Best laptop for under $1000 USD

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

I know, generic title blah blah blah. But my friend wants a laptop for under 1000 bucks. He plays on his iMac or whatever the AIO Mac PC is and he needs a laptop. What options does he have? He plays video games, so I suppose it could be a gaming laptop, but it can't pump out lava or be ~400 degrees C. 

[ZetZet]

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/y-series/y50/ So close. 

[Fate]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834233039&cm_re=gigabyte_gaming_laptop-_-34-233-039-_-Product

Ridiculously long battery life, 750m, 8 gigs of ram, 1080p and perfectly fits the budget

It's also portable!

[ZetZet]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834233039&cm_re=gigabyte_gaming_laptop-_-34-233-039-_-Product

Ridiculously long battery life, 750m, 8 gigs of ram, 1080p and perfectly fits the budget

It's also portable!

47Whr 12hours? uhm not sure if i can believe that.

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/y-series/y50/ So close. 

What about the SLI GT750M y510p?

[ZetZet]

What about the SLI GT750M y510p?

sli has micro stutter issues and y510p gets pretty damn hot. other than that it's an okay laptop. y50 is much better version though definitely worth a little more.

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834233039&cm_re=gigabyte_gaming_laptop-_-34-233-039-_-Product

Ridiculously long battery life, 750m, 8 gigs of ram, 1080p and perfectly fits the budget

It's also portable!

Ewww less than 2 Ghz...

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

sli has micro stutter issues and y510p gets pretty damn hot. other than that it's an okay laptop. y50 is much better version though definitely worth a little more.

hmm but the y50 has only a 860m.

[ZetZet]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834317539&cm_re=lenoco_y50-_-34-317-539-_-Product Found one in 1k range. 860M is only about 10-15% less powerful than that sli and it's single gpu. much better.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-860M.107794.0.html

[Fate]

47Whr 12hours? uhm not sure if i can believe that.

Yea me neither, someone in the reviews said it was about 7 hours

[ZetZet]

Yea me neither, someone in the reviews said it was about 7 hours

7hours is possible with ulv proccesor. But it's not nearly as powerful and has a useless dvd drive.

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834317539&cm_re=lenoco_y50-_-34-317-539-_-Product Found one in 1k range. 860M is only about 10-15% less powerful than that sli and it's single gpu. much better.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-860M.107794.0.html

ok people say the Y510P is hot so the Y50 looks pretty nice, but I would still like to see other laptops

[ZetZet]

http://www.amazon.com/G550JK-DS71-15-6-Inch-Laptop-Nvidia-Graphics/dp/B00KOUILK2/ref=zg_bsnr_565108_39 This one looks good too. 850M is not bad and it's ROG too bad it's not released yet.

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834317539&cm_re=lenoco_y50-_-34-317-539-_-Product Found one in 1k range. 860M is only about 10-15% less powerful than that sli and it's single gpu. much better.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-860M.107794.0.html

will the dual core i5 bottleneck him in games? I think me mentioned that he bought skyrim which might be the most demanding game he owns

[ZetZet]

will the dual core i5 bottleneck him in games? I think me mentioned that he bought skyrim which might be the most demanding game he owns

if it's a i5 4200M it's fine. the i5 4200H (nvm 4200H is good too) and i5 4200U are pretty slow.

http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-15-6-Inch-Laptop-59425944-Black/dp/B00K6ZIMPE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404156697&sr=8-1&keywords=lenovo+y50

This one is i7 for 1100$. 

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

if it's a i5 4200M it's fine. the i5 4200H (nvm 4200H is good too) and i5 4200U are pretty slow.

http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-15-6-Inch-Laptop-59425944-Black/dp/B00K6ZIMPE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404156697&sr=8-1&keywords=lenovo+y50

This one is i7 for 1100$. 

that made no sense. do you mean the i5 4200h is good and the 4200u is slow or what?

[ZetZet]

that made no sense. do you mean the i5 4200h is good and the 4200u is slow or what?

M and H are both good. I just confused the H for a slow one. U is slow.

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

M and H are both good. I just confused the H for a slow one. U is slow.

ok thanks.

[Scionyde]

will the dual core i5 bottleneck him in games? I think me mentioned that he bought skyrim which might be the most demanding game he owns

 

I'm a little late to the party, but the i5-4200H is a hyperthreaded dual core, if that helps.

 

The Lenovo Y50 and the Asus G550JK that were suggested are both pretty good choices. The Lenovo(with the i5) will have a stronger GPU while the Asus will have a better GPU. Aside from that, I can't think of too many other differences aside from the fact that the Asus has an IPS panel while the Lenovo has that small SSD (SSHD?). I'd probably wait until the Asus gets released and then see if people have problems with temperatures or anything, because right now there isn't much information on it.

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

I'm a little late to the party, but the i5-4200H is a hyperthreaded dual core, if that helps.

 

The Lenovo Y50 and the Asus G550JK that were suggested are both pretty good choices. The Lenovo(with the i5) will have a stronger GPU while the Asus will have a better GPU. Aside from that, I can't think of too many other differences aside from the fact that the Asus has an IPS panel while the Lenovo has that small SSD (SSHD?). I'd probably wait until the Asus gets released and then see if people have problems with temperatures or anything, because right now there isn't much information on it.

So a HT dual core will have the same performance as a quad core? Anyway my friend is waiting until the end of the summer to get a laptop so he can wait for the Asus laptop which may have a more powerful GPU variant. The G550JK looks noice!!!!

[Scionyde]

So a HT dual core will have the same performance as a quad core? Anyway my friend is waiting until the end of the summer to get a laptop so he can wait for the Asus laptop which may have a more powerful GPU variant. The G550JK looks noice!!!!

 

Well, the hyperthreaded dual core will be better than a regular dual core, but not as good as a regular quad core (although, come to think of it, I don't think Intel has any regular quad-core mobile CPUs, just hyperthreaded ones)

 

But regardless, given the budget your friend has, it should be a decent enough CPU.