New Laptop

[Velky]

Hello All,

It has been a long while since I have purchased a laptop. I currently have a desktop that I use for all my major needs (gaming).

I am looking to purchase a laptop that would be used for the following:

- Occasional internet browsing / casual use
- Video editing (nothing major, just uploading clips from basketball games and editing the film to show to my team)
- Saving edited games on the laptop

I understand storage may be an issue, I'm not really sure what laptops come with these days for storage. I could look at getting an external hard drive.

I would probably not want to spend anymore then $600.00 and would be purchasing instore from Canada or could purchase online.

[Temp name]

We talking 600 Canadian dollars? Go to your nearest store and check which models they have on sale, and buy something with a dedicated GPU (Nvidia or AMD Radeon), and then an external hard drive.

Even 600 USD is very little for a laptop that can be used for video editing, even light stuff, and wanting to do it with Canadian dollars is gambling on the idea that there's a good sale.

[Velky]

Even just editing videos as in just cutting clips is a big task for a laptop?

[Temp name]

Even just editing videos as in just cutting clips is a big task for a laptop?

Yeah, it requires a fair amount of computation to do the rendering afterwards. If you're fine with it being tedious to do and taking ages to render, just find something on sale with a dedicated GPU. If you'd prefer something that doesn't take ages, save up a bit more money, even 8-900 CAD (6-700 USD) can get you a decent laptop on sale

[Usernameforforums]

Not gonna find anything for $600CAD for gaming. $900 would be the minimum.

If you wanna find something for 600 the you’re gonna have to go to craigslist and find something used from 5-8 years ago, if ya want something decent.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/acer-ni...?skuId=6301650
Best I could find at 600USD

[nToxik]

$600 is really nothing for a laptop. You won't get much for that.

[dacoolist]

This is the best option I could find, and it's in US dollars AND above your price range $669US.. I just can't find anything that's any GOOD for 600 CA sorry

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16834235092

ASUS FX504GD-NH51 15.6" IPS FHD GeForce GTX 1050 Quad Core i5-8300H 8 GB Memory 256 GB SSD Windows 10 Home 64-bit Gaming Laptop -- ONLY @ NEWEGG

$799.00
$669.00
Sale Ends in 3 Days (Wed)
Save: $130.00 (16%)

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I use a unit identical to this and run games well - BUT - with that said.. I HIGHLY recommend a HIGHER END unit around 900-1200 U$D if you want to run games on High, and 1600-2000 if you want a laptop running games on ULTRA

[Ayirasi]

Not great, but shouldn't be too terrible for light video editing and some gaming at lower settings: Acer Aspire E 15.

[Temp name]

Not great, but shouldn't be too terrible for light video editing and some gaming at lower settings: Acer Aspire E 15.

That's USD. In Canadian, that'd be around 750 according to Google

But yeah, that would.. Work. For what OP wants

[Ayirasi]

That's USD. In Canadian, that'd be around 750 according to Google

But yeah, that would.. Work. For what OP wants

Oh shoot, thanks for the reminder.

Yeah... I got nothin.

[Velky]

I could spend more. I guess $600.00 is what I had in mind. Wouldn't object to going up to $800-$900.

And to re-iterate, I would NOT be gaming on this.

[Temp name]

I could spend more. I guess $600.00 is what I had in mind. Wouldn't object to going up to $800-$900.

And to re-iterate, I would NOT be gaming on this.

https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/acer-ni.../6000198375282 is the best thing I can find within that price. CPU is mediocre, it's a hard drive and not an SSD, but it's 1080p, and has a decent enough GPU.

You can probably find better deals if you know the names of Canadian sites, but I don't.

[Velky]

Bestbuy and Staples would be spots I can go pick one up at, or order through.