Better gettign the MSI with same specs, space for a 2.5 drive and two M2 slots
wixster
10 Oct 17#27
Unless you absolutely need the portability of a laptop: just get a gaming desktop-much more power for your money.
With a gaming laptop you still need somewhere to put your mouse/power cable/headphones (on a desk presumably) anyway whilst using it, so your "portable" laptop is basically the same footprint as a desktop anyway.
hotukdealsplz to wixster
10 Oct 17#28
Can't play on my desktop in bed can i?? I say have both!
Destard to wixster
10 Oct 17#29
I think anyone looking specifically for a gaming laptop would be well aware of gaming desktops and their limitations.
MarcusTricker
9 Oct 17#24
Can any one advise me if this is a good price and good system, would be my first gaming laptop.
Destard to MarcusTricker
9 Oct 17#25
Good laptop; bad price. At that price point, I'd expect a gtx 1060 GPU
MarcusTricker to Destard
9 Oct 17#26
1399 for the 1060
That's a 1060 but i5 not i7
Destard to MarcusTricker
10 Oct 17#30
I'd take a quad core i5 over an i7 in a gaming laptop unless money was not a limitation.
lou.chou to MarcusTricker
10 Oct 17#31
There's a lot of positive feedback on the Medion range of gaming laptops. Better specs, and value for money. I'd probably get one myself if I was looking:
Can this handle decent video editing? I'm not too fussed about gaming. How important is the lack of ssd?
XLYC to ClayDavis
9 Oct 17#21
This?
OgreShrekIsKawaii to ClayDavis
9 Oct 17#23
The lack of ssd means that booting up the system would be slower and loading up software. Good cpu and decent GPU, would be fine with video editing :smile:
Queeme
9 Oct 17#14
thanks for this
xchaotic
9 Oct 17#13
see benchmarks for laptop GTX1050 -- if that's enough performance for your gaming needs, go for it, otherwise buy something else as you can't upgrade the GPU in a laptop
eraldo to xchaotic
9 Oct 17#15
Actually you often can now so long as the graphics card in the laptop is on an MXM module like the one in my laptop which is a gtx 660m. Im not 100% unsure of how the newer 10 series cards are put in because iv never opened one up but i have seen a gtx 1060 on an mxm module so i would imagine the gtx 1050 is the same but may differ for certain laptops.
jaydeeuk1 to eraldo
9 Oct 17#16
Price of mxm often means it's cheaper to sell existing laptop and then just upgrade. It's a good idea, just economies of scale and lack of take up means it's expensive and limited.
eraldo to jaydeeuk1
10 Oct 17#34
Rubbish that would entirely depend on the specs of the laptop you are upgrading, i recently upgraded my clevo laptop with a gtx 660m to a gtx 970m. The price of a gtx 970m laptop is almost £1000, by upgrading the gpu it only cost me £268 (from the US) and the remaining specs of the laptop were equal to that of laptops already running a 970m. The only problem is finding a place to buy them, they are rare and as a result some places do over charge.
Marekj to eraldo
9 Oct 17#19
Wasn’t mxm largely abandoned some time ago?
eraldo to Marekj
10 Oct 17#35
No, in fact more manufacturers are switching to them. I believe msi started using them, the idea of upgrading a laptop when it becomes outdated is an attractive prospect. Many clevo laptops use them as well.
congrevecv
9 Oct 17#11
jonthed as fiqqer says not really a gaming machine, I have a similar MSI laptop here it is good, though I don't game with it.
If you wait for Black Friday, what do you use before then?
The similar MSI that I have is defiantly a cut above the cheaper laptops that I've had before. Investigate fitting your own SSD, it is usually cheaper
rwilts
9 Oct 17#10
Got the version with SSD and 4gb version of 1050 for same price last month from saveonlaptops worth keeping eye out .
krisb1701d to rwilts
10 Oct 17#32
Do you have a link? Thanks
jonthed
9 Oct 17#8
Is it worth waiting for black Friday do you think? I want to try to get the biggest bang for my buck.
Bully to jonthed
9 Oct 17#9
Deals are better before BF if last year is anything to go by.Very poor deals on BF in 2016.
fiqqer
9 Oct 17#7
Spec wise it is very good at a good price. I'd hesitate to call it a gaming laptop, but it will have a good go as one. It looks like it can accommodate an additional flash drive so if you have a spare one - you can easily make it better for £100. The proper gaming version of this laptop is £899.
Tabintab to fiqqer
9 Oct 17#22
I'm going with this reply, its a laptop with a semi decent video card.
Gormond
9 Oct 17#6
Shame about the lack of SSD but great specs for the price so hot from me.
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Processor:Intel Core i5-7300HQ Quad Core (2.5GHz, 6MB Cache, Intel Turbo Boost up to 3.5GHz)
Screen:15.6" (1920x1080 FHD Resolution, LED Back-lit, Ultra Slim 200nits, Anti-Glare Screen)
RAM: 8GB (DDR4)
Hard Drive1000GB
GraphicsDedicated (NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 with 2GB GDDR5 Dedicated Memory), Integrated (Intel HD 630 Graphics)
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Better gettign the MSI with same specs, space for a 2.5 drive and two M2 slots
With a gaming laptop you still need somewhere to put your mouse/power cable/headphones (on a desk presumably) anyway whilst using it, so your "portable" laptop is basically the same footprint as a desktop anyway.
Can any one advise me if this is a good price and good system, would be my first gaming laptop.
At that price point, I'd expect a gtx 1060 GPU
That's a 1060 but i5 not i7
argos.co.uk/sea…on/
If you wait for Black Friday, what do you use before then?
The similar MSI that I have is defiantly a cut above the cheaper laptops that I've had before.
Investigate fitting your own SSD, it is usually cheaper
Who do I believe?