Gaming Laptop, Nothing Crazy
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Total budget and country of purchase: 600-900$ Canada
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Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. Best Specs for money
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How important is weight and thinness to you? Doesn't matter
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Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows
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Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 15.6
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Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Gaming, such as Destiny 2, FFXIV, Fallout 76
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If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Games listed above, Don't need high settings, just need the game to run smooth at Low-Medium settings
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Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Don't matter
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Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. Just to summarize my needs for the laptop, I work out of town for 18 days and get 9 off. My desktop at home is the powerhouse, I just need a gaming laptop that can play those above games at good framerate, as far as the settings go I don't need something that will run those at max. Just something that will run them smooth and last me hopefully a couple years for that price range. Thank you in advanced!
Posted Oct 1, 2018, 5:39 AM UTC
Hi,
Based on your requirements I have made this noteb search went for a quad-core CPU and dedicated GPU.
You can see and change the search parameters using the "Refine results" button in the upper-left part of the search results page. You can also click on the laptops for more information.
An option for you could be this one: Acer Aspire 5 A515-51G comes with a quad-core CPU, basic dedicated GPU, FHD LED IPS display, 1 TB HDD and room for an SSD, 1 memory slot soldered and 1 that can be upgraded, over 5H battery life, plastic chassis and Standard or Backlit Chiclet keyboard - found it on Amazon.ca for 835 CAD. This is a budget laptop so build quality is not that great, it will get the job done, but I don't know about its longevity.
Another alternative could be this one: Acer Aspire Nitro 5 AN515-51 has a much better GPU and it comes with a SSD and 2 memory slots - this one is a gaming laptop. You can find it on Amazon.ca for 935 CAD. Same as above - budget laptop - for this one I'd recommend going for a cooling pad.
Here is a comparison between them: Acer Aspire Nitro 5 AN515-51 vs Acer Aspire 5 A515-51G - maybe it helps.
Hope I helped!