Gaming laptop reccomendation

[spongebob_27]

I’m buying a new gaming laptop that is light enough to carry everyday on my backpack as I travel a lot. My budget is upto 600-700usd. I play cities: skylines and minecraft and I always work on spreadsheets for logbook. 

[NelizMastr]

700 usd is about 900 sgd according to Gewgol. 

 

There's not much you can buy for that gaming wise. You'll be looking at i5-7200U laptops with like Geforce 920M and Radeon R5 530.

[genexis_x]

The best specs you can get is 8250U/8550U+MX150. Could you provide some links of online stores in your country so that I can help you to pick?

[spongebob_27]

2 hours ago, NelizMastr said:

700 usd is about 900 sgd according to Gewgol. 

 

There's not much you can buy for that gaming wise. You'll be looking at i5-7200U laptops with like Geforce 920M and Radeon R5 530.

I am choosing between the lenovo ideapad 320  and the acer aspire e15 as I want large screen and will sometimes do gaming on it.

 

Lenovo ideapad 320: http://www.harveynorman.com.sg/computers-tablets-and-gaming/computers/laptops/lenovo-nb-ip-320-15-81bg00fasb-i5-gry.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIv9GHn_Hm2QIVm0oNCh0hyAj0EAQYASABEgK34vD_BwE

 

Acer aspire e15: https://www.lazada.sg/products/march-promo-acer-aspire-e15-e5-476g-5319-14i5-8250u4gb-ddr41tb-hddnvidia-mx150dvdrww10-gray-i140827010-s172332010.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIv9GHn_Hm2QIVm0oNCh0hyAj0EAQYBSABEgJ2hPD_BwE&s_kwcid=AL!4281!3!196503422347!!!g!!&utm_source=google&utm_medium=sem_non_brand&utm_content=371243132541_172332010_120522015&utm_campaign=834366633&utm_term=41513509806_xxso0000000at0000_m_pla-371243132541&adjust_tracker=t2v78t_5n20iw&adjust_campaign=834366633&adjust_adgroup=41513509806_m_pla-371243132541&adjust_creative=371243132541_172332010_120522015&tracker_limit=1000000&ef_id=WqZ-awAAANz6iECF:20180312132948:s

[NelizMastr]

The MX150 is an entry level GPU. It's a GT1030 for laptops (literally the same GPU) so it's nothing exciting. Casual games will play just fine, or more demanding games @ 720p.

 

I'd say get the acer + another 4GB of RAM and possibly a SSD. The Lenovo has 8GB but a useless and slow 2TB harddisk. 

[genexis_x]

2 hours ago, spongebob_27 said:

lenovo ideapad 320  and the acer aspire e15

Neither are good options. Acer Swift 3 is clearly better. However, if you really need to choose one between these two, Aspire E15 is better.