Please help me to decide

[Akadis]

So I am currently deciding between those two laptops:

 

• Acer V 15 Nitro (i7-6500U, additional 500GB HDD, IPS, little bit better battery) 1097€
• Acer V 15 (i7-6700HQ, no HDD, TN-Panel) 850€

Is it worth 250€ to have additional 500GB HDD and IPS or should i go for the no Nitro version??

 

I use it mainly for school (programming, simulating and some 3D moddeling) and some gaming on LAN partys etc.

 

pleas fast answers I want to buy it fast

 

Thank 

Akadis

[Kantor]

if you can afford i i would go with the Nitro.

[Akadis]

Just now, Kantor said:

if you can afford i i would go with the Nitro.

it would be over my budget still i could manage it but i don't really fell like that its worth 250€ 

[Kantor]

no i changed my mind the cheaper one has a better possessor.

 

 

and you could always get a better drive for it later

Edited August 3, 2016 by Kantor
further thoughts

[T99]

I don't know much about v15s.. But clearly the Nitro has a worse CPU and possibly a worse GPU, I believe the non-nitro is equipped with a GTX 960M? The i7 6700HQ outperforms the i7 6500U by so much, if the GPU is not downgraded then it might experience a bottleneck.

 

I do believe, the Non-Nitro one has 256GB of NVMe PCIe Storage? Yeah.. That's merely enough. However if you have an external Thunderbolt HDD then bam, your solution.

 

However the V15 is known for crap battery life, Having the Nitro MIGHT improve it, but again, if you don't mind having to charge it 20 minutes earlier, I would say save your 250 Pounds.

[Akadis]

3 minutes ago, T99 said:

I don't know much about v15s.. But clearly the Nitro has a worse CPU and possibly a worse GPU, I believe the non-nitro is equipped with a GTX 960M? The i7 6700HQ outperforms the i7 6500U by so much, if the GPU is not downgraded then it might experience a bottleneck.

 

I do believe, the Non-Nitro one has 256GB of NVMe PCIe Storage? Yeah.. That's merely enough. However if you have an external Thunderbolt HDD then bam, your solution.

 

However the V15 is known for crap battery life, Having the Nitro MIGHT improve it, but again, if you don't mind having to charge it 20 minutes earlier, I would say save your 250 Pounds.

both have the 950M 2GB version in it 

i have a spare 250GB SSD around and some 1tb external drives so that is not a problem ^^

 

I found that the v 15 has about 5-6h while surfing in the internet

[Akadis]

as I wrote this I decided I go vor the non Nitro ^^ thanks a lot

[Pendragon]

https://www.amazon.de/Lenovo-i5-6300HQ-Quad-Core-Prozessor-Betriebssystem/dp/B016QB9HZK/ref=sr_1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1470215215&sr=1-3&keywords=dell+7559

 

bruh.

[don_svetlio]

1 hour ago, Akadis said:

So I am currently deciding between those two laptops:

 

• Acer V 15 Nitro (i7-6500U, additional 500GB HDD, IPS, little bit better battery) 1097€
• Acer V 15 (i7-6700HQ, no HDD, TN-Panel) 850€

Is it worth 250€ to have additional 500GB HDD and IPS or should i go for the no Nitro version??

 

I use it mainly for school (programming, simulating and some 3D moddeling) and some gaming on LAN partys etc.

 

pleas fast answers I want to buy it fast

 

Thank 

Akadis

DO NOT BUY THOSE. They overheat like no tomorrow. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

[don_svetlio]

36 minutes ago, Akadis said:

as I wrote this I decided I go vor the non Nitro ^^ thanks a lot

Don't. It overheats. Look at Notebookcheck or the Notebookreview forums. It runs at 95-99*C on the CPU under load. It's basically not usable for anything beyond minesweeper. Ask @Dackzy how many times he's had to replace fried boards on those... The heat can also damage the battery causing major issues.

[GArmyHD]

I don't know much, but I do know to trust @don_svetlio and @Dackzy (at least most f the time  haha)

[Dackzy]

18 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Don't. It overheats. Look at Notebookcheck or the Notebookreview forums. It runs at 95-99*C on the CPU under load. It's basically not usable for anything beyond minesweeper. Ask @Dackzy how many times he's had to replace fried boards on those... The heat can also damage the battery causing major issues.

 

9 minutes ago, GArmyHD said:

I don't know much, but I do know to trust @don_svetlio and @Dackzy (at least most f the time  haha)

I know that you two love me. Don I have replaced much more than just the board in those. I have had about 12 Acer laptops in with components that are black'ish, but should be blue or green..

