Latest 7th Gen i5 based laptop buying advice

[deboo]

Which one is the best?

1. New Dell Inspiron 14 7000
2. HP Pavillion 14-al111tx
3. Lenovo Yoga 510 80VB000DIH

All have 7th gen Intel i5-7200U CPU’s, 8GB RAM except Yoga (with a 4GB model only), 1TB HDD 
HP: NVIDIA GeForce® 940MX (4 GB DDR3 dedicated) 
Dell: NVIDIA GeForce® 940MX (2GB GDDR5)
Lenovo: AMD R16M-M1-30 DDR3 2G

In addition, prices and specs may also vary across retailers and regions with extras.

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Don't go HP because their products are generally shit unless you go for the $2500+ options or servers.

Decide between the dell and the yoga. The yoga will definitely be better as a tablet device given that it has the touchscreen and folds over, and that is an optional feature on the dell. 4GB of ram is pretty crappy though...

[deboo]

Thanks for the input. Reliability is a big factor here as I'm a heavy user (sitting almost te entire day on my machine). 

So yeah, I definitely will consider that. 

However I am thinking of waiting for Lenovo to release another variant with more respectable specs, to say the least.

Anything less that 6GB is a dealbreaker.

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13 minutes ago, deboo said:

However I am thinking of waiting for Lenovo to release another variant with more respectable specs, to say the least.

Anything less that 6GB is a dealbreaker.

Well, if the RAM is not soldered you don't have to wait for another variant, just upgrade it yourself.

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4 minutes ago, exercutor5 said:

Well, if the RAM is not soldered you don't have to wait for another variant, just upgrade it yourself.

Agreed. That's why I'm trying to get my hands on one before I buy.

But what about the GPU's? Is there any considerable difference?

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1 minute ago, deboo said:

Agreed. That's why I'm trying to get my hands on one before I buy.

But what about the GPU's? Is there any considerable difference?

Not sure about the AMD one, but with the 2 different 940MXs, the GDDR5 variant would perform better in certain aspects, and the only aspect it would not perform well in is when you require more than 2GB of VRAM.

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2 minutes ago, exercutor5 said:

Not sure about the AMD one, but with the 2 different 940MXs, the GDDR5 variant would perform better in certain aspects, and the only aspect it would not perform well in is when you require more than 2GB of VRAM.

 

 

I hope most games would be satisfied with 2 gigs...

Otherwise, only heavy multitasking, photoshop, and reliability is what I want

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Just now, deboo said:

I hope most games would be satisfied with 2 gigs...

Otherwise, only heavy multitasking, photoshop, and reliaility is what I want

What kind of games are you expecting to run? The 3 machines you listed are not very capable at playing more intensive titles.

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21 minutes ago, exercutor5 said:

What kind of games are you expecting to run? The 3 machines you listed are not very capable at playing more intensive titles.

 

Meh. My aim is to run games that I missed. 

For example, I played the best titles from before 2012, on my current laptop which I bought in 2013. (i7 3rd Gen, 8GB, 1TB, 630M 2GB)

 

So, in this case, games from 2015 and before. Oh, and including GTA V at least.

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1 minute ago, deboo said:

Oh, and including GTA V at least.

This is definitely not going to run at a rate at which is would consider comfortable, GTA V is very CPU intensive.

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3 minutes ago, exercutor5 said:

This is definitely not going to run at a rate at which is would consider comfortable, GTA V is very CPU intensive.

I guess I'll have to manage anyhow. 

From what I researched, I could narrow it down to these three. (If you could suggest me something even better at this price or less)

My use is moderate gaming (but important), and heavy general use. On a portable 14-inch machine...