Looking for a new computer?

Ok I just looked on Amazon and I see they have really good discounts at the moment.

My old laptop is getting pretty bad, battery and overheating/crashing, so i really need a new computer.

So My budget is up to $500

1.) I would like a good computer for college, that can stream HD video at the least

2.) I do like games but i don't need the best and would really not want to spend a ton

3.) The games I play now are League of Legends, but what i really want is a laptop that can handle Civilization V. It would be nice if i can use Fraps too.

4.) I have looked on steam and apparently i need at least an i5 quad core main processor, 4 GB of RAM at least, and that a Intel HD Graphics card is fine but that a good ATI/AMD or NVIDIA card is better. I have no idea what a DX10 or DX11 is but apparently the graphics card needs to handle it.

Ok let me list the laptop models i have found on Amazon: my criteria was the intel i5 quad core

Lenovo IdeaPad 15.6-Inch Touchscreen Laptop, Black (59406579)

Dell Inspiron 15.6-Inch Touchscreen Laptop (i15RVT-13333BLK)

HP 2000-2d89nr 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black Licorice)

Acer Aspire E1-572-6870 15.6 Inch Laptop Intel i5 4200U 1.6GHz Processor, 4GB Ram, 500GB Hard Drive, Windows 8… By Acer

Guest

I recommend Lenovo idea pad

It best suits your requirements

Shammakh

(1) They will all be fine for college, and they will all be able to stream HD video (that's more of a function of your network speed not your computer).

(2) Unfortunately, none of those you listed will be any good for most games. You should look at laptops that have AMD A8 or A10 processors in them, as they also have very good AMD Radeon graphics built-in for free.

(3) The games you listed, these are the requirements:

League of Legends system requirements | Can I Run League of Legends
http://systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/league-of-legends/10933/?p=a

You should be able to play League of Legends on these computers, it's not a highly demanding game.

Civilization V system requirements | Can I Run Civilization V
http://systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/civilization-v/10985/?p=a

I think Civ V should also be runable at minimal settings. As for FRAPS, that should run on anything, it's not really a game, but a game video capture utility.

Guest

I would get a ASUS windows 8 X102B note book pc

I have it

its touch screen small and easy to carry around
split screening allowing you to look at ghe web while on word
also any over apps

it can connect to your cloud
and xbox

you can listen to music for free when connected to the internet

easy to use

Katie

So I need a laptop with AMD 8 or AMD 10?

So something like these:

Dell Inspiron i5535-2684sLV 15.6-Inch Laptop (AMD A10-5745M)

Inspiron M731R 17.3" HD+ Notebook Computer, AMD Quad-Core A8-5545M 1.7GHz, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, Windows 8.1, Indigo…

HP Pavilion 17.3" Laptop Computer - AMD Elite Quad-Core A8-5550M / 4GB DDR3 / 750GB Hard Drive / Anodized Silver…

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