Sub 750$ Laptop

[Dreaper]

So i currently have a macbook air from 2013 and its not cutting it, the screen is shit and overall its starting to fall apart so i think its time for a upgrade. I need it for basic school work and uni stuff. Light gaming like Civ 5 and 6 maybe some fortnite but nothing too bad. the big two things it needs is a nice screen and good internals i dont care too much about the thickness nor the weight. 

[donalgodon]

 

 

What about the 2018 Lenovo Ideapad 720S 13.3" ?

[General Winter]

this is a pretty solid laptop with a good gpu for light gaming and 4gb of vram

 

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-Gaming-Laptop-i5576-A298BLK-PUS/dp/B06XDY3T7T/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1525586604&sr=1-1&keywords=rx+460+laptop

 

with the extra money in your budget, i would definitely add a ssd to improve boot times (caps at 256gb from what i read, but that should be more than enough) and work applications and upgrade the ram to 16gb

 

 

 

[genexis_x]

2 hours ago, Dreaper said:

nice screen and good internals

Choose 1 between these 2, you can't get both with your budget

[Dreaper]

10 hours ago, General Winter said:

this is a pretty solid laptop with a good gpu for light gaming and 4gb of vram

 

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-Gaming-Laptop-i5576-A298BLK-PUS/dp/B06XDY3T7T/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1525586604&sr=1-1&keywords=rx+460+laptop

 

with the extra money in your budget, i would definitely add a ssd to improve boot times (caps at 256gb from what i read, but that should be more than enough) and work applications and upgrade the ram to 16gb

 

 

 

Don't think I'll go for this after seeing a video from Jay talking about AMD throttling the mobile proccesers

[Dreaper]

Wanted to also say it doesn't need a ssd already got one 

[TheDankKoosh]

12 hours ago, Dreaper said:

So i currently have a macbook air from 2013 and its not cutting it, the screen is shit and overall its starting to fall apart so i think its time for a upgrade. I need it for basic school work and uni stuff. Light gaming like Civ 5 and 6 maybe some fortnite but nothing too bad. the big two things it needs is a nice screen and good internals i dont care too much about the thickness nor the weight. 

Used or refurbished would probably be a good idea, I got my machine for $850 refurbished myself. Looking around for deals on places like amazon, newegg, and ebay would be a good start. I'd say a good gaming experience requires at least a 970m (around same performance as 1050 ti) in my eyes.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Alienware-M17x-R3-17in-display-i7-4710-GTX-970-8gb-RAM-1TB-HDD-BARELY-USED/173303123601?hash=item2859abce91:g:UR0AAOSw2Yta4Jbi

 

This would be a good reference and possibly a good buy as long as the bidding doesn't exceed your budget. 

[General Winter]

4 hours ago, Dreaper said:

Don't think I'll go for this after seeing a video from Jay talking about AMD throttling the mobile proccesers

this laptop isn't throttled(the clock speed and cpu in this laptop is more than good enough for light gaming), idk what conspiracy theory stuff you've seen but theses old amd laptops still hold up well; it really needs the previously mentioned upgrade and with 4gb of vram you should be able to handle any game on the market