Which Cpu has more power and worth the money?

[aztec34]

I found a laptop and a desktop on Craigslist for 155/175. I don't care about mobility so that shouldn't be a factor. I just hate going to the library to print out my essays. I need something that can write essays, steam videos, do some light gaming (Cs:Go/Minecraft), and won't lag a lot. I had an ancient pc in the past but it broke down so I don't have that much experience in cpu speed and ram.
The Desktop has 8gb ram installed and its $175
http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01959720

The laptop which is $155
http://www.cnet.com/products/acer-aspire-7741g-6426-17-3-core-i5-480m-windows-7-home-premium-64-bit-4-gb-ram-640-gb-hdd/specs/

 

[i7Baby]

You don't get a good desktop or laptop under $500. Go with whatever you like the look of.

 

[BobBinkle]

The HP Pavilion g6-2225nr Notebook PC which I'm using right now is pretty decent for gaming, and definitely can handle your needs.

http://www.amazon.com/HP-Pavilion-g6-2225nr-Notebook-Sparkling/dp/B00B0RNCF2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436413179&sr=8-1&keywords=HP+Pavilion+g6-2225nr+Notebook+PC&pebp=1436413295849&perid=19MKT1K4172SMTC9G8JX

Bad reviews on Amazon because they are used, but I bought mine brand spankin new in a Kmart that was closing so if you find this bad boy it's definitely a keeper.

One more thing I wanted to mention is that it runs well with 4gb RAM(I had it for three years before upgrade), but I would definitely recommend a 8gb upgrade that I recently got installed, it's even more responsive and gaming got a little better.

http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-HyperX-Impact-1600MHz-HX316LS9IBK2/dp/B00KQCU3WM/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1434777724&sr=1-3&refinements=p_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A677427011%2Cp_n_feature_twenty_browse-bin%3A9729697011%2Cp_n_condition-type%3A2224371011%2Cp_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A2253866011

 

[Dan425811923]

The Desktop is slightly faster but I would just get the laptop and put in more ram.