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Cheap laptop for web surfing and light gaming

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2/20/12 at 5:25pm
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Budget is around $500

AUD please.
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2/20/12 at 11:58pm
Do you have a size preference? The $500 market is really limited insofar as gaming is concerned. This is the best laptop with a discrete graphics card I could come up with:

HP Pavilion dv6z Quad Edition customizable Notebook PC

AMD Quad-Core A6-3420M Accelerated Processor (2.4GHz/1.5GHz, 4MB L2 Cache)
1GB AMD Radeon(TM) HD 7690M GDDR5 Discrete Graphics(TM) [HDMI, VGA]
FREE UPGRADE to 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
FREE UPGRADE to 640GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
Microsoft(R) Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word/Excel(R) only, No PowerPoint(R)/Outlook(R)
No additional security software
6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (standard)
15.6" High Def LED HP Brightview (1366x768)
SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
HP TrueVision HD Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone and HP SimplePass Fingerprint Reader
802.11b/g/n WLAN
Standard Keyboard with numeric keypad
HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

$580 = $540 AUD.

The hard drive is slow, and the processor isn't the best, but it would fit your needs.
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Crucial M4 128 HITACHI Deskstar 5K3000 2TB SATA 6.0Gb/s 3. Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus NZXT Sentry Mix 
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