Looking to get a somewhat decent laptop ($400~500)

[Nikeos]

As per title, I am thinking of purchasing a laptop and I have a budget of $500 tops, though closer to $400 would be better of course. I will primarily only be using this laptop for basic things like browsing the net, chatting over messengers/webcam. I would like to play Amnesia: The Dark Descent and maybe Portal 2 as well. Basically just a basic laptop that is able to run a few games.

Searching around on Newegg, I found a few things.

Acer Aspire
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215191[/URL]

Asus
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230216[/URL]

Dell Inspirion
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834200320[/URL]

I'm not really sure if any of those are a good deal for the price, though. If anyone knows of anything that suits my needs and can help, I'd appreciate it.

[Zerokateo]

They're not bad, you can play some games on low maybe medium. They are nice for the price, I would get the ASUS since their laptops are pretty damn cool and they have great customer service in case anything gets fucked up.

[MasterBacon]

Asus, I have the 17.3 inch version of that Dell and its got a sissy ass fan for a quad core (Intel I3)

[Zerokateo]

the i3 is a dual core...