Laptop on budget ?

[Sher Singh]

Hi guys,

 

I have been looking at laptops, since my desktop stopped working . i will upgrade it latter but for now going for  a laptop (dont ask, its a long story )

 

i would prefer something

above 12 gb of ram

i5 or i7

SSD is not a preference or required now

dedicated graphics card , 2gb and above

 

i have a budget of 650 GBP

i would be using it for photoshop / programming /Gaming

 

i found a couple of laptops , please help me choose or if you know a better deal please help me out

 

 

• Dell Inspiron 15-5559 4GB AMD R5 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dell-Inspiron-15-5559-15-6-Inch-Notebook/dp/B017URDNS6?ie=UTF8&qid=1460403971&ref_=sr_1_2&s=computers&sr=1-2

• LENOVO Ideapad 500 AMD Radeon R7 M360 i7-6500U (2 GB DDR3L)   http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-ideapad-500-15-6-laptop-white-10137915-pdt.html
• LENOVO Ideapad 500 AMD Radeon R7 M360 i5-6200U ( 2 GB DDR3L)  http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-ideapad-500-15-6-laptop-white-10137914-pdt.html

• TOSHIBA Satellite P50-C-18K i5-6200 NVIDIA GeForce 930M (2 GB DDR3)   http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/toshiba-satellite-p50-c-18k-15-6-laptop-brushed-metal-10138280-pdt.html

  thanks
  
   

 

 

[I am an SSD]

16 minutes ago, Sher Singh said:

 

 

 

 

Go with the toshiba. The R 5 m230 chip that comes with the dell doesnt perform as much as the competition in this case

[exercutor5]

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/cosmosIV-15/

 

You can get this with the i5 and 950M now, and buy the rest of the parts seperately, usually cheaper that way.

[Sher Singh]

20 hours ago, I am an SSD said:

Go with the toshiba. The R 5 m230 chip that comes with the dell doesnt perform as much as the competition in this case

What about lenovo i7? R7?

[I am an SSD]

30 minutes ago, Sher Singh said:

What about lenovo i7? R7?

Did you go for that particular model because of the 12 gigs of RAM? Because you can always add more RAM by yourself for much cheaper. 

 

If you really want this model, an i5 an i7 would perform almost same  in each case fr the workload you'll be putting it under. decide if the price difference id a lot for you or not. 

 

If i were you , i would go for the i7 6200U because of slightly better clock speed in turbo. May or may not make a difference. 

 

The i5 6200U and the i7 are essentially the same chip.

 

tldr if you are okay with paying 40 pounds more for slightly better clock speed, go for it..otherwise the i5 is going to do whatever you tell it to do anyway.

[Sher Singh]

Thanks I will go for i7 then

 

[don_svetlio]

32 minutes ago, Sher Singh said:

Thanks I will go for i7 then

 

Save up a bit more and get a vastly superior laptop

[Sher Singh]

15 hours ago, I am an SSD said:

Did you go for that particular model because of the 12 gigs of RAM? Because you can always add more RAM by yourself for much cheaper. 

 

If you really want this model, an i5 an i7 would perform almost same  in each case fr the workload you'll be putting it under. decide if the price difference id a lot for you or not. 

 

If i were you , i would go for the i7 6200U because of slightly better clock speed in turbo. May or may not make a difference. 

 

The i5 6200U and the i7 are essentially the same chip.

 

tldr if you are okay with paying 40 pounds more for slightly better clock speed, go for it..otherwise the i5 is going to do whatever you tell it to do anyway.

thanks , you mean i5 6220u?

 

i found another https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-15-6-inch-Notebook-i7-5500U-Graphics/dp/B015Q28BVG/ref=sr_1_4?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1461703427&sr=1-4&keywords=z51

 

would this be performing better or similar to 6200u and 6500u?

 

 

[Sher Singh]

14 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

Save up a bit more and get a vastly superior laptop

long story bro, my aunt is buying this one for me lol

[I am an SSD]

4 minutes ago, Sher Singh said:

thanks , you mean i5 6220u?

 

i found another https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-15-6-inch-Notebook-i7-5500U-Graphics/dp/B015Q28BVG/ref=sr_1_4?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1461703427&sr=1-4&keywords=z51

 

would this be performing better or similar to 6200u and 6500u?

 

 

Go for the new one...purely because of the superior graphics

 

The R9 M375 it comes bundled with is better than anything else you talked about before.

[Sher Singh]

43 minutes ago, I am an SSD said:

Go for the new one...purely because of the superior graphics

 

The R9 M375 it comes bundled with is better than anything else you talked about before.

cool and the difference isnt much in 5500u and 6500u, right?

[I am an SSD]

Just now, Sher Singh said:

cool and the difference isnt much in 5500u and 6500u, right?

Nope....on midrange laptops, you should never buy something for the RAM or the CPU. 

 

ALWAYS check the graphics card...after the harddrive the graphics card is the major bottleneck in a Laptop, because you cannot change it. You can always remove the hardrive and put an SSD, add more RAM etc ..but the graphics card, no chance. CPU wise, unless its an i3, you're good.