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I just recently got a HP Stream 13 which is a cheap windows 8.1 machine. The only game I have installed is League of Legends but it runs well at low settings around 40-50 fps.

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Looking for a chromebook for editing and gaming (nothing demanding, just cs:go or dota 2). Are there any for around the $250 price point? My desktop will handle most of the heavy gaming but just need the chromebook to pull playable fps(40-50fps) on cs:s  cs:go, and Dota 2

 

Edit: Would be installing linux or win 8.1 onto it 

Cpu: i7 4790k @ 4ghz, Motherboard: z97 asus deluxe, Memory: 8gb Kingston hyperx blue, Graphics card: Evga gtx 750ti ftw, Storage: 1TB WD BLUE mass storage, Crucial 120gb ssd (boot drive win 8.1), PSU: Corsair cx750w fully wired, Displays: ben Q  2 ms gtg  , Cpu cooler: Be quiet! shadow-rock slim, Peripherals: Ducky shine 3, Corsair m65 gaming mouse, Sound: Hyper x cloud Headphones, OS: Windows 8.1

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Looking for a chromebook for editing and gaming (nothing demanding, just cs:go or dota 2). Are there any for around the $250 price point? My desktop will handle most of the heavy gaming but just need the chromebook to pull playable fps(40-50fps) on cs:s  cs:go, and Dota 2

Can you even install Steam on a ChromeOS?

I thought you couldn't, I will Google :P

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I don't think you could get those games on chrome os, so no.

I would install linux or win 8.1

Cpu: i7 4790k @ 4ghz, Motherboard: z97 asus deluxe, Memory: 8gb Kingston hyperx blue, Graphics card: Evga gtx 750ti ftw, Storage: 1TB WD BLUE mass storage, Crucial 120gb ssd (boot drive win 8.1), PSU: Corsair cx750w fully wired, Displays: ben Q  2 ms gtg  , Cpu cooler: Be quiet! shadow-rock slim, Peripherals: Ducky shine 3, Corsair m65 gaming mouse, Sound: Hyper x cloud Headphones, OS: Windows 8.1

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Can you even install Steam on a ChromeOS?

I thought you couldn't, I will Google :P

I'm planning on installing linux or win 8.1 onto it 

Cpu: i7 4790k @ 4ghz, Motherboard: z97 asus deluxe, Memory: 8gb Kingston hyperx blue, Graphics card: Evga gtx 750ti ftw, Storage: 1TB WD BLUE mass storage, Crucial 120gb ssd (boot drive win 8.1), PSU: Corsair cx750w fully wired, Displays: ben Q  2 ms gtg  , Cpu cooler: Be quiet! shadow-rock slim, Peripherals: Ducky shine 3, Corsair m65 gaming mouse, Sound: Hyper x cloud Headphones, OS: Windows 8.1

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I just recently got a HP Stream 13 which is a cheap windows 8.1 machine. The only game I have installed is League of Legends but it runs well at low settings around 40-50 fps.

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I'm planning on installing linux or win 8.1 onto it 

Why not go for a Windows laptop if you wanted to do that anyways?

Like the HP Stream. I believe Austin Evans has a review on it.

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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For 250 dollars it will play flash games online. You're expecting way too much from a Chromebook. They are general use machines for web and word tasks. This is coming from some someone who owns an Acer 11 C740.

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Why not go for a Windows laptop if you wanted to do that anyways?

Like the HP Stream. I believe Austin Evans has a review on it.

Will the hp stream pull 40 fps on cs:go and will it perform ok-ish on rendering and adobe ps? 

Cpu: i7 4790k @ 4ghz, Motherboard: z97 asus deluxe, Memory: 8gb Kingston hyperx blue, Graphics card: Evga gtx 750ti ftw, Storage: 1TB WD BLUE mass storage, Crucial 120gb ssd (boot drive win 8.1), PSU: Corsair cx750w fully wired, Displays: ben Q  2 ms gtg  , Cpu cooler: Be quiet! shadow-rock slim, Peripherals: Ducky shine 3, Corsair m65 gaming mouse, Sound: Hyper x cloud Headphones, OS: Windows 8.1

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Why not go for a Windows laptop if you wanted to do that anyways?

Like the HP Stream. I believe Austin Evans has a review on it.

Will a tegra k1 proccesor be any better? than the 1.7 GHz Intel processors available> 

Cpu: i7 4790k @ 4ghz, Motherboard: z97 asus deluxe, Memory: 8gb Kingston hyperx blue, Graphics card: Evga gtx 750ti ftw, Storage: 1TB WD BLUE mass storage, Crucial 120gb ssd (boot drive win 8.1), PSU: Corsair cx750w fully wired, Displays: ben Q  2 ms gtg  , Cpu cooler: Be quiet! shadow-rock slim, Peripherals: Ducky shine 3, Corsair m65 gaming mouse, Sound: Hyper x cloud Headphones, OS: Windows 8.1

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