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I'm off to uni next month and am looking for a new computer/laptop to go with.

I've been struggling with my 3 year old Celeron, Dual Core, 1.5GB RAM laptop for a while now but it's so slow its unusable.

I'll just be doing uni work/streaming tv and videos mostly, but I do enjoy the odd game of Minecraft, but it's been horrible lately so I want to make sure I'm getting a good enough laptop to cope with it.
I've had a look into the different processors and stuff, but there's so many categories and so many different variations of these categories I'm completely boggled.
Also, what about cores? I always assumed the more cores the better, but some of the comparrisons I did on cpuboss.com pointed to dual cores being better than quad cores!

I think I'd be best with a Core i3, but would I get away with a Pentium? They're a lot cheaper so if I could get away with one of them I'd be laughing!

I don't have that much money, so am hoping to spend <£300 on it and don't mind it being a laptop or a tower to be honest cause I already have a pretty decent monitor and mouse/keyboard....

Here's a few that I've been looking at, but if you can think of any better/cheaper machines I'd really appreciate it!

1. Lenovo G50-70 (£249.99)
- Core i3-40050U
- 4GB RAM
- http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/...

2. ASUS F55LA (£279.97)
- Core i3-4030U
- 4GB RAM
- http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/...

3. Asus K5130 (£239.99)
- Core i3 3220T
- 6GB RAM
- http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/331320...

Again, if you think a Pentium would get me by without driving me crazy with laggy minecraft, or can think of a better value machine, I'd bevery grateful!

Thanks!


UPDATE:
If a Pentium is OK, I've found one for £229 - If it can handle Minecraft I could afford to buy it tomorrow!

Lenovo H30: Intel Pentium J2900 Quad Core 2.41GHz, 4GB RAM
 
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First the links don't actually work. The pentium should be good for minecraft if you play the game at the min settings. It is not a very demanding game. But you will be limited in the amount of multi tasking you will be able to do. Plus I don't know how good they are at streaming videos as the higher the res you go, the more powerful igpu you will need.

I would try and look for some amd apu's as they tend to have better igpu than intel which is more important for gaming but at the expense of waste heat.
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First the links don't actually work. The pentium should be good for minecraft if you play the game at the min settings. It is not a very demanding game. But you will be limited in the amount of multi tasking you will be able to do. Plus I don't know how good they are at streaming videos as the higher the res you go, the more powerful igpu you will need.

I would try and look for some amd apu's as they tend to have better igpu than intel which is more important for gaming but at the expense of waste heat.
 
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Hey, sorry I don't know why the links don't work they were just copy and pasted..

I was looking into some AMD based laptops, but found the different chips even more confusing than the intel ones! Is there a specific laptop you had in mind (ideally less than £350?)

What about this A8-6410 laptop?
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/hp-15-g256na-15-6-laptop-red-10120061-pdt.html
It's quad core, 8GB RAM, so double the other laptops and it's quad core, which is double the i3 ones

Thanks
 
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