Modest laptop for internet and modest gaming

battlesheep421

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Mar 19, 2014
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I would like to buy a laptop for 400-450 usd and I would like to ask a few questions before I do. It would be mainly for internet/desktop use. Please note that I would often use this laptop as dual-screen, by attaching a monitor to my laptop.

1) Would I be able to play games like WoW on low-mid?
2) Should I seek a laptop in the same price range with a separate GPU or would an integrated one (Intel HD) be almost equally as powerful?
3) Could you specify what IGPU does Intel Pentium 2117U have? (ex.: HD3000, HD4000...)
4) Would a laptop like this suffice for my purposes:

CPU Intel Pentium 2117U
RAM: 4 GB DDR3
HDD: 500 GB
GPU: Intel HD Graphics
Screen size: 15,6 inches
Ports: 1xHDMI , 1xUSB 3.0 , 2xUSB 2.0 , Audio out , D-SUB , RJ-45 , Wireless LAN (802.11n/g/b)
Maximum resolution: 1366 x 768 taškų
 
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-G7-2251DX-GAMING-LAPTOP-AMD-A8-4550M-QUAD-CORE-500GB-6GB-DVD-RW-17-3-HD-/281272772448?_trksid=p2054897.l4276

1) You should be able to, AMD's integrated graphics are top notch, especially over Intel's.
2) Separate GPUs will ALWAYS be stronger than integrated ones, but they tend to up the price a bit, especially for laptops. They dont up the price as much for desktops and desktop variants are much much stronger.
3) Intel Pentium 2117U has Intel HD Graphics, no notable number present, just Intel HD Graphics.
4) I dont think the integrated graphics in the Intel would play WoW that well, maybe 20 fps, but that's a really weak, low power processor. It's meant strictly for surfing the web for long periods of time...

pcgaming98

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-G7-2251DX-GAMING-LAPTOP-AMD-A8-4550M-QUAD-CORE-500GB-6GB-DVD-RW-17-3-HD-/281272772448?_trksid=p2054897.l4276

1) You should be able to, AMD's integrated graphics are top notch, especially over Intel's.
2) Separate GPUs will ALWAYS be stronger than integrated ones, but they tend to up the price a bit, especially for laptops. They dont up the price as much for desktops and desktop variants are much much stronger.
3) Intel Pentium 2117U has Intel HD Graphics, no notable number present, just Intel HD Graphics.
4) I dont think the integrated graphics in the Intel would play WoW that well, maybe 20 fps, but that's a really weak, low power processor. It's meant strictly for surfing the web for long periods of time without a charger, hence why it's low power.
 
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