core i3-4030U, 8GB, 500GB, Intel HD Graphics 4400, 

 

Both of the above options are just under 500 quid. 

 

Which would you choose? or are both terrible for games. 

[thekeemo]

I would choose the first one

[Clyne]

Well the iGPU in the APU is better than HD Graphics, so i would say the AMD one if you're gonna game.

[H4X3R]

Laptops under 500 are terrible for gaming. For a good gaming laptop you'd be looking over 900ish euros.

 

You can just build her a PC though, that would be a sort-of viable computer for the games she wants to play.

[Aniallation]

I've been tasked with finding a "gaming laptop" for a 12 year old to play sims 4 on, possibly other games in the future but I'm not sure what, I haven't had a laptop in years so I'm unsure of what's good in the gpu market for laptops these days. 

Since both are integrated graphics, get the AMD one.

[the jolly roger]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/HP-Pavilion-15-p047na-Notebook-2-10GHz/dp/B00L8S9CIE/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1414281568&sr=1-1&keywords=amd+a10+laptop

 

that one has an AMD a10 rather than the a6 in the first one, giving it much better performance and it is

 

400 quid on Amazon.co.uk

[Clyne]

Laptops under 500 are terrible for gaming. For a good gaming laptop you'd be looking over 900ish euros.

 

You can just build her a PC though, that would be a sort-of viable computer for the games she wants to play.

Depends on what type of "gaming"

[daauneal]

Well the iGPU in the APU is better than HD Graphics, so i would say the AMD one if you're gonna game.

 

Thanks for the info, I figured amd but needed that second opinion. 

Laptops under 500 are terrible for gaming. For a good gaming laptop you'd be looking over 900ish euros.

 

You can just build her a PC though, that would be a sort-of viable computer for the games she wants to play.

I agree and I would much rather just build a pc for her, although I've no idea if she has space for a pc, its for her 12 year old son so he'll prob play on it all around the house anyway. 

Thanks again for the help guy/gals, I've marked it solved  

[daauneal]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/HP-Pavilion-15-p047na-Notebook-2-10GHz/dp/B00L8S9CIE/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1414281568&sr=1-1&keywords=amd+a10+laptop

 

that one has an AMD a10 rather than the a6 in the first one, giving it much better performance and it is

 

400 quid on Amazon.co.uk

Thanks for that, I always forget about amazon since Ireland has to use the .co.uk 

[the jolly roger]

Thanks for that, I always forget about amazon since Ireland has to use the .co.uk 

do you belong to IRA?

[daauneal]

do you belong to IRA?

Em no. . . wow what a question.  . . . .  . I'm not sure if should be offended at that or not. . . meh I'll go with not.

I just don't use .co.uk sites that much because sometimes sellers don't ship to Ireland and exchange rates + shipping can bite you in the ass. 

 

[the jolly roger]

Em no. . . wow what a question.  . . . .  . I'm not sure if should be offended at that or not. . . meh I'll go with not.

I just don't use .co.uk sites that much because sometimes sellers don't ship to Ireland and exchange rates + shipping can bite you in the ass. 

 

ok sorry bout that

[daauneal]

ok sorry bout that

hey it's no problem, No harm done.  Just . . yaknow its like asking a guy from the middle east is he in the Taliban. . . 

 

Again thanks for the help, I forwarded the link on and she seems very happy with that find.