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so im might be getting a new laptop for my birthday and its a Hp elitebook 8540w i7 with a ATI readon with 1gb, is that good for light gaming, light video editing, and drawing

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If you upgrade the ram and change to an SSD it will be pretty snappy and capable for daily tasks.  It's not going to play games well with 1GB of Vram...

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Gaming won't do too good with that old of a system. It's old.

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On 2/1/2018 at 12:44 PM, Thermosman said:

What is you budget for it?

i found out the website discount electronics ran out of the laptops fast but now i found a new it is called (DELL Latitude E6430 Intel Core i5 3320M (2.60 GHz) - 8 GB Memory - 500 GB HD - NVIDIA NVS 5200M 1 GB Dedicated Graphics - 14.0" Windows 10 Professional - Gaming or Design - CAD ).really my dad said to look for a laptop that would be good for 2 years, for my videos edits i just us the old Windows Movie Maker, for my drawing i us autodesk but soon Paint Tool Sia, and the only ill play is terraria with low setting on it

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18 minutes ago, Blake__Tech said:

i found out the website discount electronics ran out of the laptops fast but now i found a new it is called (DELL Latitude E6430 Intel Core i5 3320M (2.60 GHz) - 8 GB Memory - 500 GB HD - NVIDIA NVS 5200M 1 GB Dedicated Graphics - 14.0" Windows 10 Professional - Gaming or Design - CAD ).really my dad said to look for a laptop that would be good for 2 years, for my videos edits i just us the old Windows Movie Maker, for my drawing i us autodesk but soon Paint Tool Sia, and the only ill play is terraria with low setting on it

I reiterate, What is your budget?

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On 2/6/2018 at 8:38 AM, Thermosman said:

I reiterate, What is your budget?

idk my dad just said find a laptop. i feel like the budget is under $400

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