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Finding a suitable animation laptop

Aug 5, 2016 11:15AM PDT

I'm currently looking for a Laptop suitable for animation and gaming. I'm not an animation student, so it will only be a hobby and if I enjoy it I will consider getting a separate animation laptop (in summary, the animation will not be 'extreme')
Along with animation, I would like to be able to do gaming with the laptop.
So, I've been looking into it and so far it seems I need 8GB Ram, 1TB HDD, core i5 + and preferably 15" screen.

My first question is will a laptop with that spec be suitable for animation and a bit of gaming? Will I need more power?
My second question is about budget, as mine is considerably low. Is it possible to find a laptop, roughly top £500? ($654)?
Can anyone recommend a laptop / confim what spec I need?
Thanks

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If you wonder what all those GPUs give you.
Aug 5, 2016 2:28PM PDT
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I think you'll have to list models at that price.
Aug 5, 2016 11:23AM PDT

Here, that price is a few hundred too low for models I know about. Gaming will be lackluster at that price point as my bet it will be all settings on low.

However animation is just a matter of being patient as the render steps are applied.

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I'm not sure what makes up a good gaming laptop
Aug 5, 2016 11:33AM PDT

This laptop seems suitable, but I'm not entirely sure
Toshiba Satellite Fusion 15 L55W-C5259

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I found reviews on that one.
Aug 5, 2016 11:42AM PDT
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Regardless of budget
Aug 5, 2016 4:46PM PDT

Regardless of budget, what specifications would you recommend?

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Remember you only wrote gaming.
Aug 5, 2016 5:27PM PDT

But didn't reveal enough for me to be specific. Also I can't guess what is available there.

Gamer laptops IMO start with the usual i5 8GB RAM and 950m or better GPUs. And today's owners really want SSD. You can't imagine the time you'll save by getting the SSD.