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GTX 950M laptop for <£620?

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Hi everyone

 

I'm currently in the market for a new laptop and need to buy very soon (by Monday at the latest). John Lewis have the HP Pavilion 15-ak002na for £699 and since I currently work there, I'll pay £616 with the partner's discount. Does anybody know of a GTX 950M (or better) laptop from a reputable UK retailer for less?

 

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Charlie

 

P.s. £616 is more than I really want to spend, £550 would be better; I'll be without income for the next year as I'll be living in New Zealand, training as a pilot. I would however like something that'll be passable for a little light gaming.

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A combination of gaming (FSX, DCS, BF4 and ETS2 at slightly gimped resolutions) and photo editing in LightRoom. Also, as a means of transferring things to my iPad.

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20 minutes ago, MooseCheese said:

A combination of gaming (FSX, DCS, BF4 and ETS2 at slightly gimped resolutions) and photo editing in LightRoom. Also, as a means of transferring things to my iPad.

Neither Currys nor PC World have cheaper 950 machines, just 940 machines with gimmicks like a 360º flippy screen. 

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Yeah, thanks guys, that's very much what I thought. Usually I'd try the eBay option, but given the seller has no feedback and I really don't have time for eBay's refund policy (it took three months before my money made its way back to me last time), I think I'll just go for the HP.

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The Green Pavilion?

 

Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280  3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD Red
Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
Windows 10 is now MSX! - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/440190-can-we-start-calling-windows-10/page-6

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Just now, MooseCheese said:

Yeah, that's the one.

If you don't mind the bad points in the review go for it

Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280  3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD Red
Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
Windows 10 is now MSX! - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/440190-can-we-start-calling-windows-10/page-6

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7 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

If you don't mind the bad points in the review go for it

 

Thanks for the review. I appreciate the Dell 7559 is much better, and I've wanted it since Linus reviewed it, but I really can't afford to spend an extra £150.

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