Which one would suit me the best? Help me ASAP, thanks!

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Hello! Could you please help me and put these five computers from best to worst and why? I would use the computer for daily usage, university school studies and occasional gaming (basic online games e.g. Runescape). If you could please help me it would be greatly appreciated.

Computer 1:
CPU: A8-7410 Beema (4 cores, cache: 2 MB - 2.2GHz; max 2,5 GHz),
RAM: 4GB
Hard drive: SSD 256GB
Graphics card: AMD Radeon R5

Computer 2:
CPU: A6-7310 Carrizo-L (4 cores, cache 2 MB - 2,0 GHz; max 2,4GHz)
RAM: 4GB
Hard drive: SSD 128GB
Graphics card: AMD Radeon R4

Computer 3:
CPU: i5-6200U Skylake (2 cores, cache 3MB - 2,3 GHz; max 2,8GHz)
RAM: 6GB
Hard drive: HDD SATA 1TB
Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce 920M (cache: 2GB)

Computer 4:
CPU: i5-5200U Broadwell (2 cores, cache 3MB - 2,2 GHz; max 2,7GHz)
RAM: 6GB
Hard drive: SSD 128GB
Graphics card: Intel HD Graphics 5500

Computer 5:
CPU: Pentium N3540 Bay Trail (4 cores, cache 2MB - 2,16GHz; 2,66GHz)
RAM: 8GB
Hard drive: SSD 128GB
Graphics card: Intel HD Graphics
 
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DonkeyOatie
Then there are almost no real choices. 128Gb of SSD, allowing for OS, one game and 20% empty for efficient TRIM is not enough to do what you want. You would need iron discipline to keep your files and software to under 30GB. I have thumb drives bigger than that.

#3 is better than #1.

I think you are short-sighted. A modest amount of money would add a HDD or look at different choices.

My school laptop is like #4, but with a HDD.
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No all come with only SSD. So what kind of a 'lottery row' would you be thinking about these five computers. Some pros and cons?
 
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Not really I'd buy the laptop and it would really be it.. So on that base and and the specs on top what would you say
 
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Then there are almost no real choices. 128Gb of SSD, allowing for OS, one game and 20% empty for efficient TRIM is not enough to do what you want. You would need iron discipline to keep your files and software to under 30GB. I have thumb drives bigger than that.

#3 is better than #1.

I think you are short-sighted. A modest amount of money would add a HDD or look at different choices.

My school laptop is like #4, but with a HDD.
 
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computercpu

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Could you give a slight review in a nutshell on that your school laptop because it's really similar to my option #3? Is it sufficient, powerful, non-laggy and how do the programs and daily usage perform? Would it manage to run some basic games and is the hard drive a big drawback for school and daily base usage? Some pros and cons of the laptop maybe? Thanks a lot I really appreciate your help and the time and effort that you put in to help me!
 
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I'm a teacher, by the way.

It works fine for all my productivity and browsing, video watching and previewing. It games nearly as well as my old HP laptop which had a discrete GPU, but I play older RTS and RPGs on it.

A student dropped my old laptop from a second storey balcony, so I need a replacement and after research, that's what I got. At the ime I bouth it I was prepared to get a 256Gb SSD and add a 1Tb drive, but there was nothing I could find. Going the other way is a pain moving the OS to a SSD.

If budget is really tight, see what you can get Reconditioned. Refurbished, or Open Box. You may find a steal of a deal.
 
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