Right, promise this is my last very computing deal! After looking for a decent laptop for the last few weeks and taking in all of your comments hopefully I have got it right this time! Pretty sure this one ticks all the boxes...
Hard drive... SSD and HDD
RAM... 8gb and DDR4
Processor... it's a U unfortunately but an i5 should be good paired with the SSD, my old i3 4005u has great load times on windows
dedicated graphics card... NVidia GeForce GTX 950M 4GB, not the most up to date card but should still run older games great and newish ones on low settings
Screen... 15.6 inch (39.6cm) Full HD LED-Backlit Display (1920x1080)
the build quality looks pretty decent too, now I know this isn't a high end gaming machine but for 550 after cash back it seems great. compared to the other deals like the lenovo i7 which badly needed an SSD, to have two spaces for hard drives is a massive bonus and the graphics card on this one looks a lot better.
as always use buy now pay later but don't pay anything off until the 100 has been received on your account, then just pay it off and close your credit account if you want ?
Top comments
chrisredmayne
22 Sep 1613#4
Then don't write silly then ! This looks like a really balanced laptop with no compromises... It's obviously not going to have the latest graphics card for 550 but will handle gaming a lot better than an i7u and a cheaper GPU ...
chrisredmayne to lukegall
22 Sep 1610#2
Find me a laptop with a higher graphics card and two drives for 550 please
K1LLER HORNET to lukegall
22 Sep 169#13
Looks like special cases are out in full force today.
Bless them, must be their day out.
chrisredmayne to lukegall
22 Sep 168#8
£549.99
Latest comments (51)
kpe
29 Sep 16#51
called Very and they confirmed there in NO such £100 offer for the purchases above £450. Can some one give the link that shows this offer on the Very website?
shredder
23 Sep 16#33
Not a gamer would this be any good for Photoshop
Rude Russy to shredder
28 Sep 16#50
perfect for photoshop and lightroom
chrisredmayne
27 Sep 16#49
But your missing the point, a i5 no matter what would not be able to handle games as good as this machine! Most of the time its the GPU that's running things when Ive been using it. Any computer with a SSD can do basic computing tasks your paying the extra to be able to play better games and use better software.
The latest i5 class are not much faster, intel cant increase the speed until new technology is available, the graphics is low end, its about the smallest ssd that is useful, I would look for a 2nd gen i5 and put in your own ssd
chrisredmayne to foes4you
26 Sep 16#47
This is such a crazy comment...
Are you suggesting a 2nd gen i5 without a graphics card could play games like this...
And the whole point is it already haa a HDD and SSD, I've replaced a drive before I know it's not the hardest thing ever but I'd prefer not to. When your paying 550 you don't wanna be messing around. The laptop your suggesting would just be good enough for browsing etc
jimunix
24 Sep 16#45
I was thinking of the MSI stuff at saveonlaptops, but you are probably right. I bought an i7 there, same spec as this deal but no SSD. £699, but that was back in 2014...
chrisredmayne
23 Sep 16#44
Yeah I was tempted to do that on the other deal but SSD drives are so expensive if you want good space. A 128gb omly leaves about 80gb after windows I think, fills up so fast. Especially if your paying the extra to get a graphics card that could possibly run games like gta5. Still a good option though
mojo5110
23 Sep 16#43
Seems like a good deal i'm holding on my current laptop for a while yet.
Just wanted to say that laptop HDD are 2.5" drives so you can literally just swap the HDD for an SSD without any adapters or whatever.
So if you see a good laptop etc i7 or 960m+ for similar price but no SSD which is usually more expensive to buy. You can just that then upgrade later or just swap out the HDD. I would personally do a clean install of Windows so much bloatware and other stuff you might not know is installed.
I have swapped out the DVD Drive for a SSD so I have the 500GB for backups and the 250GB for the OS and other programs I use.
Obviously you would have to check if you are able to upgrade the laptop without effecting warrenty etc but I turned my pretty low spec laptop into a speedy low spec laptop :smiley:
Only reason I would get a new laptop or tablet is if its light eg 1.5kg and has the USB C or Usb 3/Thunderbolt.
chrisredmayne
23 Sep 16#42
my partners Mac book air makes a right noise from the fan when I try and play cities skylines on it even in low settings !!! don't think ultra thin is best for any type of gaming yet...
