Suggestion for a sub $700 laptop

[theflyingjapman]

Can you please suggest me which of the following below will be the best deal? 1080p, light gaming and general use whenever my computer room is occupied with guests. (I have desktop PC already). I am eyeing for AMD APU since I saw better performance over Iris XE for lower price.

Planned games:
CS:GO, Fortnite, Flight Simulator 2020 (if can run), Euro Truck Simulator, Farming Simulator 22 and similar games that I can play over wifi.

Dell Inspiron 15 Ryzen 3 5425U 8GBx1 DDR4 3200 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD $442
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Dell Inspiron 15 Ryzen 5 5625U 8GBx1 DDR4 3200 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD $473
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Dell Inspiron 16 Ryzen 7 5625U 8GBx2 DDR4 3200 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD $645
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HP Pavilion 15 Ryzen 7 7530U 8GBx1 DDR4 3200 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD $580
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Laptops with 1pc 8GB sticks will be replaced personally with 8x2 or 16x2 since they still cheaper than getting the 16gb versions
TIA!

 

[ak47jar3d]

Ideally you would get a laptop with a dedicated gpu. Even the worst ones tend to do better than apus. Yeah you definitely want at least 16 gb of vram.

 

[Anon#1234]

One option for a gaming laptop under $700 is the Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 (2021). It’s the best gaming laptop under $700 that has been tested by rtings.com. You can get this 15.6-inch model with an AMD Ryzen 5 5600H or Ryzen 7 5800H CPU, and there are tons of GPU configuration options, from an entry-level NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 to an RTX 3060.