Help - Which a Laptop?

[SirFooK'nG]

Ok... So my brother wants to by his daughter a laptop to replace her old dilapidated pos... So we are looking at rectron and there are two in his price range:

SAMSUNG NP300E5E-A06ZA
SAMSUNG® Series 3 Notebook: NP300E5E - Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 3230M 2.60 GHz Processor, 6GB DDR3 System Memory at 1600MHz (4GB x 1 + 2GB x 1) 750 GB 5400RPM 2.5" SATA HDD, 15.6" HD+LED 1366 x 768 Anti-Reflective Widescreen, 1.3MP HD WebCam, Intel® HM75 Express Mobile Chipset Intel® HD Graphics 4000, Integrated 10/100/1000 LAN, Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g/n @ 300Mbps Bluetooth 4.0, AC Adaptor, 6 Cell Battery, Battery Manager, Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 64-Bits, 2 Years Carry in Warranty 3 x USB 2.0, 1x Headphone Jack, 1x Microphone Jack, 1 x D-Sub VGA 1x HDMI, 1x RJ-45 Ethernet, 3-In-1 Card Reader

and

GIGABYTE 2440N Notebook: Intel Core™ i5-3317U 1.7 GHz Processor, 4GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory (1x 4GB - 2 Slots), 750GB 5400RPM 2.5" SATA HDD, Super Multi Writer, 14" 1366x768 LCD Widescreen,HD 1.0, 1.3 Megapixel Webcam, Intel HM77 Express Mobile Chipset, nVidia Optimus Technology, Integrated Gigabit LAN, Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g/n @ 300Mbps nVidia Optimus Technology: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M1GB / Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Power Saver) Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 64-Bit, 2 Year Warranty With Fetch And Repair 2x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0, 1x Headphone & Mic Jack, 1x D-Sub VGA, 1x HDMI, 1x RJ-45 Ethernet, 4-In-1 Reader

Basically she plays SIMS 3 sick ... Does the graphics on the Gigabyte make it perform better than the Samsung, or does the CPU/RAM speed on the Samsung using the HD4000 outperform the Gigabyte??

 

[The_Unnamed]

Ok... So my brother wants to by his daughter a laptop to replace her old dilapidated pos... So we are looking at rectron and there are two in his price range:

SAMSUNG NP300E5E-A06ZA
SAMSUNG® Series 3 Notebook: NP300E5E - Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 3230M 2.60 GHz Processor, 6GB DDR3 System Memory at 1600MHz (4GB x 1 + 2GB x 1) 750 GB 5400RPM 2.5" SATA HDD, 15.6" HD+LED 1366 x 768 Anti-Reflective Widescreen, 1.3MP HD WebCam, Intel® HM75 Express Mobile Chipset Intel® HD Graphics 4000, Integrated 10/100/1000 LAN, Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g/n @ 300Mbps Bluetooth 4.0, AC Adaptor, 6 Cell Battery, Battery Manager, Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 64-Bits, 2 Years Carry in Warranty 3 x USB 2.0, 1x Headphone Jack, 1x Microphone Jack, 1 x D-Sub VGA 1x HDMI, 1x RJ-45 Ethernet, 3-In-1 Card Reader

and

GIGABYTE 2440N Notebook: Intel Core™ i5-3317U 1.7 GHz Processor, 4GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory (1x 4GB - 2 Slots), 750GB 5400RPM 2.5" SATA HDD, Super Multi Writer, 14" 1366x768 LCD Widescreen,HD 1.0, 1.3 Megapixel Webcam, Intel HM77 Express Mobile Chipset, nVidia Optimus Technology, Integrated Gigabit LAN, Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g/n @ 300Mbps nVidia Optimus Technology: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M1GB / Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Power Saver) Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 64-Bit, 2 Year Warranty With Fetch And Repair 2x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0, 1x Headphone & Mic Jack, 1x D-Sub VGA, 1x HDMI, 1x RJ-45 Ethernet, 4-In-1 Reader

Basically she plays SIMS 3 sick ... Does the graphics on the Gigabyte make it perform better than the Samsung, or does the CPU/RAM speed on the Samsung using the HD4000 outperform the Gigabyte??

The Gigabyte will definately perform better for Sims 3.

Link
(Scroll all the way to the right for Sims.)

 

[Dom1n8tr1x]

If the laptop will mainly be used for gaming you would want to get something with at least 1GB dedicated memory imo.

 

[SirFooK'nG]

My logic does tend to lean towards the Gigabyte with its dedicated graphics... but a 1.7ghz CPU vs 2.6ghz cpu is a big difference...