So, I have time to play games again, and I'd like to get a new laptop for casual gaming until I build a desktop later. I was thinking of picking up one of these as the are pretty cheap and should be fine for a bit. I realize neither is particularly good, but my laptop has stopped turning on. So I just want a functioning laptop with which I can play some games. So, which do you think would be better?

Laptop 1

Laptop 2

Thanks!

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laptop 1

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Laptop #1

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If it's just a stopgap till you build your desktop, you might wanna try a refurb. Found this

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+1

Would recommend over any Acer product. Never had problems with Asus.

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Ahahaha Asus that's a good one... nice joke

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So far I've had tens of products by Asus and rarely had a problem, and if their service was fast. Can't say the same about Acer or HP

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Never had anything but positive experiences with Asus. Not really sure what you're basing this on.

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Laptop #2 - this Radeon is a better GPU. For casual gaming both CPUs are enough.

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I like #2 better, but its sold out now :p

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Neither.. there both Acer.

Acer has a tendency to put sub-par parts and shotty design that can cause damage and wear on the good parts. Go with a better brand i.e: Asus, HP, Dell,MSI,Lenovo, or buy one off a build website like ibuypower or cyberpowerpc

Especially if your budget it 600>
EDIT: Also, if you would OP. Please specify what you mean by some games? And, do you just want them to run on Low with 60 FPS or High with 60FPS.. Determining your requirements and the type of games you play will help me narrow down the results.

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The more expensive one

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More expensive is not always the better option. PC Manufacturers will charge you for the air that gets sucked into the laptop if they could. Always does price comparisons

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buy iMacs, they are better than PCs
(euheuheuheuheuheuhe)

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In terms of price definitely

EDIT:and I mean they are more expensive (only that)

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Both are crappy, but for games the AMD one would be better, for everything else the Intel one would be better. Still though, both are quite bad...
P.S my old laptop was an Acer and it kept overheating (at summer even when idle) and I even had a laptop cooler for it... Until I found out that it's a common issue with the model of my laptop, because they didn't cut the heat vent holes in the bottom. I had to take it apart and drill the holes myself. I had no more heat issues after that... Just google Acer Aspire 5536G overheating issues.

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I would seriously avoid Acer. They tend to have overheating issues, which ages your components quicker. I burned a few of them actually.

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play games with laptop is not rly enjoyable
but , wth, buy Acer V5-552G-X852

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I would recommend a Lenovo for gaming. But from the two I would say go for Laptop 2. It's better than Laptop 1 for gaming. But if you want to do more processor intensive stuff like video editing, photo editing etc, Laptop 1 would be better.

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Laptop 2 is better!

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I wouldn't recommened buying an acer laptop

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Better watch for Asus, Dell or HP (but not Pavilion)

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Avoid Accer, Asus, Samsung... and did I forgot about sth?

Safe choice would be Dell, maybe Lenovo (depending on model)

As for choice Trinity AMD or Ivy Intel... that's hard choice... you can find articles like this but frankly speaking I am owner of one of machines with trinity A-10 and... it's not good.

Also avoid dual graphic cards those are useless and results in worse performance in most of games and overheating (that's serious problem)... that was also my bad choice

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I actually didnt recommend acer, but if i have to choose between the two i choose the one with i5 processor :D

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Laptop 1 is better.

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number 2 (because of VGA)

advise :dont waste money on acer AND ALSO DELL saw lots of them getting F*cked mainly due over heat and more stupid problems.(buy dell if you want a portable heater)

BUT if you realy want something Good..

go for asus(in this price range i think k56 is a good choice i5...1TB HDD..GT740m...6Gb ram maybe poor screen resolution be a problem) or(if you have money alien ware(part of dell but much better ones) or Asus ROG or....

my choice is asus used them myself, my friends and nothing wrong with theme...

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too much windows 8... xD
anyways been looking at them and i'd say laptop 2

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