Best laptop for under 500 USD?

[Joko]

Looking for a desktop replacement laptop to get rid of this old HP Compaq system running an AM3 Athlon B28 @3.4ghz. with some sort of terrible proprietary graphics built into the motherboard.

 

Budget is 500 dollars. Cheap, but not a chromebook. Refurbished works for me although I'd prefer something intel 6th generation or newer. I think ideal would be i5 8250u, but that's pretty recent so I'm more concerned with build quality and keyboard quality at this price point.

 

storage does not matter as long as it's replaceable because I already own a 2.5'' 250gb Samsung SSD I got to make the old system more responsive

IDK how much RAM as long as I can upgrade it myself.

[themctipers]

15.6" or 17.3"?

[IAmAndre]

Acer has decent options like the E500 with that core i5 8250u and a MX150 GPU. The screen isn't the best but still decent for the price. Another option is dellrefurbished.com where you can get decent laptops at that price with an SSD and a 6th-7th gen CPU.

[Right Side Gone]

Honestly man buy a Used laptop locally on facebook or craiglist. Run benchmarks to ensure it works. Youll get way better bang for your buck and get a fairly decent gpu as well. Ask about and check the temps to. Also that it holds charge. 

[Joko]

edit: nvm

[Joko]

5 hours ago, themctipers said:

15.6" or 17.3"?

 

5 hours ago, IAmAndre said:

Acer has decent options like the E500 with that core i5 8250u and a MX150 GPU. The screen isn't the best but still decent for the price. Another option is dellrefurbished.com where you can get decent laptops at that price with an SSD and a 6th-7th gen CPU.

 

5 hours ago, Right Side Gone said:

Honestly man buy a Used laptop locally on facebook or craiglist. Run benchmarks to ensure it works. Youll get way better bang for your buck and get a fairly decent gpu as well. Ask about and check the temps to. Also that it holds charge. 

How is this one I found on ebay?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Latitude-5490-Laptop-14-LCD-HD-1-80GHz-i5-8250U-8GB-Ram-500GB-HDD-Win10/372685925374?hash=item56c5cfebfe%3Ag%3A3l4AAOSwThdc-wOv&LH_BIN=1

 

Looks like I could just pop in my SSD, fresh install Windows, pick up another 8GB RAM stick somewhere and I'm off to the races.

[genexis_x]

7 hours ago, Joko said:

Budget is 500 dollars

Might want to go used since I doubt there is a decent, new model at this price point

[Right Side Gone]

12 hours ago, Joko said:

 

 

How is this one I found on ebay?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Latitude-5490-Laptop-14-LCD-HD-1-80GHz-i5-8250U-8GB-Ram-500GB-HDD-Win10/372685925374?hash=item56c5cfebfe%3Ag%3A3l4AAOSwThdc-wOv&LH_BIN=1

 

Looks like I could just pop in my SSD, fresh install Windows, pick up another 8GB RAM stick somewhere and I'm off to the races.

As long as ypure not gaming on it, its fine. But honestly you could probably find a better deal. 

[Joko]

Just now, Right Side Gone said:

As long as ypure not gaming on it, its fine. But honestly you could probably find a better deal. 

Oh that deal ended so it's showing one with a 5th gen.

 

This is a newer deal I'm looking at on Newegg with the same generation at less than half the price:

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16834847657?Description=i5 5300U&cm_re=i5_5300U-_-34-847-657-_-Product