Ellendel
23 Sep 16#41
I do think the laptops they (Xiaomi) are producing are interesting, and as you say, it's always good to explore options!
I think they're probably aiming more at the Macbook air & ultrabook crowd though. When you look at them from that perspective they start to look a bit more appealing.
I'm not sure it troubles the mid end portable gaming market too much though (sadly!).
Additionally - I have a macbook 15 with gfx card in it, and good god does it get hot. Just something for anyone wanting to buy into a unibody metal framed laptop with minimal fan cooling to consider. It gets hot enough that you can't touch certain parts of the laptop for more than a few seconds without pain. I kid you not.
chrisredmayne
23 Sep 16#40
Problem is how long do you wait before the new smaller chips are out over here. And companies are still short changing people by not offering what they want, it's always small SSD or large HDD, good processor with a poor GPU, there always seems to be something missing like they do with phones. Sure one day they will get it right but itbseeks hit and miss on getting a complete laptop package. This one doesn't seem too thick too but obviously ultra thin ones would be good
borisU
23 Sep 16#39
I agree, I just thought it's a good idea to evaluate our deal here, if they can make a better quality/ultra portable/good spec laptop over there commercially available, could be a fair guidance to anyone who might upgrade in near future here.
Ellendel
23 Sep 16#38
What?!
First of all, the vaguely equivalent laptop comes out more expensive at £574.93. That's before import fees and delivery to the UK.
Secondly, even if it was cheaper (it's going to work out SIGNIFICANTLY more expensive if you get stung by customs, which I'd bet you will), I'd caution people to know what they are buying into spending £550+ on a product from China. If you need to RMA the laptop, you will, even with the best will in the world, run into issues, even if just from a logistical perspective, and even from someone like Xiaomi, who do seem to make fair quality products.
chrisredmayne
23 Sep 16#37
I have no idea what millet is? Looks thin though, but surely you would pay 50 more for a 1tb HDD and the much better graphics card?
No expert on graphics cards, but I am not sure why this is so hot. Specs seem a little poor for the price. Okay there is 100 off and having 2 drive bays is cool. But I think some of the MSI laptops would beat this for similar money. Would research more but I am writing on a smartphone.
50 more with a better CPU but no SSD. Depends what your after I guess, I would prefer an SSD as it makes even my i3u fly through everything. There will probably be similar deals but I was struggling to find one with a SSD and HDD that could run gta5 standard games at this price. Always seems to be a compromise, good SSD but hardly any space so would fill up too quick or a big HDD that would perform slow on a Intel u series chip
aljack
23 Sep 16#30
Lenovo deal was better on here last month i7, 12gb ram, 1tb hd for £539.
chrisredmayne to aljack
23 Sep 16#31
no SSD, worse graphics card, hows that better ?? i5u with an SSD will perform a lot better than an i7u they benchmark very similar
just look at the benchmark comparison on the GPU this is far better. and with an SSD to speed it up even more
drbrainsol
22 Sep 162#28
100% of the trolls will do that, yes.
maltikism
22 Sep 16#27
don't feed the trolls, buddy. that guy is sat there **** over his own HUKD comments.
COJones
22 Sep 161#26
...so by that reckoning, does that mean 100% of nobody either likes this deal or will buy it???:stuck_out_tongue:
krisb1701d
22 Sep 161#21
Now out of Stock :/
chrisredmayne to krisb1701d
22 Sep 161#22
:-( Worth keep on checking , people order and then get rejected for the credit so it goes back in stock!
chrisredmayne to krisb1701d
22 Sep 16#25
back in at low stock
drbrainsol
22 Sep 162#24
Don't mind the trolls - half of them don't earn enough to buy pocket calculators so just end up slamming anything they can't afford. The other half are rich b*******s who have more money then sense. This is a good deal for the money. Can't find any other laptop with a GTX 950m and SSD for the price.
The 950m will play anything you throw at it on medium details at 1080p. You will most likely be able to max out WoW at 1080p (don't expect huge framerates due to the weakish CPU).
