I'll try to keep this short. Kid, who is somewhat rough on his "toys", finally had his 3 year old Asus K55N crap the bed on him (bad mobo, not worth fixing, going to part out most likely). He wants an Alienware laptop, but IMO he's not ready for such a responsibilty yet (form over function to him). That being said, I found what I think is a pretty good budget replacement from Dell on blackfriday and wanted your opinion.
He mostly plays TF2, Gary's Mod, and Payday 2
Had Asus:
A8-4500M processor
7640G integrated GPU
Eyeballing Dell, $230 on black friday
i3-4005U
Nvidia 820M 2GB
I think despite being a 2 core, the I3 will perform better than the AMD. That being said, what about the 820M vs 7640G? I used GPU charts online, and the 820M seems to be ranked lower, even though being one year newer (13 vs '12). I need to make sure this laptop is on par with what he currently has or ill never hear the end of it. The alternative is 4-600 for a used alienware, and again, don't think he's ready for that yet.