Solved Intel i3 or celeron/pentium/amd - low budget laptops

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I have a friend who wants to buy a laptop. I offered him my laptop
Specs of my Laptop (its in the show specs on the bottom)
My Laptop, selling for $350 15.6"
i3-2350M
500 HDD
8GB DDR3 1333mhz
Intel HD 3000

The laptops my friend wants to buy

Laptop #1(acer) $299 11"
Celeron N2840
320 HDD
2GB DDR3 1066 Mhz
Intel Hd graphics

Laptop #2(Dell) $399 14"
Pentium N3540
500 HDD
4 GB DDR3 1600 Mhz
Intel Hd graphics

Laptop #3(acer) $429 17.3"
AMD a4-6210
500 GB HDD
4GB DDR3 1066 Mhz
AMD Radeon R3

All the three laptop has the same HDD speed (5400,Even mine)

He told my he will do some web browsing, some gaming, Ms office etc.

So overall which laptop is the best from the four?
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Ulimate 64BitIntel Core i3 2350M @ 2.308 GB DDR3 @ 1333 MHzIntel HD 3000 Mobile
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Lenovo B570
OS
Windows 7 Ulimate 64Bit
CPU
Intel Core i3 2350M @ 2.30
Motherboard
Lenovo Emerald Lake
Memory
8 GB DDR3 @ 1333 MHz
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD 3000 Mobile
Sound Card
Realtek ACL 272
Screen Resolution
1366x768
Hard Drives
Hitachi 500GB
Internet Speed
30 MBps Down 512 Kbps up
Antivirus
Avast
Browser
Chrome
He's not going to do much gaming on any of them. I'd say a Intel i5 2.8Ghz would be a minimum and a faster hard drive would help a lot.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 10 Pro X64Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHzIntel Integrated HD Graphics
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Lenovo IdeaCenter 450
OS
Windows 10 Pro X64
CPU
Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz
Memory
16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
Graphics Card(s)
Intel Integrated HD Graphics
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
HP 22" LCD
Screen Resolution
1680 x 1050
Hard Drives
250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD
2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2
1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA
Keyboard
Dell USB
Mouse
Lenovo USB
Internet Speed
Cable via Road Runner 3MB Upload, 30MB Download
Antivirus
Windows Defender, MBAM Pro, MBAE
Browser
Seamonkey
Other Info
UEFI/GPT
PLDS DVD-RW DH16AERSH
If it were me, I would go for the i3. It's a hyperthreaded dual core, and has a higher clock speed than the AMD quad core, so really, they are equivalent (more or less). It also had more and faster memory. The only thing the AMD has going for it is the screen size compared to this one.

I don't know how much gaming you can do with this lappy, you own it, so you know best, but I don't think it will run anything at really exotic resolutions. But it should be good for reasonable resolutions with some games at an acceptable frame rate. But it will be pushing it.

That would be my choice, anyway. It's not really a gaming laptop, but few are. I would avoid the Celeron and the Pentium. Those are both low end machines, and not really worth it unless you're just doing work/browsing with them.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Win 7 Pro x64/Win 10 Pro x64 dual bootAMD FX 8350 Vishera @ 420016 GB Mushkin Blackline DDR3-2400 @ 1866 (9-1...XFX Radeon R9 280 Double D Black Edition
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Mellon Labs (custom build)
OS
Win 7 Pro x64/Win 10 Pro x64 dual boot
CPU
AMD FX 8350 Vishera @ 4200
Motherboard
ASUS M5A97 R2.0
Memory
16 GB Mushkin Blackline DDR3-2400 @ 1866 (9-10-10-10-31)
Graphics Card(s)
XFX Radeon R9 280 Double D Black Edition
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio on MB. Sounds great.
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer 24", Acer 22"
Screen Resolution
3840 x 1080
Hard Drives
1 x Mushkin Chronos 120 GB SSD (Win 10)
1 x Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB SSD (Win 7)
1 x WD 1TB SATA Blue
1 x WD 1TB SATA Green
PSU
Corsair TX-750
Case
CoolerMaster HAF 912+
Cooling
Coolermaster Seidon 240M Liquid AIO. 6 case fans
Keyboard
Logitech G710+
Mouse
Logitech G500s
Internet Speed
Much better since I got fiber, but still way overpriced.
Antivirus
MSE, Malware Bytes for scanning
Browser
Firefox
Other Info
Corsair VOID USB headphones.

A Mellon Labs X-1 - LCD Smartie driven system status display.

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Thanks
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Ulimate 64BitIntel Core i3 2350M @ 2.308 GB DDR3 @ 1333 MHzIntel HD 3000 Mobile
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Lenovo B570
OS
Windows 7 Ulimate 64Bit
CPU
Intel Core i3 2350M @ 2.30
Motherboard
Lenovo Emerald Lake
Memory
8 GB DDR3 @ 1333 MHz
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD 3000 Mobile
Sound Card
Realtek ACL 272
Screen Resolution
1366x768
Hard Drives
Hitachi 500GB
Internet Speed
30 MBps Down 512 Kbps up
Antivirus
Avast
Browser
Chrome
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