I know this as I have just bought a similar laptop with a 940m for a friend and he is playing The Witcher 3 on it with reasonable details at 1080p. He also plays WoW and CS:GO maxed out and is quite happy with the resulting FPS (note that his CPU is a bit better but it shouldn't be too different).
pauljanet
22 Sep 166#23
I always find the comments on computers amusing. No matter what the deal some bright spark will always vote cold and say they can do better or dismiss it because of an inferior graphics card. When tasked with proving a better deal they seldom can!!
krisb1701d
22 Sep 161#20
Can I ask what level of settings are you playing on WoW and what fps are you getting? I would be playing WoW if I go for this deal. Thanks,
zxking
22 Sep 161#19
I don't understand some of the above comments, this looks a very well balanced machine to me. The 950m may not be the absolute best mobile GPU money can buy, but it suits the 1080p screen here perfectly well. Having the ssd will give a much better overall performance boost than upgrading the GPU imo. Decent audio, fast ram, and loads of storage too. People get overly obsessed with specs sometimes.
This machine is capable of Xbox 1/PS4 levels of graphics/gaming, and will fly though normal PC tasks. Throw in the 12 months interest free and I'm struggling to find a better deal.
Thanks op, hot.
chrisredmayne
22 Sep 161#18
Hmmm, I'd still be wary to be honest. I've had these deals before and quidco doesn't even track, and the 100 doesn't come on straight away so you wouldn't be able to argue it later once you've used it. This kinda thing is what gets very a bad reputation as they have mixed messages.
shame nobody on that post says what they think of the laptop when they got it.
krisb1701d
22 Sep 161#17
This deal was posted a few weeks ago, and could be used with the 10% off first order which has now expired. If you read the comments there lots of people phoned and had online chats and were told it was okay. This was a better deal cause the extra 10% and the £13 topcashback made it £480
Find me a laptop with a higher graphics card and two drives for 550 please
AndyEssex to lukegall
22 Sep 167#16
A tool and his comments .....
krisb1701d
22 Sep 161#14
You can get an extra £25 off, if its your first order with KNXVE
chrisredmayne to krisb1701d
22 Sep 163#15
I'd be wary about using codes too, says the 100 off is not to be used with other offers
lukegall
22 Sep 162#7
you toddle off and lighten yourself of £650
I'll try not to write silly
chrisredmayne to lukegall
22 Sep 168#8
£549.99
K1LLER HORNET to lukegall
22 Sep 169#13
Looks like special cases are out in full force today.
Bless them, must be their day out.
DoctorDeals
22 Sep 161#12
scam
888eyeball
22 Sep 161#11
thanks
chrisredmayne
22 Sep 161#10
1. Buy a Computing product and select Buy Now Pay Later in checkout.
2. We'll automatically credit £50 or £100 of the Computing price depending on your purchase back to your account by 8th November 2016.
Buy Now Pay Later allows you delay payment for up to 12 months. The payment free period starts when you place your order.
Avoid interest by paying in full within the payment free period. If you don't, interest will be charged. Find out more in checkout.
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888eyeball
22 Sep 161#9
so they automatically apply the £100 off when l do bnpl?
888eyeball
22 Sep 161#5
how does bnpl work is is for 1st time customers only?
chrisredmayne to 888eyeball
22 Sep 161#6
no it's for anyone with an account, you have to have a credit account with very though. then when you go to buy choose the buy now pay later option over 12 months and it will show the balance on your account. then just pay as much as you want every month but make sure you pay it off before a year or they will put ridiculous interest rates on your purchase
chrisredmayne
22 Sep 1613#4
Then don't write silly then ! This looks like a really balanced laptop with no compromises... It's obviously not going to have the latest graphics card for 550 but will handle gaming a lot better than an i7u and a cheaper GPU ...
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Opening post
Hard drive... SSD and HDD
RAM... 8gb and DDR4
Processor... it's a U unfortunately but an i5 should be good paired with the SSD, my old i3 4005u has great load times on windows
dedicated graphics card... NVidia GeForce GTX 950M 4GB, not the most up to date card but should still run older games great and newish ones on low settings
Screen... 15.6 inch (39.6cm) Full HD LED-Backlit Display (1920x1080)
here's a video of the CPU and GPU running gta5 at a good 30fps
https://youtu.be/6t9SVI31bc4
the build quality looks pretty decent too, now I know this isn't a high end gaming machine but for 550 after cash back it seems great. compared to the other deals like the lenovo i7 which badly needed an SSD, to have two spaces for hard drives is a massive bonus and the graphics card on this one looks a lot better.
as always use buy now pay later but don't pay anything off until the 100 has been received on your account, then just pay it off and close your credit account if you want ?
