Was looking for a decent laptop for my son for uni & came across this one. Not an expert but seems like its good value for the specs. Similar one on Amazon is £740. Specifications:
Not FHD screen, pretty horrid to do assignments or the like on as you can't use windows snap effectively.
Skylake i5-6300HQ
2 generations old now (not the biggest issue in the world but says a lot about this having been hanging around for a while)
DDR IV 8GB, up to 2133mhz
Not a great deal of RAM but acceptable for most people. No indication if it's 2x4 or 1x8 configuration which I'd consider important if you plan to upgrade later.
I believe this machine has the GDDR3 model from what I can find online so it's only very slightly faster than what's already built in on the processor. With that in mind for this sort of money I'd be looking towards getting a 7th gen machine which isn't going to be much different in respect of the performance but all to the benefit of the battery life.
Destard
18 Sep 17#2
nVidia GeForce 940MX, 2GB DDR3
Oh dear :disappointed:
tonydi1965
18 Sep 17#3
Thanks for the post Astec123.
The description of the processor under features says" Latest 6th Gen. Intel® Core™ i7 processor" so its all a bit confusing as to what it has.
fishmaster to tonydi1965
18 Sep 17#7
The GL62-6QD is the model with i7-6700HQ, GTX950M and 1080P panel.
coventgamer
18 Sep 17#4
Normal laptop with a below average gpu
korny2
18 Sep 17#5
Do fine for light gaming and uni work. Heat given as it's the cheapest price I've seen for this laptop.
fiqqer
18 Sep 17#6
In no way can this be described as a gaming laptop. It has less than the minimum in every department.
1. It is a budget laptop with at a mid range price.
2. Well overpriced for what you get. Stay clear of this.
3. If you want a laptop to do work there are better for cheaper and you will not be working well with a dreadful screen resolution.
4. If you want a laptop where you can play occasional games then look elsewhere also you will be very restricted on what you can play.
TheDodger
18 Sep 17#8
tbh its pretty specs for the money. as other people said it shouldnt be called a gaming laptop. doesnt have a 1080p display and has a poor graphics card from the previous generation of nvidias. I'd rather buy used. I sold my 2016 alienware for a bit more money with a 980, 16gb of ram and an i7. theres some non "gaming" which will out perform this for a similar price i'm sure
bozkurt1881
18 Sep 17#9
dont waste your money,you cannot play new games with nVidia GeForce 940MX ,get desktop pc on this price with better graphic card,
Destard to bozkurt1881
18 Sep 17#13
Can you advise how one would go about using the desktop PC while on a train or sitting in the garden?
ollie87 to Destard
18 Sep 17#14
Can you advise how you'd play PC games in the garden on a laptop with such a crap screen?
Destard to ollie87
18 Sep 17#16
Who me? No idea, I wouldn't touch this laptop with a barge pole.
MikeLondon to Destard
18 Sep 17#15
12v battery with an inverter obviously
bozkurt1881 to Destard
19 Sep 17#28
why will you use your that laptop on a train and how,?it is a laptop and it will drain battery, get tablet pc instead if you will use on train or garden, i have alien ware m18 with 780m sli ,and i have never use in train or garden or airplane...,even my pc is nearly 5 years old so much better specications and has better graphic card than 940 mx,i can play new games with gtx 780 sli 4K medium setting as well,my advice is put £1000 more get for £1500 average laptop that you can play game high setting on 1080p, but not 4K
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Opening post
Not an expert but seems like its good value for the specs. Similar one on Amazon is £740.
Specifications:
All comments (29)
Not FHD screen, pretty horrid to do assignments or the like on as you can't use windows snap effectively.
2 generations old now (not the biggest issue in the world but says a lot about this having been hanging around for a while)
Not a great deal of RAM but acceptable for most people. No indication if it's 2x4 or 1x8 configuration which I'd consider important if you plan to upgrade later.
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I believe this machine has the GDDR3 model from what I can find online so it's only very slightly faster than what's already built in on the processor. With that in mind for this sort of money I'd be looking towards getting a 7th gen machine which isn't going to be much different in respect of the performance but all to the benefit of the battery life.
Oh dear :disappointed:
The description of the processor under features says" Latest 6th Gen. Intel® Core™ i7 processor" so its all a bit confusing as to what it has.
1. It is a budget laptop with at a mid range price.
2. Well overpriced for what you get. Stay clear of this.
3. If you want a laptop to do work there are better for cheaper and you will not be working well with a dreadful screen resolution.
4. If you want a laptop where you can play occasional games then look elsewhere also you will be very restricted on what you can play.