Choice Between These Two Laptops

[Lurichaowo]

Hey guys,

 

I'm currently conflicted between these two for my take-to-school-but-still-ok-for-use-and-gaming-and-a-much-more-powerful-tower-at-home laptop. I'll be doing some light software development and some light gaming on the side. I'm mainly looking at decent/usable powerful ultrabooks under 3 lbs or 1.36 kg.

 

Both of the laptops are running ddr3 ram, my old laptop also runs ddr3 so I know what to expect. I'm mainly conflicted about the graphics card.

Storage is replaceable but ram is soldered on.   

 

Asus Zenbook 13 UX331FN: ~ 830 USD

- i5-8265U 

- GeForce MX150

- 8GB DDR3

- 256GB SSD

 

Asus Zenbook 13 UX333FA: ~ 1000 USD

- i7-8565U

- Intel UHD 620

- 16GB DDR3

- 512GB SSD

 

 

[Akira Shimazu]

forget about gaming unless you want to burn your laptop. tbh MX150 not going to do shit. 

[GrockleTD]

1 minute ago, Wolfycapt said:

forget about gaming unless you want to burn your laptop. tbh MX150 not going to do shit. 

Still better than intel UHD.also, @Lurichaowoare you sure? Many laptops have upgradable memory

[Akira Shimazu]

2 minutes ago, Wolfycapt said:

forget about gaming unless you want to burn your laptop. tbh MX150 not going to do shit. 

personally ill get the UX331FN with extra 8gigs of ram. not because the MX150. but due tot e fact i5 ---> i7 for170$ more? its not worth it. the i5 and i7 only have slight difference for U-series

[Akira Shimazu]

3 minutes ago, GrockleTD said:

Still better than intel UHD.also, @Lurichaowoare you sure? Many laptops have upgradable memory

yeah actually. but im choosing the 331 not bauce MX150 tho. because price performance. 

and the upgradable path is much more cheaper than 1000$ one

[genexis_x]

13 inch Ultrabooks with dGPU will throttle

 

Where are you from? Budget? Any preference on battery life? Mind low sRGB display and non-upgradeable RAM?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

25 minutes ago, GrockleTD said:

Still better than intel UHD.also, @Lurichaowoare you sure? Many laptops have upgradable memory

Yes, it's better. But you're still not going to be doing any gaming outside of Maplestory. 

[Lurichaowo]

10 hours ago, GrockleTD said:

Still better than intel UHD.also, @Lurichaowoare you sure? Many laptops have upgradable memory

From what I’ve seen in some reviews, when they open the bottom, the ram is soldered on but the storage is removable.

[Lurichaowo]

10 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

13 inch Ultrabooks with dGPU will throttle

 

Where are you from? Budget? Any preference on battery life? Mind low sRGB display and non-upgradeable RAM?

The US, 800~1000, none, not really, upgradable ram would be appreciated. 

But I’ve decided to choose between one of the two I’ve listed already. Mainly because its the only ones I could find that is under 3 lbs that has decent processing power and most of the things I’m looking for.

[genexis_x]

28 minutes ago, Lurichaowo said:

But I’ve decided to choose between one of the two I’ve listed already

There are better options under 3 lbs