Need help for gaming.

[justflowwithit402]

I don't know to much about computers but I want a somewhat good gaming laptop to be able to play ESO on medium-high settings. My current stock build is the following.
Processor: AMD A8-5550M APU
Graphics: Radeon(tm) HD
Ram: 8g
Motherboard: HP Pavilion 17 ts notebook pc

[DaveLembke]

How large of a budget do you have to work with?

[justflowwithit402]

Anywhere from $100 to $500. I wanna keep it cheap though.

[patio]

Not a realistic budget...especially for gaming.

[DaveLembke]

Thinking your budget needs to be around $700 for a new laptop to do that. If you look for a refurb you might be able to get one at the $500 price tag. If this was a desktop computer you would be just looking at a video card upgrade, but you need an entire new laptop because the GPU is unable to be upgraded.

Here is a refurb gaming laptop that would run it well but its $582.00 after shipping....  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315794

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 2 GB
Intel Core i5 6200U (2.30 GHz)
8 GB Memory 256 GB SSD
15.6" Full HD 1920 x 1080

Here is info showing others saying the GTX 950m is a good match for the settings you want: https://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/4orop1/will_nvidia_gtx_950m_2_gb_run_this_game_at_high/

[justflowwithit402]

Would an Intel core i7 950 quad core be pretty good? Buddy of mine is selling one for $70

[DaveLembke]

Good deal for that CPU. Still retails for $322 USD. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211

You would be going with a desktop computer instead of a laptop with that CPU though. And would need to build a complete desktop computer.

Costs for the build:
OS Windows 10 Home will cost you $100
Motherboard about $100
That CPU for $70
RAM for $50
Hard Drive for $50 ( cutting corners )
Computer case for $50 ( basic full tower cheap case)
500 Watt Power Supply $50
DVD-RW drive $25

That puts you at $495 and you still need a monitor and keyboard and mouse and video card which sends you outside of your budget by about $285. $100 monitor, $20 keyboard, $15 mouse, and $150 Video Card