Laptop Advice please

[[TC] Nathan]

Hello Chaps

looking for a decent budget laptop,

Would this one be any good?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400862909210

Or would anyone be able to suggest a better alternative

looking to spend 300 max doesnt need to be all singing/ dancing just something decent that wont drive me mad

Thanks in advance

[Owl]

It's a decent one but don't be expecting it to be running GTA 4 on high settings with an R5

[GT4tube]

Graphics Processing Type: Dedicated Graphics

Weak...

Wait, u any play games? if no that good...

[[TC]►Bez◄]

Don't go trying to buy a gaming laptop if you're only willing to pay £300. Anything half decent will be £700-1000. Increase your budget and get a desktop.

[Cola]

No it's shite as pretty much all budget laptops. Save up some more money and buy a Thinkpad T-series and put an SSD in it. I promise you, you will not ever become annoyed with it.

[[TC] Nathan]

Not after a gaming laptop or that i know im not getting much for my money but dont need anything wildly fantastic

Any of these decent guys??

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/s/ref=is_r...=428432031

[FR4NOx]

Any laptop with an AMD APU will probably be the best for games at that price point. Look for A8-____ or A10-_____. Would be enough for GTA 5, but not GTA 4. (5 is better optimized) Checked YouTube for reference.

The Toshiba you linked isn't terrible. Pretty good for how little you're paying: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400862909210

Decent processor, decent mGPU. I'm a fan of APU's for cheap computers.

This is the best value/performance I could find, but does cost more than the Toshiba: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00LLE6Q...91&sr=1-10

Good processor, decent mGPU.

[[TC]»Pete«]

You could buy a gaming PC for £350.

[Cola]

He never asked about a gaming laptop, so no need for dedicated graphics guys. Read the thread. At least get something with an Intel Core i3, optimally an i5. Stay away from AMD. Too inefficient. Something like this would never ever let you down:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B004WNAY...s=thinkpad

[GT4tube]

PC Parts pack:

-Asus H81M-K s.1150.
-Intel Core i3-4160 3,6 GHz
-KINGSTON HyperX FURY DDR3 8GB 1600MHz
-ASUS GF GTX750 2048MB
-Seagate Laptop SSHD 500GB [SSHD is fast than HDD]
-Corsair VS Series VS550 80Plus 550W
-Cyclone Mars C40 Pure Black [PC Case]

Total about 347£ (I'm from poland shop) Your shop find good price.
(but without Monitor TV, You have?)

That strong Gaming PC be luck life than laptop.

[Cola]

GT4Tube are you serious? He is asking for a laptop. To clarify:
This is a laptop:

[SO•Audiojack]

I've been using the crappiest tier Lenovo G50 laptop with a Celeron processor for a while now, I think it's excellent value for money if nothing else. Costs peanuts and seems to run everything (except new games ofc) at reasonable speeds (I do use it for making music in FL Studio for example, and Photoshop occasionally.) I have played Hitman Absolution and Oblivion on it without problems as well so it's not entirely useless for games

Really depends on what you're going to do with it anyway. Writing text, reading text, watching Youtube videos, watching movies, playing any games at all, or perhaps something very specific?

[[TC] Stephen]

(2015-06-01 20:23)nathan Wrote:  Not after a gaming laptop or that i know im not getting much for my money but dont need anything wildly fantastic

Not after a gaming laptop, funny that so many have missed the point.

What do you want to do with it, what will you be running on it mainly?

