[Help] Gaming Laptops For Under $400

[Austrie]

I was looking for a really good gaming laptop for under $400, and found this: HP - Pavilion 17.3" Refurbished Laptop - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - g7-2251dx

Is this the best I will find?

 

[javasirc]

I did a bit of research and compared it to the gpu in my laptop. It has similar performance.

What do you plan on playing? That should play WoW, CS:S, Minecraft, etc good. Dont expect to play new games though.

If you play games that are a few years old, id go for it. I wouldnt call it a gaming laptop, just a laptop with a GPU. But for $350 i think its a good deal.

 

[XplosiV]

Its ok for a budget laptop, but I definitely wouldn't classify it as a 'gaming' laptop.

Imo a gaming laptop should at least have some dedicated graphics RAM not shared RAM from system.

Also, as that system only comes with 4GB of RAM and can use UPTO 2GB for graphics, it'll leave you with only 2GB available for system resources, so I'd budget for replacing the 4GB for 8GB or if money is tight, swap out at least one sodimm for a 4GB to total 6GB. Whichever works for you.

 

[Austrie]

I decided to get a gaming desktop off of eBay, I guess to get higher performance, I must give up mobility.