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Bought it in the US, live in the UK. If there are any issues I'll just ship it over and ask my aunt to take it to the store and get it fixed/replaced -
Got the Microsoft store 2 year warranty for $99, should be good to go. Plan to replace it in a year with the Surface book 2 anyway.
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Need laptop around $600 Non gaming
angaddev replied to SocomSuade's topic in Laptops and Pre-Built Systems
If it has to be windows, then maybe a refurb XPS 12/13 or older Thinkpad could be OK, but for $600 a used 13" Macbook pro is much better value imo, it'll last a lot longer. -
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AWelp, I bought a FHD/512 GTX 1060. Performance is absolutely outstanding across the board, with temps on the GPU & CPU not hitting more than 80C. Fans are extremely quiet at idle and pretty loud under load, though it's not a dealbreaker and the way this thing plays BF1 at 1080p and breezes through FM2017 and lightroom is immense. And absolutely no issues at all. Everything about the build quality is awesome. The hinge is better than the one on my old MBP and my 12" macbook, more solid and no play, and the keyboard is what the new MBP one should have been, great response and a lot more stable than the traditional Apple keyboard. RGB lighting doesn't hurt either.
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Welp, I bought a FHD/512 GTX 1060. Performance is absolutely outstanding across the board, with temps on the GPU & CPU not hitting more than 80C. Fans are extremely quiet at idle and pretty loud under load, though it's not a dealbreaker and the way this thing plays BF1 at 1080p and breezes through FM2017 and lightroom is immense
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So after reading through angry comments from Blade owners on QC as well as the fact that I can't find one anywhere, decided to choose a different machine. XPS 15 (i7, 16GB, 512GB, 960M) - £1649 New Surface Book (i7, 16GB, 512GB, 965M) - probably £2250 retail, around £2000 after student discount. Will be used as a jack of all trades (web browsing, Movies/TV/Netflix, Gaming at 1080p on BF1, Civ VI and FM2017, Light photo editing). I need it to be quite portable and have a good battery life, which is why I am leaning towards the surface book. I also value the higher build quality and tolerances of the Surface. However, I don't know whether to sacrifice CPU performance for a GPU which is 30% better in BF1. I'm assuming the i7-6567u will be used, does anyone know the specific chip that will be used? Price isn't too much of an issue as I've been saving for a while and need a sturdy laptop to last for at least 3 years. My only concern with the Dell is worse quality control and service than a Microsoft product.
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What notebook should I get for £1200-1600
angaddev replied to oliverguy's topic in Laptops and Pre-Built Systems
The new Surface book with i7/16/512 should be around £2300, but if you know anyone who is a student it'll come down to around £2k. However, if you are content with the 940m graphics of the current generation it's available for £2024 with a free Xbox one S with FIFA and an extra controller which you could sell if you wanted to offset the cost. https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msuk/en_GB/pdp/Surface-Book/productID.332604800 -
I'm not pitchforking anybody, I haven't attacked anybody mate it's a discussion about a laptop.
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Are there any good 970m/960m alternatives.
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https://insider.razerzone.com/index.php?threads/razer-blade-2016-gtx-1060-benchmarks.17082/ Obviously quite a few QC issues but not seen anyone with absurd temps (the one scenario where they had over 90C was fixed by using full screen rather than borderless)
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Ideally want a 1060 not a 1070 for temps.. The new Blade seems to be staying at around 75C under load, and reviewers on YT as well as forums have said that it doesn't throttle under heavy use
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What should I get instead then... Not seeing many laptops with decent gpus
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Whatever you want to call it, I don't feel that the aesthetic & materials used in the construction of most Windows laptops are of a decent standard. It's subjective. I don't really care about the keyboard as much as the trackpad tbh, I have the 12" macbook which has a below average/average keyboard at best, but the trackpad is sublime as with most Macs. Can you name another laptop that isn't a lot heavier that has a 1060 or equivalent that won't be loud..
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Yeah, of course I care about the look and feel of it, I'm dropping £1500+ on a laptop. I'm not some kind of Mac fanboy, I've always been a windows fan and I have a custom desktop, but I would like a laptop to have good materials. Frankly I'm not even considering most Windows laptops because of their plastic build. Tried the XPS 15 today and the build is average in my mind and the trackpad is quite poor. Also tried the 970m blade, probably about a 7 or 8 out of 10 for the build and a very good trackpad in my mind. Keep in mind that price wise I'm comparing this to the rMBP. Tbh I'd happily take the 15 inch touch bar model if it wasn't so extortionately priced. Also, regarding cooling : Benchmarks on the new HD 1060 laptop have the GPU at about 73-76C. As well as this, why would I need access to parts? Pretty sure the RAM is soldered on the blade and if I were to upgrade the SSD I'd do it in like 2 years, don't see why I need quick access to parts.
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I understand but the Blade is the only Windows laptop I know of with even semi-decent build quality & trackpad. Tried the XPS 15 today and it was bulky without even having good build quality, and the trackpad was atrocious. I don't want a Clevo because they aren't portable and very ugly.
