Been looking for a laptop for a bit of gaming & photo editing around the £500 - £600 mark. Best I've found is this laptop and similar with i5-6th Gen w/ Nvidia 940M GPU. However found this today with a Nvidia GTX 950M GPU. Admittedly the HDD is small, however it is SSD (128GB), which should suffice, as most of my storage is on NAS and external HDD's.
Processor
• Intel® Core™ i5-6200U 2.3GHz
• Turbo boost up to 2.8GHz
• Dual Core
• 3MB Cache
Memory
• 8GB DDR3 RAM
• OnBoard Memory 4 GB + 4GB in DIMM
• 1 x DIMM socket for expansion up to 12 GB SDRAM (4GB already installed)
Hard Drive
• 128GB SATA3 M.2 SSD
Optical Drive
• None
Software
• Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64bit
Display
• 15.6" LED Back-lit, Anti Glare
• Ultra Slim 200nits 16:9
• Resolution: FHD 1920 x 1080
Graphics
• NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 950M ( N16P-GT)
• With GDDR3 2GB
• Intel® HD graphics 520
Audio
• Built-in Speakers And Microphone
• SonicMaster
• ICESound support
Input Devices
• ASUS 348mm keyboard with 19mm full size key pitch, integrated Numeric keypad
• Chiclet Keyboard
Dimensions
• Width 38.2 cm
• Depth 25.5 cm
• Height 2.17 to 2.17 cm
• Weight 1.7 kg - 2kg
Interfaces
• 2 x USB 2.0
• 2 x USB 3.0
• 1 x Headphone-out & Audio-in Combo Jack
• 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack for LAN insert
• 1 x HDMI
• VGA web camera (Fixed type)
Top comments
madmackem
25 Apr 163#5
or go for Dell Inspiron 15 7000 series from outlet, I got one with 6th gen i7, 8gb, 1tb hybrid, 4gb nvidea and 4k screen for £590 uisng student discount code.
Latest comments (28)
jazzuk777
16 Oct 16#28
In case anyone still following this, now £579.99. Quite tempted, except I feel there will be a better deal in time. A couple of cheaper deals already at £549.99 also on Ebuyer, but MSI and HP and not sure I trust either make. Had an MSI netbook that disintegrated and HP are notorious with good reason.
shaunslater
26 Apr 161#27
For what this laptop has inside it, this is very good value!
nathan18k
25 Apr 16#26
Thanks :smiley:
CampGareth
25 Apr 16#25
Theoretically yes (which is why HBM in the graphics card world is exciting) but in practice no. Best case you shave down the timings a little but realistically it's exactly the same as the sodimm version, except without the sodimm connector.
nathan18k
25 Apr 16#24
Any advantages in performance with onboard ram compared to sodimm? (Except onboard is not upgradable ofc)
imransaeed
25 Apr 16#21
A bit cheaper here £592.79 (minus the SSD, but u get 1TB HD)
I was talking about replacing the keyboard, On the Dell btw - fan noise is fine picks up when its busy almost silent most of the time
imransaeed
25 Apr 16#20
Sorry I don't understand your proposition. Are you suggesting that laptop (with backlit keyboard) can be bought from ebay (with £30+) or you are saying that I get a backlit keyboard for £30 from ebay and replace it on this laptop (from ebuyer)??
ganon
25 Apr 16#19
Didn't know it wasn't backlit. How's the fan noise?
madmackem
25 Apr 161#18
The screen is amazing, took a bit of getting used to - I use itt for photo editing - hence the 4k version, keyboard is ok - backlit ones on ebay for around £30
imransaeed
25 Apr 16#17
I been looking at this laptop for a while too. I am not into gaming. But the only reason I didn't buy this was because it doesn't have a backlit keyboard.
ganon
25 Apr 16#16
How's the screen and keyboard? Read typing is spongy?
madmackem
25 Apr 16#15
I added a ssd and another 6gb ram for about £70
madmackem
25 Apr 16#14
I was the same looking at the 2gb versions, but I took a chance and I've got a 4gb card. After looking at the full; price stuff I guess it's a typo on the outlet side. I've had it two weeks today.
madmackem
25 Apr 163#5
or go for Dell Inspiron 15 7000 series from outlet, I got one with 6th gen i7, 8gb, 1tb hybrid, 4gb nvidea and 4k screen for £590 uisng student discount code.
XxLJCJxX to madmackem
25 Apr 16#6
Any chance of a direct link?
ganon to madmackem
25 Apr 16#13
When did you find it? I've only seen the 2gb nvidia version.
Are there certain days they have more laptops available?
madmackem
25 Apr 16#11
Worth keeping an eye on if you are in no hurry to buy.
XxLJCJxX to madmackem
25 Apr 16#12
Yeah will do. Its not for me so I want something 'future proofed' for my family. Ideally 1tb hdd and decent sized SSD for OS and programs along with decent processing power/graphics. Big ask when trying not to go over £500 :smile:
XxLJCJxX
25 Apr 16#10
Thanks guys! Must be OOS though as the only one I can find has a 4gb AMD graphics card.
madmackem
25 Apr 16#9
Should have looked up before I repliaed!! Cheers!
madmackem
25 Apr 16#8
Sorry but you cant direct link to systems in dell outlet. Dell.co.uk, down at the bottom of the page there is a link to the outlet, stck changes regularly, and you need to have a student email address to get a discount code.
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Opening post
Processor
• Intel® Core™ i5-6200U 2.3GHz
• Turbo boost up to 2.8GHz
• Dual Core
• 3MB Cache
Memory
• 8GB DDR3 RAM
• OnBoard Memory 4 GB + 4GB in DIMM
• 1 x DIMM socket for expansion up to 12 GB SDRAM (4GB already installed)
Hard Drive
• 128GB SATA3 M.2 SSD
Optical Drive
• None
Software
• Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64bit
Display
• 15.6" LED Back-lit, Anti Glare
• Ultra Slim 200nits 16:9
• Resolution: FHD 1920 x 1080
Graphics
• NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 950M ( N16P-GT)
• With GDDR3 2GB
• Intel® HD graphics 520
Audio
• Built-in Speakers And Microphone
• SonicMaster
• ICESound support
Input Devices
• ASUS 348mm keyboard with 19mm full size key pitch, integrated Numeric keypad
• Chiclet Keyboard
Networking
• WLAN: 802.11ac
• Bluetooth 4.0 (Dual band)
• LAN: 10/100/1000 Mbps
Power Supply
• 90W AC Adapter
• Output : 19V DC, 4.74A, 90W
• Input : 100~240V AC, 50/60Hz universal
• 48WHrs, 3S1P, 3-cell Li-ion Prismatic Battery pack
Dimensions
• Width 38.2 cm
• Depth 25.5 cm
• Height 2.17 to 2.17 cm
• Weight 1.7 kg - 2kg
Interfaces
• 2 x USB 2.0
• 2 x USB 3.0
• 1 x Headphone-out & Audio-in Combo Jack
• 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack for LAN insert
• 1 x HDMI
• VGA web camera (Fixed type)
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Latest comments (28)
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Are there certain days they have more laptops available?
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