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Hi all,

I'm looking at a laptop for school, but also want to game on it on the move.

 

I came across the Acer ASPIRE V5-591G-562R with pretty good specs.

i5-6300hq

gtx 950m

128gb ssd + 1tb hdd

8gb ram

 

Only the screen is kinda dissapointing.

 

It costs 850 euros in the Netherlands

 

But when I search for reviews, the only thing I get are topics on people talking about how bad Acer is, and they're mostly refering to cheap celeron models from 5 years ago.

 

How bad is this thing, is it really as bad as people are saying the brand is?

 

 

If so, does anybody else have any other recommendations for around 800 euros, it can go a bit above but 900 is too much.

It doesn't have to be a gaming beast, but it needs a quadcore CPU for school and a half-decent graphics card to run some games on the go. Medium settings is good enough for me.

 

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3 minutes ago, deWaardt said:

Hi all,

I'm looking at a laptop for school, but also want to game on it on the move.

 

I came across the Acer ASPIRE V5-591G-562R with pretty good specs.

i5-6300hq

gtx 950m

128gb ssd + 1tb hdd

8gb ram

 

Only the screen is kinda dissapointing.

 

It costs 850 euros in the Netherlands

 

But when I search for reviews, the only thing I get are topics on people talking about how bad Acer is, and they're mostly refering to cheap celeron models from 5 years ago.

 

How bad is this thing, is it really as bad as people are saying the brand is?

 

 

If so, does anybody else have any other recommendations for around 800 euros, it can go a bit above but 900 is too much.

It doesn't have to be a gaming beast, but it needs a quadcore CPU for school and a half-decent graphics card to run some games on the go. Medium settings is good enough for me.

 

Acer is almost bankrupt in japan... I think it's safe to stay away from the company

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9 minutes ago, deWaardt said:

Hi all,

I'm looking at a laptop for school, but also want to game on it on the move.

 

I came across the Acer ASPIRE V5-591G-562R with pretty good specs.

i5-6300hq

gtx 950m

128gb ssd + 1tb hdd

8gb ram

 

Only the screen is kinda dissapointing.

 

It costs 850 euros in the Netherlands

 

But when I search for reviews, the only thing I get are topics on people talking about how bad Acer is, and they're mostly refering to cheap celeron models from 5 years ago.

 

How bad is this thing, is it really as bad as people are saying the brand is?

 

 

If so, does anybody else have any other recommendations for around 800 euros, it can go a bit above but 900 is too much.

It doesn't have to be a gaming beast, but it needs a quadcore CPU for school and a half-decent graphics card to run some games on the go. Medium settings is good enough for me.

 

Nooo. Avoid VN Nitro. Fucking overheat like no tomorrow. Build quality is cancer, keyboard is worse than cancer. Avoid.

Lenovo Y700
Asus G552VW
MSI GS60
Dell Inspiron 7559

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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Acer is like the cancer of laptops.

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26 minutes ago, OsuMasterz said:

Acer is almost bankrupt in japan... I think it's safe to stay away from the company

20 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Nooo. Avoid VN Nitro. Fucking overheat like no tomorrow. Build quality is cancer, keyboard is worse than cancer. Avoid.

Lenovo Y700
Asus G552VW
MSI GS60
Dell Inspiron 7559

Looking at the Lenovo Y700 right now, looks very decent!

 

12 minutes ago, Starrzy said:

Their laptops are bad, but the monitors are quite good.

Lol okay that's clear, don't get an Acer

21 minutes ago, Theo said:

For how much can you get a Dell 7559? 

around 900, but it's a dual-core and I really need 4 cores.

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1 minute ago, deWaardt said:

Looking at the Lenovo Y700 right now, looks very decent!

 

Lol okay that's clear, don't get an Acer

around 900, but it's a dual-core and I really need 4 cores.

Y700 is solid. 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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10 minutes ago, deWaardt said:

Alright.

It's a little out of my budget tho, lets see if I can make it happen.

Hope it works out :)

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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52 minutes ago, deWaardt said:

Looking at the Lenovo Y700 right now, looks very decent!

 

Lol okay that's clear, don't get an Acer

around 900, but it's a dual-core and I really need 4 cores.


Yeah the base one is an I7 but theres an I7 option and it has a 960m

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