So my friend wants a gaming laptop and his budget is around $500


What's a good build, or a place where he can get one?

It's out of stock right now but this is the best for $500
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https://www.walmart.com/ip/Acer-Aspire-E5-575G-59EE-15.6-Gaming-Laptop-Windows-10-Home-Intel-Core-i5-6200U-Dual-Core-Processor-8GB-Memory-1TB-Hard-Drive/51708810?u1=laptopninja&oid=223073.1&wmlspartner=vfjoCcdk2O4&sourceid=10071930470347709546&affillinktype=10&veh=aff

Costs were definitely cut on the above laptop on the hard drive and screen but your friend would be able to play games like overwatch at medium/high settings (not games like the wither 3). Gaming and laptop don't really start going together until your budget is closer to $750. Hope that helps!

Edit: he may be better off finding something used.

This post was edited by AlphaOmegaX on Jan 25 2017 10:51pm