Need a gaming laptop for my son, is it possible to get something new that would be good enough under £500? I know nothing about them.
Thanks
neblogai to 555gc8
11 Dec 16#15
Gaming on laptops is expensive. A basic custom gaming PC could cost ~£500. To get that performance on Laptop will normally be about twice as much. For games, graphic chip is most important. At £500, the only way is to hunt for deals and hope for something very very basic, like maybe GTX950M-GTX960M.
tombyrne94 to 555gc8
11 Dec 16#17
Does it need to be a laptop? Desktops give much better performance for a lot cheaper.
Picard123 to 555gc8
11 Dec 16#22
Why does he need to gaming laptop? Does he need to play Call of Duty at school or something?
Just buy him a used gaming PC from Ebay or similar. Not only do you save money but you get more bang for your buck and you can upgrade the internals at a later date if necessary.
555gc8
11 Dec 16#20
Hi, he had asked for a laptop, maybe i could persuade him knowing that as you say he could buy better for the money.
Thanks for all the help, what would be a good desktop around £500, the games he would play on his xbox1 are Call of duty/ shooters etc.
tonyspoons
11 Dec 161#19
*Sees "gaming laptop"*
*Sees 920m and dual core i5*
Hahahaha, good one!
AnyMiner
11 Dec 16#18
I agree that the GPU isn't great for anything above Minecraft, but good price for what it has.
tombyrne94
11 Dec 16#16
920m is a useless GPU, avoid if you really want this for gaming.
ijross
11 Dec 16#13
This is good value; I would just go pure SSD.
BCool
11 Dec 16#12
Not OP's fault, but listing a 'gaming' laptop with a 920m is a bit misleading. Looks like a decent laptop otherwise
damadgeruk
11 Dec 16#11
FYI, FHD.
stressedman
11 Dec 16#10
my office uses lenovo laptops. they are brilliant in my opinion but the works machine is obviously not the same model as this!!!
darkknight32
11 Dec 16#8
Its a good find, I'm just not a Lenovo fan they always feel cheaply made and easily breakable. I'm typing on one now and wish I'd never bought it :disappointed:
p-e-t-e to darkknight32
11 Dec 161#9
I have a very cheap Lenovo which I hate, but my mate has a much better one which is quite nice.
shonkygeeza
9 Dec 16#6
getting half a dozen or so neutral or negative feedback a month
Brianliptov to shonkygeeza
9 Dec 161#7
thats 0.5% of sales. I could live with that if I was buying .
Brianliptov
9 Dec 16#5
67k Feedback 99.1% positive.
shonkygeeza
9 Dec 16#4
I'm kind of tempted, any information on this seller good/bad/Ok...
Meladt
9 Dec 163#3
Might want to stick 920M in the title somewhere as it has a NVIDIA GeForce 920M 2GB Dedicated Graphics card.
supercasual
9 Dec 16#1
I think this is a refurbished laptop? not quite the best deal, but not bad though I will give it heat.
SkyBlues1990 to supercasual
9 Dec 16#2
Correct. However I think you still get 12 months with Lenovo.
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The other nails in the coffin are ULV CPU, slow HDD, dim screen (~210 cd/m²), 1.8kg weight and refurb.
Sorry, but COLD.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hp-pavilion-15-gaming-laptop-i5-6300hq-gtx-950m-8gb-ram-1tb-hdd-549-ebuyer-2526880
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Just buy him a used gaming PC from Ebay or similar. Not only do you save money but you get more bang for your buck and you can upgrade the internals at a later date if necessary.
Thanks for all the help, what would be a good desktop around £500, the games he would play on his xbox1 are Call of duty/ shooters etc.
*Sees 920m and dual core i5*
Hahahaha, good one!