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If you have a Microcenter store near you and you're interested in budgeting a bit, the Lenovo Flex 14 would be just fine. Neopets, Minecraft and Stardew valley are all reasonably lightweight games and can run reasonably well on cheaper specs. Getting a 7th gen i3 and an SSD for $300 is an amazing price and great if there's a store near you.

You could also consider a chromebook as xXTERMIN8RXXx mentioned, but there's a few weaknesses. You should be able to play all the games you mentioned as t hey're all browser or on the google play store (aka playable on a chromebook), but you can't download executable files. If you use any uncommon applications on your laptop you wouldn't be able to use them on a chromebook.

Higher end options to consider are the Acer Swift for $600 or the Asus Vivobook. The Swift linked above would also be a great deal and they're well powered; unfortunately the displays on all of these are pretty mediocre so they won't be great for art - but it's like that for every sub ~$800 ultrabook unfortunately.

This Acer Swift 3 SF315-41G-R6MP would do a great job for you based on what you express to be your needs.

You Can Buy New Amd Ryzen Quadcore Laptop from Acer

Acer Swift 3 SF315-41G-R6MP Laptop, 15.6" Full HD IPS Display, AMD Ryzen 7 2700U, AMD Radeon RX 540 Graphics, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD, Windows 10

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-SF315-41G-R6MP-Display-Graphics-Windows/dp/B07GDYNK3B/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=amd+ryzen+laptop&qid=1557930688&s=gateway&sr=8-4

Price 599 USD

For general use with some gaming capability at this price range I would recommend the Acer swift 3 it comes with a quad core CPU and an RX540 GPU which should give performance around an I5-8250U and an MX 150 .

It has an all metal body with 15.6" screen and around 6Hrs. Of battery life .

How does it comapre to : https://www.amazon.com/Acer-SF315-41G-R6MP-Display-Graphics-Windows/dp/B07GDYNK3B/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=acer+swift&qid=1555922293&s=gateway&sr=8-3

800-1100 dollars will cover it usually, you can find cheaper...like this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-SF315-41G-R6MP-Display-Graphics-Windows/dp/B07GDYNK3B/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=ryzen+7+laptop&qid=1554161027&s=electronics&sr=1-3

LoL and Dolphin emulator are not intense, the Acer Swift 3 SF315-41G-R6MP is able to handle those games well and give you a good experience. Its fairly thin and lightweight with and an aluminum chassis it is very durable

• 15.6" Full HD IPS Display,
  
• AMD Ryzen 7 2700U,
  
• AMD Radeon RX 540 Graphics,
  
• 8GB DDR4,
  
• 256GB SSD,

I have been looking at the Acer Swift 3's! They seem great-- the only drawback is I've seen a lot of people mention that the edge is sharp and irritating to wrists.

Also: can you tell me what the main difference is between the acer you linked and this one here? It's about a 100$ cheaper, so there must be some compromise-- I'm just not sure what it is and if its worth my while haha.

The Dell looks really nice too!

My initial search resulted in:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GDYNK3B/

But it's a good idea to get other options.

Thanks for your in depth advice. I have been looking a lot at the Acer mentioned in the other comment below, https://www.amazon.com/Acer-SF315-41G-R6MP-Display-Graphics-Windows/dp/B07GDYNK3B/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=amd+ryzen+laptop&qid=1557930688&s=gateway&sr=8-4

Is there any setbacks to that machine over this one? The build seems slightly better in that one, but I was wondering if there were known issues. A few people complained about heat issues I noticed. Thanks again.

If that is the case the Acer Swift 3 is the best option

I wouldn't say impossible, or at least you can get pretty close like this acer configuration.

I can get only this model :
https://www.amazon.in/Acer-SF315-41G-R6MP-Display-Graphics-Windows/dp/B07GDYNK3B/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=acer+swift+3+ryzen+7&qid=1558809417&s=computers&sr=1-3
It has only 32 Whr.How much time can it last?
what does idle=nomwait do?
does i2c driver affect me?(like adding harddisk)?
Does it has bay to add harddisk(2.5') ?

Thank you so much for your input. One last note that I want your input on.

The amazon listing for the R7 version (https://www.amazon.com/Acer-SF315-41G-R6MP-Display-Graphics-Windows/dp/B07GDYNK3B/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1540402486&sr=1-2&keywords=SF315-41&refinements=p_89%3AAcer%2Cp_n_condition-type%3A2224371011%2Cp_36%3A15000-99999999) says that it has a 256GB SSD but it also has a RX 540 with 2GB dedicated memory. Does this change your recommendation at all?

I would go for this Acer Swift 3 SF315-41G. It has 15.6″ FHD IPS display, AMD Ryzen 7 2700U processor, AMD Radeon RX 540 Graphics, 8GB RAM, 256 SSD and up to 9-hours battery life. The weight is 4.63 lbs (2.1 kg).

Acer has updated their popular Swift 3 laptop. It’s a multimedia allrounder by Acer that relies on the combination of a Raven Ridge APU and a dedicated AMD graphics unit. Polaris based mid-range graphics card with 512 shaders (8 compute units) and a maximum clock speed of 1,219 MHz (according to AMD).

They are joined by an IPS display, a backlit keyboard and an NVMe-SSD. As a result, the computer is well-rounded in terms of features.

More details

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Swift-Ryzen-Windows-SF315-41-R8PP/dp/B07GDYNK3B