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My non tech-savvy friend is getting their first laptop. ill spare you the specifics, they have a $500 budget and the only store they can get to is best buy. Being English and not having a wide array of knowledge about low end products im not much help, so guys, whats the best laptop for gaming you can get from bestbuy for up to $500 (fyi i know it wont be good but its a start)

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My non tech-savvy friend is getting their first laptop. ill spare you the specifics, they have a $500 budget and the only store they can get to is best buy. Being English and not having a wide array of knowledge about low end products im not much help, so guys, whats the best laptop for gaming you can get from bestbuy for up to $500 (fyi i know it wont be good but its a start)

What do they plan on using it for?

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There isn't any gaming laptop you can get from BestBuy for $500.

Unless he's doing light gaming (Valve games, LoL, Minecraft, etc.).

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What do they plan on using it for?

OP said gaming.

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What do they plan on using it for?

Ill find it homy. I got you

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There isn't any gaming laptop you can get from BestBuy for $500.

Unless he's doing light gaming (Valve games, LoL, Minecraft, etc.).

thanks. i know there arent any for gaming, i said that, but yeah, light gaming.

 

 

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-15-6-thinkpad-mobile-workstation-4-gb-memory-500-gb-hard-drive-graphite-black/1312280210.p?id=mp1312280210&skuId=1312280210

 

Thats a for sure option. You will be able to run nearly any game. On low for sure. Medium gets iffy with some games. 

 

ive seen some others n the price range with 8gb of ram, surely they would be better (has no idea about ram i feel ashamed)

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