Laptop needed for light gaming

[swchoi89]

Hi guys,

Looking for a good laptop to buy that will handle light gaming. My girlfriend wants to play games like Aion, Diablo 3 with decent settings and decent FPS. Budget is $1,200 tops.

I am located in Canada. Any recommendations on brands?

Thanks

 

[TeknoBug]

$1200 for "light" gaming? A $1200 gaming laptop can handle most games today with moderately high settings, an MSI GP60 for $1000 should do the trick, Memory Experss has them.

For actual light gaming, an A10 7300 or 5750M for $600 will be enough.

 

[stateofmind]

any specific games?

 

[swchoi89]

$1200 for "light" gaming? A $1200 gaming laptop can handle most games today with moderately high settings, an MSI GP60 for $1000 should do the trick, Memory Experss has them.

For actual light gaming, an A10 7300 or 5750M for $600 will be enough.

Oh okay. Hmm.. I don't know, the budget is around $1,200.

What about Lenovos? The Y50 series with GTX 860M and i7-4710HQ?

 

[swchoi89]

any specific games?

Let's just say Diablo 3.

 

[TeknoBug]

Oh okay. Hmm.. I don't know, the budget is around $1,200.

What about Lenovos? The Y50 series with GTX 860M and i7-4710HQ?

Yeah that one is good, its display is capable of 4K too.

 

[stateofmind]

D3 doesn't require too much, do you really want to spend $1000?

 

[Enigmoid]

The y50 has major design problems. Just read a few reviews.

 

[Remobz]

$1200 for "light" gaming? A $1200 gaming laptop can handle most games today with moderately high settings, an MSI GP60 for $1000 should do the trick, Memory Experss has them.

For actual light gaming, an A10 7300 or 5750M for $600 will be enough.

Wouldn't this be better for $600?

Intel Core i5-4210U 1.7 GHz Processor (3MB Cache)
8 GB DDR3L SDRAM
500 GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
15.6-Inch Screen, NVIDIA GeForce 840M


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[swchoi89]

I ask Y50 because I can get one for less than $1,000 right now.

And yea, I have some cash which I cannot possibly think of any other way of wasting. I would rather spend a bit more and have performance flexibility. I don't intend on changing laptop that frequently.

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