Looking for a laptop

[Saidear]

So I’m looking to get just laptop that is capable of light gaming, like Terraria, Starbound and some old emulated games. A high powered graphics card isn’t need but a discrete one would be definitely preferred. Something like the Asus FX504 is basically my high end of budget ($999 CAD) and in terms of power. Nothing bigger than 15.6, though 13” is preferred 

 

Any good suggestions?

[genexis_x]

10 hours ago, Saidear said:

FX504

Avoid this model please

10 hours ago, Saidear said:

Any good suggestions?

Max budget in CAD? Any preference on weight and battery life?

[updlester]

16 hours ago, Saidear said:

suggestions

if u dont mind the plastic build quality, u can look at the aspire e15 (or if u want something smaller, the aspire e 14)

 

they are generally cheap for their specs

i have the aspire e14 with i3 7100u and mx150, i came w/ 4gb ram, but i upgraded it to 12 gb and now it can run  aaa games at decent settings and fps 

[Saidear]

Max budget is $1000 CAD, and plastic build quality is ok. 

 

Any reasons against the Fx504?

[updlester]

4 hours ago, Saidear said:

Any reasons against the Fx504?

has really bad thermals, slow wifi, low batt life, only hdmi 2, loud fans, etc... 

[updlester]

4 hours ago, Saidear said:

plastic build quality is ok

maybe u could consider the acer aspire e15 or e14, they are cheap and has decent cooling , i played overwatch last night on high and didnt had any hiccups, and mine only costed 300 usd 

 

specs

i3 7100u

12gb ram

1tb hdd

2gb mx 150 

[genexis_x]

10 hours ago, Saidear said:

Any reasons against the Fx504?

Extremely bad cooling, questionable build quality

 

You haven't answer me:

On 1/26/2019 at 3:48 PM, GeneXiS_X said:

Any preference on weight and battery life?

[Saidear]

18 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Extremely bad cooling, questionable build quality

 

You haven't answer me:

Sorry - weight and battery life are negotiable. This will likely be staying at home anyways.   The main need will be a discrete graphics card and enough CPU oomph to justify the kind of games I prefer   - Terraria, Starbound and then old SNES emulations. 

[genexis_x]

10 hours ago, Saidear said:

Sorry - weight and battery life are negotiable. This will likely be staying at home anyways.   The main need will be a discrete graphics card and enough CPU oomph to justify the kind of games I prefer   - Terraria, Starbound and then old SNES emulations. 

Go for gaming laptop then

 

Lenovo Legion Y530 customize

or Acer Nitro 5 with undervolt+repaste

 

Both have low sRGB IPS

[Saidear]

Can you explained what undervolt/repaste means? I’m not too familiar with that - though the Acer is at the edge of my budget

 

The Y530 is about $200 above my budget or I’d get that for sure. I’m a huge fan of the X series Lenovo from work

[genexis_x]

4 hours ago, Saidear said:

The Y530 is about $200 above my budget or I’d get that for sure

it's in your budget

4 hours ago, Saidear said:

Can you explained what undervolt/repaste means?

This is undervolt

 

Repaste is replacing thermal paste

[Saidear]

Ah. I didn’t see the “instant web discount”, so it’s only $40 over budget for the 81FV00U2US sku