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7 Best and Affordable Laptops for Video Editing and Gaming starting from 449$ (2018)

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Summer is starting again and probably you are saving money and looking for some new laptop to buy for video editing and slight gaming needs? We've got you covered!


Here are the best affordable laptops that can handle your Video Editing works and Handle Some of your Gaming needs*

(*Prices may vary over time)

1. Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Series Gaming Laptop (449$) 

This Laptop from Dell is a Budget-Friendly Gaming Laptop, and it can provide you a very stable and power packed performance despite it's low price. This Laptop can Handle some games Special Thanks to it's AMD A9-9400 Chipset and the Integrated AMD Radeon R5 which handles the Graphics Processing. 

 Dell Inspiron 15 features a 15.6-inch HD Display powered with Dell's True Life display Technology.

 It also packs with an 8GB of RAM to handle your Video Editing Sequences and Multitasking and comes with a 1TB Hard Drive to store all your important files. All for just 449$!


Technical Specifications
Processor: AMD A9-9400 2.4GHz Processor (Turbo up to 3.1 GHz)
RAM: 8GB DDR3L SDRAM
Storage: 1TB HDD
Graphics: AMD Radeon R5 shared Graphics
Display: 15.6 inch HD LED Touchscreen Display with 1366x768 resolution
Operating System: Windows 10 64-Bit OS
Battery Life: Around 6 hours
Weight: 5.1 lbs






2. Lenovo Ideapad 320 (579$) *Editor's Choice*

Lenovo Ideapad 320 is the perfect laptop for those who loves photography and editing photos on the go! The Ideapad 320 features a massive 2TB HDD Storage enough to store a lot of your media/project files. It can handle Video editing as well since this laptop has a sufficient graphics power to handle your editing projects and with its 12GB RAM, for sure multitasking will be buttery smooth with this one!




Technical Specifications
Processor: AMD FX-9800P Quad Core 3.6Ghz
RAM: 12GB DDR4
Storage: 2TB HDD
Graphics: AMD Radeon 530 2GB VRAM
Display: 15.6" FHD 1920x1080
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-Bit OS
Battery Life: Around 8 Hours
Weight: 4.85 lbs.

3. Acer Nitro 5 Gaming Laptop (691$)
If you plan to Game while travelling, Acer nitro 5 is a good laptop for your gaming on the go! With its GTX 1050 Ti Graphics card, for sure most AAA games today can run with this laptop having an fps not dropping below 60 (With Medium/Normal Quality Settings). We suggest upgrading the HDD or Buying an External HDD because this laptop only comes with a 256GB SSD.




Technical Specifications
Processor: Intel Core i5-7300HQ 2.5ghz up to 3.5ghz
RAM: 8GB DDR4
Storage: 256GB SSD
Graphics: GTX 1050 Ti 4GB GDDR5 VRAM
Display: 15.6" FHD 1920x1080
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-Bit OS
Battery Life: Around 8.5 Hours
Weight: 5.51lbs

4. Lenovo Legion Y520 (979$)
Another Great Laptop from Lenovo is the Legion y520, What i love about this laptop is that it comes with an massive specs for a portable computer, Multitasking is a small thing for this laptop, it can handle a lot of Running Programs at once, Thanks to the help of it's Intel Core i7 Processor and it's massive 16GB DDR4 RAM. You Could store a lot of files because this laptop packs with a 2TB HDD and Additional 256GB SSD for saving some games that you'd like to load fast, Although the only downfall is the Battery but that is very common for any gaming laptops out there, but looking at the specs this laptop has to offer is still a win for my buck.
Technical Specifications
Processor: Intel Core i7-7700HQ up to 3.80ghz
RAM: 16GB DDR4
Storage: 2TB HDD + 256GB SSD
Graphics: GTX 1050Ti 4GB
Display: 15.6" Full HD 1920x1080
Operating System: Windows 10 64-Bit OS
Battery Life: Around 3 Hours

Weight: 5.29 lbs.





5. Dell Inspiron 15 Gaming Laptop: Core i7-7700HQ (1,165$)

Dell Inspiron 15 has the perfect specs for 1080p Gaming, featuring its Graphics Card which is the GTX 1060, The 1060 can run any Games at 60fps (Even at High Settings for 1080p). This laptop  design looks very modern, and looking at the specs, this Laptop won't have any problems for loading any AAA Games or Editing 4K Videos and it can give you a seamless experience doing things with this laptop.


Technical Specifications
Processor: Intel Core i7-7700HQ
RAM: 16GB DDR4
Storage: 128GB Solid State Drive + 1TB Hard Disk Drive
Graphics: GTX 1060 6GB
Display: 15.6 Full HD Display 1920x1080
Operating System: Windows 10 64-Bit OS
Battery Life: Around 4 hours
Weight: 5.86 lbs.






Now At this point, the laptops listed below will cost you a little more money but if you want to have the maximum performance portable PC and got a good budget, then you may proceed: (but for this price, we will recommend you to just build a desktop instead)



6. PROSTAR Clevo P955ER 15.6” (1599$)
Prostar is a least popular brand but offers powerful specs with its laptops, The Clevo offers the latest 8th Generation i7 processor with a GTX 1070 Max-Q Designed GPU. Enough to power 3 displays at once. The Graphics card is a bit overkill with the display since this laptop display offers only at Full HD but the good thing is that the screen has high refresh rate (120Hz) which will offer you a non-glitchy and no screen tearing issues while playing FPS Games like counter strike global offensive or overwatch. You might find a better one for this price but if all you care was the portability and superior specs, then it's fine to get this one :) 
Technical Specifications
Processor: Intel Core i7-8750H 2.2ghz
RAM: 16GB DDR4
Storage: 250GB SSD + 1TB HDD
Graphics: GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 Max-Q
Display: 15.6" Full HD 120Hz 3ms
Operating System: Windows 10 64-Bit OS
Battery Life: Around 3 hours
Weight: 4.37 lbs.

7. Asus ROG Strix Scar Edition (1899$)

The Asus ROG is the Beast Among em all, This laptop also offers the latest gen Intel Core i7 Processor (8th generation) and a GTX 1070 but this one has the desktop class version of the GTX 1070. What i love about this laptop is the screen, i personally tried using one of this and the gaming experience was so great that i don't want to look away from the screen because of it's butter smooth gameplay, considering that the screen has the 144hz monitor which is ideal for E-Sports/Pro Gamers. 
So if you are looking for a laptop that is made mainly for gaming, this has to be the one!


Technical Specifications
Processor: Intel Core i7-8750H up to 3.9GHz
RAM: 16GB DDR4
Storage: 256GB PCIe SSD + 1TB HDD
Graphics: GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5
Display:  15.6" 144Hz 3ms Full HD IPS Display
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-Bit OS
Battery Life: Around 3 Hours
Weight: 6.5 lbs.





I hope this Article could help you decide which laptop you'd like to buy for your next laptop for Gaming/Video Editing Needs. You'll surely find better laptops in the future but as of this writing, These Laptops are featuring the best specs and worth their prices.


If you have any questions, just drop it in the comments section below :)



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