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Dackzy said:

 

I know that you two love me. Don I have replaced much more than just the board in those. I have had about 12 Acer laptops in with components that are black'ish, but should be blue or green..

They should sell them with a grill so you can at least make dinner while watching the world burn

[Dackzy]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

They should sell them with a grill so you can at least make dinner while watching the world burn

well I have made a lot of holes in one as a mod, just to help with temps, the bottom ended up looking like a big mesh. It helped a little... So I guess that you could make food on that..

[Akadis]

On 3.8.2016 at 11:31 AM, don_svetlio said:

DO NOT BUY THOSE. They overheat like no tomorrow. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

so the Lenovo Y700 better? or what would you suggest?

 

Thanks for the info I already bought it tho but i will test it and i can send it back to amazon without problems.

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Akadis said:

so the Lenovo Y700 better? or what would you suggest?

 

Thanks for the info I already bought it tho but i will test it and i can send it back to amazon without problems.

The Y700 is a much better option. Unlike the Nitro (which has 2 extremely small aluminium heatsinks) the Y700 comes with a large copper heatsink and yields vastly superior thermal performance. The Asus G552VW is also a solid option. I strongly encourage you to cancel the order as Acer are notoriously bad with support.

[Akadis]

4 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

The Y700 is a much better option. Unlike the Nitro (which has 2 extremely small aluminium heatsinks) the Y700 comes with a large copper heatsink and yields vastly superior thermal performance. The Asus G552VW is also a solid option. I strongly encourage you to cancel the order as Acer are notoriously bad with support.

Ok i wont go for the Nitro btw and at the reviews i read the temps only went to about 60°C?

Just read that the Y700 has a bad battery and i don't really need that much gpu power i'll only use it on lans and if i have spare time in school

 

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Akadis said:

Ok i wont go for the Nitro btw and at the reviews i read the temps only went to about 60°C?

Just read that the Y700 has a bad battery and i don't really need that much gpu power i'll only use it on lans and if i have spare time in school

 

The 60*C is for external temperature of the keyboard area. Internally it goes to 95*C and overheats (throttles).

Y700 has a 60Wh battery. That's larger than the V Nitro's 51-52Wh one.

[Akadis]

15 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

The 60*C is for external temperature of the keyboard area. Internally it goes to 95*C and overheats (throttles).

Y700 has a 60Wh battery. That's larger than the V Nitro's 51-52Wh one.

i read many reviews now and I won't get enough battery with the y700 also i don't want such a gaming laptop again. 

I will use it for work and school and it's no problem if the gpu isn't that good (LoL, CS:GO, LAN-Games,...).

 

Its nice that it has got an IPS panel but it has no use if I always need to keep my charger with me.

Couldn't find the asus laptop however ^^

 

I hope you can find something for me kinda getting lost in this huge laptop market

I wish you could build them like a tower pc.

[Pendragon]

https://www.amazon.de/Lenovo-Notebook-i7-6700HQ-externer-DVD-Brenner/dp/B016QB9IHM/ref=lp_4368994031_1_11?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1470310036&sr=1-11

ITS FOR 280 HOLY SHIT THIS DEAL.

[Akadis]

2 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

https://www.amazon.de/Lenovo-Notebook-i7-6700HQ-externer-DVD-Brenner/dp/B016QB9IHM/ref=lp_4368994031_1_11?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1470310036&sr=1-11

ITS FOR 280 HOLY SHIT THIS DEAL.

I kinda don't trust that one tho ^^

 

[Pendragon]

Just now, Akadis said:

I kinda don't trust that one tho ^^

 

ma bad, got excited. can't read german. can only read the specs and price. Lemme look around LOL

[Akadis]

2 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

ma bad, got excited. can't read german. can only read the specs and price. Lemme look around LOL

googled his email and found a lot of fake reports

[Pendragon]

@Akadis What's your budget in euros?

[don_svetlio]

42 minutes ago, Akadis said:

i read many reviews now and I won't get enough battery with the y700 also i don't want such a gaming laptop again. 

I will use it for work and school and it's no problem if the gpu isn't that good (LoL, CS:GO, LAN-Games,...).

 

Its nice that it has got an IPS panel but it has no use if I always need to keep my charger with me.

Couldn't find the asus laptop however ^^

 

I hope you can find something for me kinda getting lost in this huge laptop market

I wish you could build them like a tower pc.

The Y700 has better battery life tho. I've tried both. The Y700 gets 5 hours, V Nitro about 4 hours.