Top comments
Looks like special cases are out in full force today.
Bless them, must be their day out.
Latest comments (51)
old i5 Plus 25% faster
Are you suggesting a 2nd gen i5 without a graphics card could play games like this...
https://youtu.be/-zaYUrxRaHE
And the whole point is it already haa a HDD and SSD, I've replaced a drive before I know it's not the hardest thing ever but I'd prefer not to. When your paying 550 you don't wanna be messing around. The laptop your suggesting would just be good enough for browsing etc
Just wanted to say that laptop HDD are 2.5" drives so you can literally just swap the HDD for an SSD without any adapters or whatever.
So if you see a good laptop etc i7 or 960m+ for similar price but no SSD which is usually more expensive to buy. You can just that then upgrade later or just swap out the HDD. I would personally do a clean install of Windows so much bloatware and other stuff you might not know is installed.
I have swapped out the DVD Drive for a SSD so I have the 500GB for backups and the 250GB for the OS and other programs I use.
Obviously you would have to check if you are able to upgrade the laptop without effecting warrenty etc but I turned my pretty low spec laptop into a speedy low spec laptop :smiley:
Only reason I would get a new laptop or tablet is if its light eg 1.5kg and has the USB C or Usb 3/Thunderbolt.
I think they're probably aiming more at the Macbook air & ultrabook crowd though. When you look at them from that perspective they start to look a bit more appealing.
I'm not sure it troubles the mid end portable gaming market too much though (sadly!).
Additionally - I have a macbook 15 with gfx card in it, and good god does it get hot. Just something for anyone wanting to buy into a unibody metal framed laptop with minimal fan cooling to consider. It gets hot enough that you can't touch certain parts of the laptop for more than a few seconds without pain. I kid you not.
First of all, the vaguely equivalent laptop comes out more expensive at £574.93. That's before import fees and delivery to the UK.
Secondly, even if it was cheaper (it's going to work out SIGNIFICANTLY more expensive if you get stung by customs, which I'd bet you will), I'd caution people to know what they are buying into spending £550+ on a product from China. If you need to RMA the laptop, you will, even with the best will in the world, run into issues, even if just from a logistical perspective, and even from someone like Xiaomi, who do seem to make fair quality products.
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50 more with a better CPU but no SSD. Depends what your after I guess, I would prefer an SSD as it makes even my i3u fly through everything. There will probably be similar deals but I was struggling to find one with a SSD and HDD that could run gta5 standard games at this price. Always seems to be a compromise, good SSD but hardly any space so would fill up too quick or a big HDD that would perform slow on a Intel u series chip
just look at the benchmark comparison on the GPU this is far better. and with an SSD to speed it up even more
The 950m will play anything you throw at it on medium details at 1080p. You will most likely be able to max out WoW at 1080p (don't expect huge framerates due to the weakish CPU).
I know this as I have just bought a similar laptop with a 940m for a friend and he is playing The Witcher 3 on it with reasonable details at 1080p. He also plays WoW and CS:GO maxed out and is quite happy with the resulting FPS (note that his CPU is a bit better but it shouldn't be too different).
This machine is capable of Xbox 1/PS4 levels of graphics/gaming, and will fly though normal PC tasks. Throw in the 12 months interest free and I'm struggling to find a better deal.
Thanks op, hot.
shame nobody on that post says what they think of the laptop when they got it.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/acer-f15-i5-6200u-128gb-ssd-plus-1tb-hdd-gtx-950m-599-very-499-with-credit-account-2501917
a fool and his money.....
I'll try not to write silly
Looks like special cases are out in full force today.
Bless them, must be their day out.
1. Buy a Computing product and select Buy Now Pay Later in checkout.
2. We'll automatically credit £50 or £100 of the Computing price depending on your purchase back to your account by 8th November 2016.
Buy Now Pay Later allows you delay payment for up to 12 months. The payment free period starts when you place your order.
Avoid interest by paying in full within the payment free period. If you don't, interest will be charged. Find out more in checkout.
Delivery charges are payable on your next statement.
If you return your item, the credit will be reversed. This offer can't be used in conjunction with other offers.
Credit provided, subject to credit and account status by Shop Direct Finance Company Ltd. Aintree Innovation Centre, Park Lane, Netherton, Bootle L30 1SL. Over 18's. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.