Cheapest but decent laptop that can play CS:GO?

[Admiral Naismith]

Any recommendations for a laptop that's cheap, but can do some minor gaming? ~60fps lowest settings w/ CS:GO would be the worst thing I would throw at it. Really just need something when I'm away from my desktop.
 

Preferably smaller than 15 in. and using win 8.1. SSD isn't necessary but is nice (doubt they'll be one for the price range). Don't care about a touchscreen as I won't be using it much. 1080p is a must. I don't mind refurbs/used as long as it's reputable.

 

Is there anything sub ~$1,000 that can do this? I'd be amazed if there was. Thanks in advance.

[Kithkannin]

That game can run well on almost any modern Laptop that has been released. I have an Hp Beats edition laptop for school that runs csgo quite well. That only cost me 500 and change. I do not understand the windows 8.1 thing as I have win 10 and have yet to have any issues with performance.

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154111

[Admiral Naismith]

5 minutes ago, Kithkannin said:

That game can run well on almost any modern Laptop that has been released. I have an Hp Beats edition laptop for school that runs csgo quite well. That only cost me 500 and change. I do not understand the windows 8.1 thing as I have win 10 and have yet to have any issues with performance.

Compatibility with older games is iffy with Win 10. It's not a must to have win 8.1, it's just I'm used to it and know it works. Win 10 I've heard people have issues with where 8.1 works fine. Again, it's not a must.

[Admiral Naismith]

3 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154111

This is the sort of thing I'm looking for, but the reviews are kind of crap. Does MSI really have that bad QC or is it just what they deem to be their 'low end' stuff?

[EPPHO]

for about 1k$ you can play CSGO at 200 fps on a laptop

[Kithkannin]

4 minutes ago, Admiral Naismith said:

Compatibility with older games is iffy with Win 10. It's not a must to have win 8.1, it's just I'm used to it and know it works. Win 10 I've heard people have issues with where 8.1 works fine. Again, it's not a must.

Here is what I have and its been more than enough for games like CS:GO, WOW, Borderlands Presequel, and vanilla skyrim. These are the games ive tested that have worked well. Some like skyrim can get a bit jittery though. The MSI Laptop linked above will destroy CS:GO at max setting no problem.

 

https://www.walmart.com/ip/46937525?wmlspartner=wmtlabs&adid=22222222222034454803&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=e&wl1=o&wl2=c&wl3=10361784408&wl4=kwd-1103055418607&wl12=46937525_621495&wl14=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fi&veh=sem

[Admiral Naismith]

1 minute ago, Kithkannin said:

Here is what I have and its been more than enough for games like CS:GO, WOW, Borderlands Presequel, and vanilla skyrim. These are the games ive tested that have worked well. Some like skyrim can get a bit jittery though. The MSI Laptop linked will destroy CS:GO at max setting no problem.

Did you forget to link it, or are you saying you have the MSI laptop?

[Kithkannin]

1 minute ago, Admiral Naismith said:

Did you forget to link it, or are you saying you have the MSI laptop?

Forgot to link and fixed it. Lol. Sorry I am in a lecture right now trying to multitask or at least appear like I'm paying attention to the teacher.

[SlipperyPete]

7 minutes ago, Kithkannin said:

Forgot to link and fixed it. Lol. Sorry I am in a lecture right now trying to multitask or at least appear like I'm paying attention to the teacher.

same tho. im in economics

 

[Kithkannin]

10 minutes ago, SlipperyPete said:

same tho. im in economics

 

Ethics in societies advanced philosophy class here. Ironic as I'm going for IT degrees, but human studies is required.

 

[Admiral Naismith]

1 hour ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

Sub 1000? No brainier, the Inspiron 7559. Though you could probably get by with less

Is there a catch to the 7559? $800 for a 960, 1tb, and i7 seems too good to be true lol.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-15-6-Inch-Quad-Core-i5-6300HQ-Processor/dp/B015PYZ0J6?th=1 <link for anyone curious

[SLAYR]

1 hour ago, Admiral Naismith said:

This is the sort of thing I'm looking for, but the reviews are kind of crap. Does MSI really have that bad QC or is it just what they deem to be their 'low end' stuff?

A $1000 laptop is quite overkill just to scgo, you can play that on modern intel and amd igpus. For $400-$500 you can get a laptop that can do csgo.

 

https://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=9SIA6R44MZ8123

 

https://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=9SIA6R43NM3425

 

https://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16834315445

 

The last is pretty nice a ssd, hdd, and dgpu for under $550.

[Pendragon]

1 hour ago, Admiral Naismith said:

Is there a catch to the 7559? $800 for a 960, 1tb, and i7 seems too good to be true lol.

 

It's okay. It's just a budget laptop. Keyboard and trackpad aren't the best. Screen is not the best. FPS per dollar king though. If you want slightly better quality of life items, Y700. Same specs, better in everything by a bit. Best speakers in a budget machine by a fucking mile. 

[Admiral Naismith]

6 hours ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

I know it seems too good to be true. But it's not. From what I've seen, the most commonly recommended budget laptop on this forum by far

Any reason to get the i7 over the i5? The only truely 'intensive' stuff will be gaming... and that will be at either older games or newer at low settings. Would the i5 really be a limiting factor?

[Admiral Naismith]

1 hour ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

Nah, the 6300HQ shouldn't bottleneck a 960m much (if at all, I haven't seen the numbers but it's highly unlikely). My 6700HQ definitely doesn't, and tbh I don't see too much of a difference. The i5 should be fine

Hopefully last questions:

 

From what I can tell, the cheaper i5 model comes with 256 M.2. memory; allowing for me to stick a 2.5 HDD in the empty slot.... Is the 256 SSD really shit or has SSD prices really dropped that much since I was last shopping?

 

Why is everyone recommending to upgrade to 16gb of ram? Is there something I don't know about laptops, or do people use a hell of a lot more ram than I do? I use 8 gigs on my 'upper end' PC... Never have hit the limit even during intensive use.

[Guuhan]

4 hours ago, Admiral Naismith said:

Hopefully last questions:

 

From what I can tell, the cheaper i5 model comes with 256 M.2. memory; allowing for me to stick a 2.5 HDD in the empty slot.... Is the 256 SSD really shit or has SSD prices really dropped that much since I was last shopping?

 

Why is everyone recommending to upgrade to 16gb of ram? Is there something I don't know about laptops, or do people use a hell of a lot more ram than I do? I use 8 gigs on my 'upper end' PC... Never have hit the limit even during intensive use.

Chrome my friend

[Pendragon]

13 hours ago, Admiral Naismith said:

Why is everyone recommending to upgrade to 16gb of ram? Is there something I don't know about laptops, or do people use a hell of a lot more ram than I do? I use 8 gigs on my 'upper end' PC... Never have hit the limit even during intensive use.

if you end up being a power user, you'll use more. If you're a CAD user, you'll need more. There's alot of people who need more. 

[Admiral Naismith]

5 hours ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

 

Thanks for all the help everyone. Also thank you wrath, I'll be rolling with the i5 7559. 256 ssd + expansion + 960m + good i5 for only 700 is too good to pass up.