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Hey guys! I'm going on a trip soon and I was looking at buying a laptop to keep me company for about a month. Max budget of £550.

 

Was thinking of buying a LENOVO IdeaPad 5 14" with 8GB RAM and AMD Ryzen 3 4300U.

 

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-ideapad-5-14-laptop-amd-ryzen-3-128-gb-ssd-platinum-grey-10207944-pdt.html

 Just need something to run Retroarch and play some GBA and SNES ROMS as well as watching LTT videos.

 

And would this be ok for some light video editing work?

 

Thanks in advance!

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What are the other specs? And what will you use it for? any budget?

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Just now, Kanna said:

What are the other specs? And what will you use it for? any budget?

Yeah sorry, accidently hit post before i finished typing lol. Edited original post now :)

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3 minutes ago, SgtKenzo said:

Hey guys! I'm going on a trip soon and I was looking at buying a laptop to keep me company for about a month.

 

Was thinking of buying a LENOVO IdeaPad 5 14" with 8GB RAM and AMD Ryzen 3 4300U.

 

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-ideapad-5-14-laptop-amd-ryzen-3-128-gb-ssd-platinum-grey-10207944-pdt.html

 Just need something to run Retroarch and play some GBA and SNES ROMS as well as watching LTT videos.

 

And would this be ok for some light video editing work?

 

Thanks in advance!

I would see no problem with none of that. But instead of a Ryzen 3, opt for a Ryzen 5 if you can. 

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3 minutes ago, SgtKenzo said:

Yeah sorry, accidently hit post before i finished typing lol. Edited original post now :)

Aight well that laptop would be more than enough for what you will use it for you will have to reinstall windows tho since it comes with windows 10 s and it only runs store apps (I think you can install regular) also that drive is a lil small so I would have an external for some stuff, so you can turn off the S mode in settings it seems

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Edit you can turn off S mode

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4 minutes ago, SgtKenzo said:

Hey guys! I'm going on a trip soon and I was looking at buying a laptop to keep me company for about a month. Max budget of £550.

 

Was thinking of buying a LENOVO IdeaPad 5 14" with 8GB RAM and AMD Ryzen 3 4300U.

 

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-ideapad-5-14-laptop-amd-ryzen-3-128-gb-ssd-platinum-grey-10207944-pdt.html

 Just need something to run Retroarch and play some GBA and SNES ROMS as well as watching LTT videos.

 

And would this be ok for some light video editing work?

 

Thanks in advance!

Might want to get the 256gb version so you have some storage leftover after windows takes up half the space of the drive + basic programs :p. However this is the tn panel version and that thing is just bad for well anything. Get the ips version at least or this is not worth it.

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1 hour ago, Kanna said:

t comes with windows 10 s and it only runs store apps (I think you can install regular)

I believe you can convert win 10 s to normal. Isnt it like 50$ for a windows pro upgrade?

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23 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

I believe you can convert win 10 s to normal. Isnt it like 50$ for a windows pro upgrade?

You can it says you can on the Microsoft site

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