Budget Laptop for World of Warcraft

[Lord Letto]

Hi, my Brother is looking to get a Laptop to play World of Warcraft to replace his old Desktop and to take it with him when he goes out of town for work, he never gave me a Time frame or budget but I Would guess it would be after Christmas/New Years with a budget of around $500 or less, possibly $600 Max. would need to come from a physical store, not online, I just had a quick look and looking for options based on what's currently available Here's What I found:


Dell Precision M4500 (Off Lease) for $469@ Canada Computers
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_374&item_id=074922
CPU: Intel I7-740QM (1.73GHz Quad Core w/Hyperthreading, 2.93GHz Turbo)
Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M (http://www.nvidia.ca/object/product_quadro_fx_1800_m_us.html)
RAM: 8GB
HDD: 250GB HDD
Screen size: 15.6"
OS: Windows 7 Pro



Acer E5-551-856A Notebook NX.MLDAA.001 for $499-484@ Canada Computers: http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_577_369&item_id=071974
CPU: AMD A8-7100 (1.8GHz Quad Core, 3GHz Turbo)
Graphics: Integrated Radeon R5 Series (256 Shader Cores, 450MHz Base Frequency, 514MHz Max)
RAM: 8GB DDR3
HDD: 1TB 5400RPM HDD
Screen and Resolution: 15.6" @ 1366x768"
OS: Windows 8.1


Acer Aspire $549.99-599.99 @ Future Shop: http://www.futureshop.ca/en-ca/product/acer-acer-aspire-e-17-3-notebook-black-amd-a8-6410-1tb-hdd-8gb-ram-windows-8-1-e5-721-80ee/10324864.aspx?path=9c8125b5c7d16221bb56c07b25542d92en02
CPU: AMD A8-6410 (2GHz Quad Core, 2.4GHz Turbo)
Graphics: Integrated Radeon R5 Series (800MHz Base Frequency)
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1066MHz (2x4GB)
HDD: 1TB 5400RPM HDD
Screen and Resolution: 17.3" @ 1600x900
OS: Windows 8.1


Acer E5-551G-T430 Notebook NX.MLEAA.001 for $589-569@ Canada Computers:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_577_369&item_id=071976
CPU: AMD A10-7300 (1.9GHz Quad Core, 3.2GHz Turbo)
Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 M265 (256 Shader Cores, 800MHz Base Frequency, 825MHz Max, 2GB DDR3)
RAM: 8GB
HDD: 500GB HDD
Screen and Resolution: 15.6" @ 1366x768
OS: Windows 8.1


For Reference, Here's his current Rig:
HP Pavilion a6345f with a HP W2007 Monitor
Windows Vista Home Premium
Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz, 8MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB
Intel G33 Express Chipset
3GB RAM (2x 1GB, 2x 512MB DDR2)
400GB SATA 7200RPM HDD
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100
up to 287MB Total Available Graphics Memory as allocated by Windows Vista

20.1" Monitor
5ms Response time
1680x1050 @ 60 Hz Max Resolution
DVI-D and 15 Pin D-sub VGA Inputs

 

[renz496]

the third one? although it seems WoW usually favors nvidia card. the first one is using nvidia quadro and that is not really a gaming card. and it is based on very old nvidia architecture seing it only support directx 10 only.

 

[jaguarskx]

The Acer E5-551G-T430 with the A10-7300 APU and the integrated Radeon R7 M265 graphics chip is the best of the listed laptops. The R7 M265 is abit better than the nVidia GT 840m.

Avoid any AMD A8-6xxx series APU. They are Beema generation low power consumption APUs that is the successor to the Jaguar APUs used in low power devices; decent for what it is, but weak. They are geared towards tablets and low budget laptops. The A10-7xxx series are Kaveri generation APUs which is the direct successor to the Richland APU which are more powerful than the Beema generation low power APUs.