Help me make every penny of my £450 count!

[MGHall]

Hi all,
I'm looking at purchasing one of these machines:

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/hp-pavilion-15-p289sa-15-6-laptop-silver-10107489-pdt.html?intcmpid=display~RR#cat-0
HP Pavilion 15-0289sa, 16GB RAM, Quad-core AMD A10-5745M, Radeon R7 M260

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-z50-15-6-laptop-black-10108701-pdt.html?gclid=CjwKEAjw-ZqrBRDt_KjhjcbzhhISJAAlRGvlaHGVcxRwFzDT8I0m23LQB1uqBqWV8dVxEzC3CW_dexoCXZPw_wcB&srcid=198&cmpid=ppc~gg~~~Exact&mctag=gg_goog_7904&s_kwcid=AL!3391!3!48609771979!!!g!98373684740!&ef_id=VVHnEgAABNgCN6Qt:20150528151927:s#cat-0
Lenovo Z50, 8GB RAM, Quad-core AMD A10-7300, Radeon R6

I'm really keen on getting the most for my money, and so superficially the extra £70 differential for the HP laptop seems like a bargain, but I've heard pretty poor reviews of that machine.

Could someone recommend what my best options are please? I tend to just use the machine for HD video streaming and browsing, but if I could run some old games on low settings that'd also be a super bonus.

Thanks in advance

 

[hang-the-9]

The speeds of the two will be just about identical, Lenovo overall is a more reliable brand than HP.

I'd pick the Lenovo. The extra 8 gig of RAM won't give you much.