http://forum.lowyat.net/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:06:13 +0800 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4415945 Any laptop recommendation price range 2000-2500 that can do gaming, work, core i5 and have a decent battery life? <!--emo&:respect:--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/notworthy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='notworthy.gif' /><!--endemo--> Ous Mobile Computing Mon, 25 Sep 2017 10:11:36 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4412929 <br />I&#39;m currently in the market for a budget gaming laptop and I had the Acer Aspire 5 with the new MX150 GPU in mind. However, I found a cheaper model of the Aspire 5 which came with an AMD A12-9720P CPU rather than an Intel Core i5-7200U and more importantly, an RX 540 GPU rather than the MX150. After some research, I found out that the RX 540 performs better than the 950M and same performance range as the MX150. Wattages, however, are higher on the RX 540, with a rating of 35 W whereas the MX150 has a rated wattage of 25 W. Things get even weirder as the price of the laptop with the RX 540 costs 180 MYR (40 USD) less than the one with the MX150. Should I go for the laptop with the RX 540? Am I losing (or gaining) any performance if I go for it? Will it suffer from worse battery life due to the higher wattages? Or should I just stick with the MX150? Ous Mobile Computing Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:31:24 +0800