Refurbished is fine
I'm looking for the cheapest laptop which has the following features:
i5 quad core cpu
8gb RAM
1tb HDD
Dedicated GPU
It doesn't have to have an SSD and I don't care if it has a lower end gpu. 950m or something like that would be great. It will not be used primarily for gaming. Not even close. But if I can run 32 bit Skyrim with a few mods and a couple other older games, that'll be all I need as far as gaming goes. Anything more than that will be icing on the cake.
Basically, the Acer Aspire E 15 E5-575G-57D4 has everything I'm looking for (even has an ssd in addition to the hdd) at the right price except it has a dual core cpu. I'd prefer a quad core, but if that's going to raise the price by several hundred dollars, I guess I'll end up getting the Acer.
Thanks in advance for any and all advice you can offer!

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