Which of these laptops is better?

[Penguin236]

I want to buy a fairly cheap laptop and I've narrowed it down to two main choices: this Lenovo Ideapad 330S, and this Asus Vivobook F510UA. The heaviest thing it'll probably do is some programming (little to no gaming), so nothing too bad, but I'd like it to last me at least a couple years. So which one should I get. I've listed some of the pros of each over the other below, but I was hoping some of you could help me decide.

 

Pros of the Ideapad:

• $100 USD cheaper
• Seems to have a better build quality (feel free to correct if wrong)
• Keyboard with num pad

Pros of the Asus:

• Better CPU (i5 vs i3)
• 2 more GB RAM (8 vs 6)
• Fingerprint scanner

 

So which one would be a better deal? Thanks for the help!

[Firewrath9]

The asus one, the ram and 2 more cpu cores will help make it last longer.

[ExileTwister]

Honestly, if your looking for a laptop around a $400 price range then this acer laptop might do a better trick

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=1TS-000X-00SF1&ignorebbr=1

 

First of it has the same 6 gigs of ram, exept its ddr4 rather then ddr3 ram.

has an Intel Core i5-7200U 2.50 GHz

with it having Intel HD Graphics 620

and 1TB HDD

according to newegg, it gets on average of 6.5 hours for a full charge.

yes it win 10

its A 15.6 inch display

 

 

[Penguin236]

8 minutes ago, ExileTwister said:

Honestly, if your looking for a laptop around a $400 price range then this acer laptop might do a better trick

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=1TS-000X-00SF1&ignorebbr=1

 

First of it has the same 6 gigs of ram, exept its ddr4 rather then ddr3 ram.

has an Intel Core i5-7200U 2.50 GHz

with it having Intel HD Graphics 620

and 1TB HDD

according to newegg, it gets on average of 6.5 hours for a full charge.

yes it win 10

its A 15.6 inch display

 

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to be quite a bit worse than the Ideapad for the same price. Especially with the display, which is only 768p.

[ExileTwister]

2 minutes ago, Penguin236 said:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to be quite a bit worse than the Ideapad for the same price. Especially with the display, which is only 768p.

well depend's, if your looking for better power then the acer is better, but if your looking for somthing to run common searches and some LIGHT gaming then yea the ideapad would work fine. 

[genexis_x]

Neither are good. Where are you from? Budget? Preferred weight, display size and battery life?

[Penguin236]

7 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

Neither are good. Where are you from? Budget? Preferred weight, display size and battery life?

USA, around $500 (less is better), something light, doesn't matter as long as it's not too big and 1080p, good battery

[genexis_x]

30 minutes ago, Penguin236 said:

USA, around $500 (less is better), something light, doesn't matter as long as it's not too big and 1080p, good battery

Your budget is really low, might want to get used

[Penguin236]

Just now, ZM Fong said:

Your budget is really low, might want to get used

Real helpful, thanks. /s

 

Instead of just pointlessly criticizing my budget, why not point out what's wrong with the laptops I posted? They seem to fit my needs quite well, so I don't see what the issue is.

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, Penguin236 said:

Instead of just pointlessly criticizing my budget, why not point out what's wrong with the laptops I posted? They seem to fit my needs quite well, so I don't see what the issue is.

Mainly poor build quality and battery life. Cheaped out input devices, display, etc. There are many things under the hood