Looking for <$600 laptop for Nostalrius

[handamputation]

Sorry if this is the wrong board for this, but I thought I'd ask.

Looking into buying a new laptop for school, and now that I am playing Nostalrius, I would like for that laptop to be able to run the game smoothly.

Other than Nostalrius, I'd be doing some light video editing, Photoshop, and basic Microsoft Office / Google Drive document processing.

I've been looking at a couple options on Amazon (I have Prime) and I was curious as to if anyone would like to send their opinions my way.

Here are a couple that I've been looking at..

Asus X550ZA (AMD A-10, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, AMD Radeon R6)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YR6BMOQ/ref ... B010SBAJDS

Toshiba Satellite C55-C5241 (i5-5200U, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, Mobile Intel HD 5500)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B010SBAJDS/ref ... B00YR6BMOQ

I am open to any constructive criticism and suggestions. I'd like to keep it under $600. Closer to $500 is even better.

Thanks in advance!

[Pallysir]

You could run vanilla wow on an emachine bought in 2007, anything you get now a days will be able to run it. For video editing and what not I'm not that sure because I can't do that kind of stuff.

[AverageJoe]

There's a lot of sources out there with varying data on what the original specs were to run WoW, but you can use them to get a general idea on what's needed to run it smoothly. Remember, vanilla WoW is a really old game that came out in 2004 and was designed using tools from 1998 to 2003 or so; it's not a very hardware-demanding game. Pretty much any computer built within the last couple of years should be able to run vanilla WoW at maxed out settings. Both the laptops you linked should be able to run WoW flawlessly.

http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/System_requirements

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Original WoW (December 2004)
Operating System: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
Processor: 800 MHz or higher CPU
Video Card: 32 MB 3D graphics card with hardware transform and lighting, such as GeForce 2 or better
Hard Drive Space: 4 GB or more of available hard drive space
RAM: 256 MB or more of RAM

http://wow.gamepedia.com/World_of_Warcraft

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Minimum System Requirements
Operating System: Windows® 2000/XP/Windows Vista®
Processor: Intel Pentium®3 800MHz or AMD Duron 800MHz
Sound: DirectX®-compatible sound card
Modem: Broadband internet connection (You must have an active Internet connection to play World of Warcraft.)
Memory: 512MB RAM
Install Size: 10 GB of free Hard Disk space
Controls: A keyboard and mouse are required.
Video: Graphics processor with 32MB VRAM

Recommended System Requirements
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Video: 64MB VRAM

[handamputation]

Thanks for the reply!

I think I'm gonna go with this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product

A little nicer than the ones I originally posted, and it has a dedicated 2gb graphics card.

[handamputation]

Scratch that... I chose this one. $120 cheaper, bigger hard drive, same specs otherwise, and had Windows 10 pre-installed:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834315131

Plan on putting a clean install of Windows 10 on it before I get to gaming.