Low tier dilema

[KoopaS]

Hi everyone

Made this question on one of the YT videos without much success so I thought this might be a better place hoping someone had the time to help me.

 

I need to decide which of these two laptops I should buy as a present for my parents

 

-Asus Q405UA

-Dell i7375-a439gry-pus
My budget is $580 max
They really want a 2 in 1 laptop and the specs of this two are very similar arround the same price

 

The most demanding thing that laptop will be used for might be some soft to mid gaming  and some Unreal Engine 4 fooling around while I go visit them being away from my station ( mainly 2D, nothing 3d intensive)

 

I know both have some major Cons like:

Dell

People reporting arround Oct/Nov having problems with the WiFi card no longer being recognized for no reason or continuous blue screens.
This issues seem to have diminish in frequenzy but still present until this February of 2019

 

Asus

on the other hand has an inverted motherboard which makes the sole fact of upgrading anything a nightmare. You have to go through ribbon cables  and easy to strip screws.

So being the newbie that I am and them being so similar in specs Im a little bit stucked.
Im of course open to any other suggestions around that price but please also pick one of the above.

Thanks a lot for your time

[kelvinhall05]

I would honestly look at some of Lenovo's Yoga laptops if you want a good 2-in-1.

[markr54632]

The flex 5 is in budget. The flex 6 is just above. Both are relatively solid.

[genexis_x]

5 hours ago, KoopaS said:

My budget is $580 max

Location? Any preference on weight, battery life and display size?

[KoopaS]

3 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Location? Any preference on weight, battery life and display size?

I am from Chile but it will be bought by my cousin probably in New York

No special preferences for weight (Not relevant for them)

Battery life arround 4 hours I think its acceptable

Display size should be 1080x1920 IPS 2 in 1 hopefully (Dont care at all for 4K)

 

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, KoopaS said:

Display size

how many inch?

 

Prefer regular laptop/Ultrabook or gaming/performance laptop?

[KoopaS]

5 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

how many inch?

 

Prefer regular laptop/Ultrabook or gaming/performance laptop?

Inches

13 to 15

 

Laptop/Ultrabook

I can t remember if all 2 in 1 that I reserched were Ultrabooks but as long its a 360° 2 in 1 is not really important

In other words If being lighter or thiner impacts the performance or price then that would be a problem

 

Gaming/Performance

I cant provide specific benchmark numbers but I' ll try to give some examples

 

Gaming:

Running something like GTA V or Witcher 3 at high would be fine even at 30fps ( dont care for ultra high settings or 60fps even though the latter would be cool)

If that is too much to ask it would be ok if could run highly optimazed games like Overwatch or Fornite at high (I dont play those but I thought they were very standard examples and also I dont know how demanding something like Apex Legends really is)

 

 

Performance

I want to be able to develop and test some ideas in Unreal Engine 4 while I visit them

In other words being able to develop and render something along the lines of Octopath Traveler, Inside , Last Night or Hollow Knight

So 2d intensive but soft to mid 3D ( I know those examples are more complicated than that but hope my point came across)

 

The specs of the Asus and Dell laptops are

 

Asus

Design: 360° flip-and-fold design

Display: 14 inch Touchscreen Full HD IPS (1920x1080)LED Backlight

Stylus Capable Screen: Active (Windows Ink Capable)

Processor: 8th gen Intel Quad-Core i5-8250U 1.6GHz(Turbo up to 3.4GHz, 6MB Cache）

Memory: 8GB DDR4 RAM

Hard Drive: 1TB

Media drive: 2 in 1 SD card reader

Audio: Harman/kardon stereo speakers with microphone

Video: Intel UHD Graphics 620

Ports: 1 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB 3.1-C,2 x UBS 2.0, 1x HDMI, 1x Microphone-in/headphone-out combo jack

Battery: 3-cell lithium ion, Up to 6 hours Battery Life

Camera: HD webcam

Wireless: 802.11ac

Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.1

Keyboard: Backlight Keyboard

Security Features:Fingerprint reader

Dimensions: 12.9 x 8.9 x 0.8"

Weight: 3.55 lbs

 

Dell

• AMD Ryzen 5 2500U Quad-Core Processor at 2.0GHz (6 MB cache, up to 3.6GHz )
• 13.3-inch 1920x1080 Full HD LED-Backlit IPS Touchscreen Display; AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Graphics
• 8GB DDR4-2400 Memory, 256GB Solid State Drive; No Optical Drive
• 802.11ac Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 4.1, Windows 10 Home 64-Bit, MaxxAudio Pro, Stereo speakers, 3-cel Lithium-ion Battery, 1x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0 w/ PowerShare, 1x USB Type-C, 1x HDMI, 1x SD Card Reader, 1x Headphone/Microphone combo jack
• Backlit Keyboard; Waves MaxxAudio Pro; Windows 10 Home 64-Bit, Era Gray

 

[genexis_x]

Might want something with MX150 like Aspire 5 (A515-51G-53V6), but no IPS display