HELP Me Pick A Laptop (Budget £1750/$2650)

[_Smyles]

Hay,

 

I'm not much of a Laptop guy myself so i'm needing help in choosing my Dad a new Laptop. The budget is capped at around £1750 ($2650).

 

Requirements:

-This thing needs to be shit quick in all aspects.

-Look good and be made from good high quality materials (Not Plastic)

-Be able to replace a desktop PC (which it will be doing)

-Have a UK keyboard (not essential)

-Not to chunky

-Be an i7 CPU

-Have SSD's (at least 1 of any size) and a HDD (not essential)

-15"+ display

-Powerful GPU

-Good networking capabilities

-Not bothered about OS

-And primarily be available in the UK

-Also cannot be a Dell or Apple product! 

 

Thanks in advance.

[Slash003]

Take that money, and buy a desktop, and if it needs to be portable make it a miniATX. Laptops are terrible choice for that money.

[Coombzy]

If it's a desktop replacement I recommend building a smaller rig unless he needs to take it out.

[ZaBoss]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-GT72-Dominator-Pro-211-HID2/dp/B00OCDZZ06/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1421949341&sr=8-2&keywords=MSI+GT80

[_Smyles]

Take that money, and buy a desktop, and if it needs to be portable make it a miniATX. Laptops are terrible choice for that money.

 

 

If it's a desktop replacement I recommend building a smaller rig unless he needs to take it out.

That's what i said to him but he doesn't like the idea of me building him a small miniITX PC

[Laputacake]

Does it need to be a desktop or does it have to a laptop. If so, http://www.amazon.co.uk/G751JY-T7009H-17-3-inch-Notebook-i7-4710HQ-2-50GHz/dp/B00NWE0MUE/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

If a desktop but tiny

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£202.75 @ Scan.co.uk)

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i 57.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£34.91 @ Scan.co.uk)

Motherboard: MSI H97I AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£79.16 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Kingston Savage 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory (£114.52 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£155.94 @ Dabs)

Storage: Samsung Spinpoint M9T 2TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£86.48 @ Dabs)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£269.96 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: Lian-Li PC-TU100B Mini ITX Tower Case (£80.69 @ Overclockers.co.uk)

Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply (£77.58 @ Scan.co.uk)

Total: £1101.99

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-22 18:04 GMT+0000

[Slash003]

That's what i said to him but he doesn't like the idea of me building him a small miniITX PC

Well tell him that the miniITX is easier for maintenance and will last longer and retain performance for longer than that laptop. Plus it'll save him money!

[_Smyles]

Well tell him that the miniITX is easier for maintenance and will last longer and retain performance for longer than that laptop. Plus it'll save him money!

I think I've managed to change his mind by showing him these posts, and proving to him that it's not just me who thinks this!

[asimrc]

mate get a Dell XPS you cant go wrong.

[D2ultima]

-snip-

If he still wants the laptop, the P750ZM has desktop i7 CPUs and high end mobile chips with IPS displays... but I don't know if it fits your budget.

http://mysn.co.uk/shop/xmg-u505-gaminglaptop.html here is one website

http://www.scan.co.uk/3xs/configurator/15in-gaming-laptop-geforce-970m-980m-clevo-p751zm here is another reputable website.