HP Pavillion vs Acer Nitro 5?

CSMReaper · November 25, 2019

Hey guys as we all know its the holiday and the sales are rolling in. I have quite a nice desktop but I would like to get a low cost entry level gaming laptop that I can take on short trips and even have something for just around the house. I have come across the hp pavillion and the acer nitro 5 on sale for 500. HP has an intel I5 9300 1050 3gb graphics card 8gb of ram 256gb ssd. The Acer nitro 5 has an intel I5 8300 1050 4gb graphics card 8gb of ram and a 1tb hdd. I like the look of the HP better because of the thinner bezels. I also kind of like the green but thats not a huge deal. what ive been able to find on how they run games has been pretty similar leaving the larger slower hard drive or the smaller faster ssd as one of the main decision points. What can you all tell me overall about these 2 that will help my decision in which I should get. Any help is appreciated thank you very much in advance.

I should add im looking to play things like raid shadow legends wow smite witcher 3 skyrim and other things of varying genre's but they do not need to be at ultra as this is budget obviously. Some high and mediums are perfectly acceptable. Id prefer to avoid low but again its budget for I expect that to happen on some titles.