Budget gaming laptop?

[Cat_Overlord]

I'm looking to get into games like LoL and Hearthstone. I would also like to play Minecraft, Skyrim/Fallout, and tf2. What laptops would do this with ease? I'm aware that desk tops are probably better, I just don't have room for one. Do you have any suggestions? Preferably around $500, $1000 would be my max.

[gazabi]

Cat_OverlordYou could probably get a lenovo y50 for around $900 for the i7, 8gb ram, 860m, 1tb hdd and 8gb ssd. Best price to performance in my opinion, looks nice and can run all those games at max settings. Heres a link: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/y-series/y50/

[Panzer003]

Cat_OverlordYou could probably get a lenovo y50 for around $900 for the i7, 8gb ram, 860m, 1tb hdd and 8gb ssd. Best price to performance in my opinion, looks nice and can run all those games at max settings. Heres a link: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/y-series/y50/

8gb SSD? Those exist?

[gazabi]

8gb SSD? Those exist?

Ya, usually not for mass storage though, mainly os or a hdd cache.

[Panzer003]

Ya, usually not for mass storage though, mainly os or a hdd cache.

I thought so, 8gb wont hold a game really haha.

[TwOne]

You don't really need a really good processor for these games, but a decent graphics card will do.

 

Check these out:

HP Envy 15-k238nd

Acer Aspire V15 Nitro VN7-571G-595Z

Toshiba Satellite L70-B-150

 

By the way, you said you don't really have space for a desktop. Maybe a mini ITX system might be more suited for you. This is a regular desktop PC and performs like one, but it is smaller. I will edit this post with small systems that might work for you.

 

Around 500$:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($71.99 @ NCIX US) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master GeminII M4 58.4 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+ Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($85.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.23 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.49 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($119.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Silverstone Sugo SG13B-Q Mini ITX Tower Case  ($64.27 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $507.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-09 07:40 EDT-0400

 

 

Around 900$:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($159.99 @ Micro Center) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($90.59 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.98 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Mushkin Chronos 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.84 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.49 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 970 4GB XLR8 Video Card  ($296.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Silverstone Sugo SG13B-Q Mini ITX Tower Case  ($64.27 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12G 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($63.98 @ Newegg) 

Total: $853.13

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-09 07:47 EDT-0400

 

 

 

Not to mention, both desktop systems will be way better than the laptops.