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rhino4293
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Hey

I'm looking for a laptop for when on the road or not able to use my desktop on campus. Any help is greatly appreciated. 
 
I will be using this laptop to mostly: search the web(multiple chrome tabs open), Microsoft office, Adobe reader, visual studios, devC++, Eclipse, any other compiler. I will use this computer occasional to stream movie to TV via hdmi and play steam games(Injustice, Skyrim) and minecraft. I would like to keep this as cheap as possible but still a decent laptop.
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Budget? Preferences?

 

I'd suggest the lenovo y40 and y50.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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Budget? Preferences?

My budget around 500$ maybe a bit more if it is worth it.

and don't have preferences

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Budget? Preferences?

 

I'd suggest the lenovo y40 and y50.

I like both but y50 is out of budget, and the y40 is little bit out budget. maybe I could work it out. is there anything a little bit cheaper?

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I like both but y50 is out of budget, and the y40 is little bit out budget. maybe I could work it out. is there anything a little bit cheaper?

 

Not sure, haven't done a whole lot of looking for laptops recently as I have not had the money to even consider getting one right now.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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I like both but y50 is out of budget, and the y40 is little bit out budget. maybe I could work it out. is there anything a little bit cheaper?

Save the little bit more to get the Y40, it is sooo worth it.

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I like both but y50 is out of budget, and the y40 is little bit out budget. maybe I could work it out. is there anything a little bit cheaper?

This is the lowest I'd go for acceptable frame rates in games (840M)

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314535&cm_re=840m-_-34-314-535-_-Product

Desktop: Intel Core i5 2380P (2400 w/o iGPU), MSI H61, 8GB RAM, 256GB SP610, 500GB WD Blue, HIS R9 280, Antec TruePower Classic 550W, Inwin MANA 134, QNIX QX2710, CM QuickFire Rapid, Logitech G402

 

Laptop: Toshiba Satellite L40D, AMD A6-6310, 6GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Radeon R4 Graphics, 14" 1366x768

 

 

Phone: iPhone 6 Space Gray 64GB, T-Mobile $60/mo 3GB plan

 

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Save the little bit more to get the Y40, it is sooo worth it.

alright maybe it around Christmas it might go down some

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My budget around 500$ maybe a bit more if it is worth it.

and don't have preferences

The z series lenovo's are pretty darn powerful and can be had at 350-550 price range pretty easily good device and great price 

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Lenovo Z40 ...only 820M, but quite good for its price

The z series lenovo's are pretty darn powerful and can be had at 350-550 price range pretty easily good device and great price 

 

The cheapest Z40 is $580, and it only has an 820M, which is not a huge improvement over Haswell Intel HD. It would be a better idea to shell out the extra $50 for the Aspire V3 I showed earlier, for the noticeably more powerful, as well as Maxwell-based (820M is last-gen Fermi) GT 840M GPU. Especially since OP wants to play games like Injustice and Skyrim.

Desktop: Intel Core i5 2380P (2400 w/o iGPU), MSI H61, 8GB RAM, 256GB SP610, 500GB WD Blue, HIS R9 280, Antec TruePower Classic 550W, Inwin MANA 134, QNIX QX2710, CM QuickFire Rapid, Logitech G402

 

Laptop: Toshiba Satellite L40D, AMD A6-6310, 6GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Radeon R4 Graphics, 14" 1366x768

 

 

Phone: iPhone 6 Space Gray 64GB, T-Mobile $60/mo 3GB plan

 

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The cheapest Z40 is $580, and it only has an 820M, which is not a huge improvement over Haswell Intel HD. It would be a better idea to shell out the extra $50 for the Aspire V3 I showed earlier, for the noticeably more powerful, as well as Maxwell-based (820M is last-gen Fermi) GT 840M GPU. Especially since OP wants to play games like Injustice and Skyrim.

 

The cheapest Z40 is $580, and it only has an 820M, which is not a huge improvement over Haswell Intel HD. It would be a better idea to shell out the extra $50 for the Aspire V3 I showed earlier, for the noticeably more powerful, as well as Maxwell-based (820M is last-gen Fermi) GT 840M GPU. Especially since OP wants to play games like Injustice and Skyrim.

between the Aspire v3 and lenovo y40 which is better. there is not a huge difference in price right now between the two.

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between the Aspire v3 and lenovo y40 which is better. there is not a huge difference in price right now between the two.

The Acer has more graphics power then the Y40, as GT 840M > R7 M265

Edit: the new Y40 with the R9 M270 is better then the Acer however.

Desktop: Intel Core i5 2380P (2400 w/o iGPU), MSI H61, 8GB RAM, 256GB SP610, 500GB WD Blue, HIS R9 280, Antec TruePower Classic 550W, Inwin MANA 134, QNIX QX2710, CM QuickFire Rapid, Logitech G402

 

Laptop: Toshiba Satellite L40D, AMD A6-6310, 6GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Radeon R4 Graphics, 14" 1366x768

 

 

Phone: iPhone 6 Space Gray 64GB, T-Mobile $60/mo 3GB plan

 

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The Acer has more graphics power then the Y40, as GT 840M > R7 M265

thought it was r9 m275 for the y40

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thought it was r9 m275 for the y40

Afaik the older models were M265, but I checked the website and now they seem to be using M270s, which are better then GT 840M

Desktop: Intel Core i5 2380P (2400 w/o iGPU), MSI H61, 8GB RAM, 256GB SP610, 500GB WD Blue, HIS R9 280, Antec TruePower Classic 550W, Inwin MANA 134, QNIX QX2710, CM QuickFire Rapid, Logitech G402

 

Laptop: Toshiba Satellite L40D, AMD A6-6310, 6GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Radeon R4 Graphics, 14" 1366x768

 

 

Phone: iPhone 6 Space Gray 64GB, T-Mobile $60/mo 3GB plan

 

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Surface Pro 2? :P

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not a laptop

Eh it is?

Just in another form.

It has full Windows and everything

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