Been looking for a 17" plus laptop for work and came across this one. Compared to alot of the similar spec Laptops out there this seems to fit my budget the best plus I can do the paypal credit too :smiley:
Agreed, you want at least the 960 for gaming. No SSD is another issue. The latest i5 is all very nice, but what is the point if costs are cut elsewhere? For the same money, you can get a Lenovo Y70 with better graphics, an SSD, and a touch screen.
Houndeye to lukegall
9 Aug 161#26
I have a 840m Backed up with a i5 4200m. Its not a bad gpu its not great but it can play games like watchdogs on medium-high setting for around 40fps.
But to call this a gaming laptop... well it needs a GTX 950m minimum to be considered a "gaming" laptop imo.
MBeeching
3 Aug 16#3
RAM config looks a bit wonky (8+4), surely that would run in single channel mode or has it changed with DDR4?
Around £75 more but you get '£70 worth' of credit for warframe/world of warships which you should be able to sell on.
Also comes with an i7 and a 950m. The 950m will mean you would be able to play the majority of games on the market at 1080p (although on on high!). As always I recommend adding a SSD, these should one msata SSD.
foes4you
3 Aug 16#5
940 - this would surely be slower than no card at all and drain the battery.
Bigfoot600
4 Aug 16#6
Think you can get a better spec for your money with a HP Envy 17 bar gpu but then 940MX isn't much to write home about
darthvader666uk
4 Aug 16#7
TBH Im picking this up for work (coding and Virtual Machines etc.) rathern than gaming and seem like a pretty decent spec for the price.
I was tempted to get this one instead as it was an i7 but I would have to upgrade the RAM adding a little extra cost.
ggidd
4 Aug 16#8
I'm a system admin and support both developers and built a modest VM environment, two hosts with NetApp E2724 running 9 servers and 3 workstations, I'm currently training for VCP Datacenter (exam next week). You would have been greatly better off with the i7 machine. With 4 cores and 8 threads plus it would whip through coding vs the 4 core i5. The cost of RAM is very low, in my opinion you have chosen poorly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubw5N8iVDHI
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SPECIFICATIONS:
LCD 17.3" FHD, Anti-Glare (1920*1080) eDP
nVidia GeForce 940MX, 2GB DDR3
Intel HM170
CPU Skylake i5-6300HQ
DDR IV 8GB+4GB
HDD 1TB (SATA) 7200rpm
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pacman will run smoothly at least
But to call this a gaming laptop... well it needs a GTX 950m minimum to be considered a "gaming" laptop imo.
Around £75 more but you get '£70 worth' of credit for warframe/world of warships which you should be able to sell on.
Also comes with an i7 and a 950m. The 950m will mean you would be able to play the majority of games on the market at 1080p (although on on high!). As always I recommend adding a SSD, these should one msata SSD.
I was tempted to get this one instead as it was an i7 but I would have to upgrade the RAM adding a little extra cost.