[[TC] Nathan]

Mainly just for browsing internet, potential to use lightroom/photoshop

i even would at a push like the functionality to use CAD programs like Tekla which i use in my job
below are the recommendations for it although most seem outwith what im willing to spend which i understand

Recommendation Best performance
Operating system Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Windows 8.1 (64 bit)
Memory 8 GB 16+ GB
Hard disk 250-500 GB, 7200 rpm 500+ GB, SSD
Processor Intel® Core™ i5 CPU 2+ GHz Intel® Core™ i7 CPU 3+ GHz
Graphics card OpenGL support
two monitor support
e.g. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770/780 OpenGL support
two monitor support
e.g. NVIDIA Quadro series
Monitor(s) Two 24”/27” 1920x1200 each 30” 2560x1600 or two 27” 2560x1440
Mouse 3-button wheel mouse, optical 3-button wheel mouse, cordless &
optical + 3Dconnexion SpacePilot
Web browser Internet Explorer (32 bit) Internet Explorer (32 bit)
Backup equipment External hard drive External hard drive with scheduled
backups
Network adapter
(multi-user funct.) 100 Mbit/s 1 Gbit/s full-duplex


but as a few have noticed im not looking for a gaming pc and i know the limitations of my budget, i need it to be a laptop or i would have just bought components to build my own pc

im not sure about buying a laptop frame and assembling myself would this be cheaper ?

[[TC]»Pete«]

Nathan, not sure if you've considered netbooks.

I have my Gaming PC and this little beauty:

ASUS X102B 10.1 Touchscreen
(Include Windows 8 + W10 upgrade + Office 2013)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/X102B-10-1-inch-...B00FC55SVO





It comes with a 500GB HDD and 4GB of RAM, both of which can be upgraded (I am considering a 256GB SSD and 8GB of RAM which would cost around £110 and would make it fly), a fantastic touch screen, 1 GHz AMD A4-APU + AMD Radeon 8180G, which surprised me, making it perfect for dual screening (no performance loss), HDMI, VGA, 2xUSB2.0, 1x USB3.0, combined headphone/mic jack, ~6 hour battery life. I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 and Windows 10 Consumer Preview on it at the moment and it's the perfect dev machine as well as being ideal for day to day messing around like browsing. Runs Photoshop like a charm. With an external DVD drive (~£20) it would end up costing you around £240 if you got it now. With the upgrade I suggested you're still only looking at £350 (cheaper than most shitty laptops).

For some reason, it's £25 more expensive than when I bought it but it's still easily worth that price if you're up for getting a netbook.

I've owned two laptops and since owning this little thing, I am completely sold on netbooks. You won't believe how good having a very small notebook is until you try using one for things. It's way more portable and convenient than any of the previous laptops I've owned. If you're willing to learn to use a keyboard that is only just smaller than a full size keyboard (10.1"), the only annoyance for the first few weeks of owning it.

EDIT: The reason it's more expensive is because this one has a slightly better processor than mine. Also, at the time of posting, there's a red version available here for £197!!!: http://www.amazon.co.uk/X102B-10-1-inch-...B00FC55SVO

[[TC] Nathan]

Thanks lamp but no i want to have the larger screen but thats impressive to have dedicated graphics on that

quite fancy these, ive upped my budget a little

defo want a i5 but these offer i7's with graphics cards

done some research and people rate the Nvidia card as better and its cheaper

any other thoughts before i do a buy, ive noticed alot of them seem well speced but the processors are gash

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-Inspiron-...2ee1f6a92a

VS

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301376011438?_...EBIDX%3AIT

or finally the budget option

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400913772126?_...EBIDX%3AIT

[[TC]»Pete«]

nathan Wrote:doesnt need to be all singing/ dancing

Looks like this has changed then.

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Some advice, never buy an Inspiron or anything being marketed as a "Dell Gaming Laptop". They will just let you down.

That HP looks like the best of the three.

[Cola]

Pete you must be shitting me. Don't get an HP, you WILL have problems with overheating, as the fan outlet partly faces downwards. Don't get the Dell either. At least just keep away from everything that has glossy plastic on it. It's like a sign that tells you it's a turd of a laptop.

[[TC] Nathan]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00S6DPK...r=1-5&vs=1

Cheers for advice on dell might just do this one

[Cola]

That would be a much better solution, notice how it doesn't anyway claim to be a "Gaming laptop"? Because it isn't, and so wasn't any of the other ones. I have a feeling you'll like that one. - Throw in an SSD if possible at some point and it will be very very quick.