Laptop for Computing student (university): Ryzen 5 or I5!?

[jacob.ellis94]

Hello, can you guys advise me on what the best laptop would be to get on a budget of £500?

I will need it for programming and learning C++ , as well as moving from uni to home with it. I wouldn't mind being able to do some light gaming, but I have a desktop that can be upgraded for AAA stuff.

 

I have watched the Linus tech tip videos on new laptops for the school term, and with that advice, I've narrowed down my options. The main take I got from these forums, and from both end of summer Linus tech tip videos was that:

- I should look for a quad core CPU.

- I should go for SSD, not HDD

- 8 Gb of RAM

 

I would like to ask for help choosing the best bang for my buck!

 

Hp 250 g7 Intel i5:

https://www.ebuyer.com/879511-hp-250-g7-i5-8gb-256gb-mx110-full-hd-15-6in-win10-home-6mp38es-abu

Ryzen 5 version:

https://www.ebuyer.com/885239-hp-255-g7-ryzen-5-8gb-256gb-hd-15-6in-win10-pro-laptop-7de73ea-abu

 

Other options :

 

Acer Swift 3 Ryzen 5 https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/acer-swift-3-14-amd-ryzen-5-laptop-256-gb-ssd-silver-10193941-pdt.html?intcmpid=display~HL

 

Lenovo IdeaPad Ryzen 5

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8625982

 

I would be incredibly grateful if people could help me decide from these options

 

[Fasauceome]

Thanks for that Bionicle soup image

 

Acer laptops generally feel pretty good to use, that Swift would be my choice

[jacob.ellis94]

32 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Thanks for that Bionicle soup image

 

Acer laptops generally feel pretty good to use, that Swift would be my choice

Thanks for your reply ! 

 

Do you think I should look for the i5 iteration or the Ryzen 5 one ?

Or is there basically no difference?

[Fasauceome]

6 minutes ago, jacob.ellis94 said:

Thanks for your reply ! 

 

Do you think I should look for the i5 iteration or the Ryzen 5 one ?

Or is there basically no difference?

There really won't be much difference for your use case.