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g911turbo on 21 November 2015
Bofferbrauer said:
The 820M is barely any better than the integrated GT2 and only comes with slow-clocked DDR3. I don't know if it's worse than the 7640G, but certainly not much better. Any more modern AMD Laptop APU like the A10 7300 should beat that easely if coupled to DDR3-1866

However, for that price, you won't find much better than that


I will check out the A10 7300 a bit more.  Not sure if I will be able to beat the 230 pricepoint.



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g911turbo on 21 November 2015
rolltide101x said:
g911turbo said:
 

I've heard Lenovo was pretty good.  How about dell (i know they make alienware).  Dell is also $229... this of course assumes I can snag one on BF.

You will have a tough time finding a better laptop for the money. Only big draw back is it is a Dell which has the worst build quality of all the major manufactures. I work in a Phone/PC repair shop.... if only you have seen what I have seen lol. 820M should be sufficient for your needs

 

Lenovo's are built like tanks on the inside and have the best build quality of any brand. I would put Asus in 2nd place in that regard


I bet.  I might have to roll the dice.  If he can get 2 years out of it fine lol.  He destroyed a 400 asus in 3, so how much worse can it get? hah



Bofferbrauer on 21 November 2015
g911turbo said:
Bofferbrauer said:
The 820M is barely any better than the integrated GT2 and only comes with slow-clocked DDR3. I don't know if it's worse than the 7640G, but certainly not much better. Any more modern AMD Laptop APU like the A10 7300 should beat that easely if coupled to DDR3-1866

However, for that price, you won't find much better than that


I will check out the A10 7300 a bit more.  Not sure if I will be able to beat the 230 pricepoint.

Surely not, unless it's a refurbished model. Just for sake of comparision, here's a german laptop featuring the chip, costing 499€ (including Windows 10) - but only using DDR3L 1333: http://www.notebooksbilliger.de/notebooks/acer+aspire+e5+551+t0j9