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post #1 of 5
6/30/12 at 5:27pm
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Hey guys, Im kind of stuck between three laptops. Its going for a medium to low gaming and also for college stuff

Here are the three laptops

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834246322

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1159306&CatId=4938

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2383674&CatId=17

Im leaning towards the samsung one but Im not sure about Samsung. They have good TV's but I dont know about their laptops.

The second one that I like is Lenovo since its a great company.

The Acer people say that its a very bad brand for laptops (not to mention its refurbished) but has the best components.

I would love to here your opinions and also any other laptops would be great.

Do you guys think that they will be able to play Guild Wars 2 when it comes out?
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post #2 of 5
6/30/12 at 5:46pm
Get the refurb with the i5.
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6/30/12 at 5:47pm
None of those. I just picked this one up at Best Buy.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+15.6%26%2334%3B+Pavilion+Laptop+-+6GB+Memory+-+640GB+Hard+Drive+-+Midnight+Black/5608338.p?id=1218672045876&skuId=5608338

It's an HP with an AMD A10-4600 quad core, 7660G graphics, 640GB hard drive, and 6GB of RAM. The value of this system is crazy good.

It's $600, and you can order it or purchase one in store.



EDIT: while I don't trust a refurbished laptop, that Acer beats the pants off the one I just posted.
Edited by Mad Pistol - 6/30/12 at 5:56pm
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post #4 of 5
6/30/12 at 6:20pm
this is the best deal your gonna get: $579.99

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/829664-REG/Acer_LX_RNA02_008_Aspire_7750_AS7750_6458_17_3_.html

core i5-2430m

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hd 6850m 1gb gddr5

note: this website is trust worthy just not as popular as newegg or tigerdirect.


this laptop should play most games on high at 1600x900 res
Edited by technofied - 6/30/12 at 6:26pm
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post #5 of 5
6/30/12 at 6:39pm
Can I suggest:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215419 - Has the new Trinity chip.

That Lenovo you linked is also a good bang for your buck.

The Acer linked above by technofied is also a pretty good deal

Unfortunately, I don't see any i5's with HD4000 in that price range. The refurb is meh.. but if you want to take a chance...

If it was my decision, I'd go with the Trinity; it also has 6GB of RAM, and the 750GB HDD.

Cheers!
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