Laptop for University

[Slottr]

Looking for a laptop to last a good couple years in university.. I have a budget of about max of 1500 CAD.

 

Aside from the university work I'll be doing (word processing, excel) I'll be playing games with it as well (Cities: skylines, battlegrounds, Witcher...).

 

I was looking at the Dell Inspiron 7000, but I'm not the biggest fan of the "gamer" design.

 

Cheaper the better pls

[The Sloth]

3 minutes ago, Slottr said:

university.

what are you going into? 

[1Reshiram12]

Good higher price point one(1060+SSD)

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA8X55S20043

 

Good lower price point one(1050 ti no SSD)

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G64T1702

[MstaR35]

5 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

what are you going into? 

I need some help with this toooo. at like £700

 

9 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Looking for a laptop to last a good couple years in university.. I have a budget of about max of 1500 CAD.

 

Aside from the university work I'll be doing (word processing, excel) I'll be playing games with it as well (Cities: skylines, battlegrounds, Witcher...).

 

I was looking at the Dell Inspiron 7000, but I'm not the biggest fan of the "gamer" design.

 

Cheaper the better pls

At that price range I can name a few:

Gigabyte Sabre 15

MSI PE72

GL753VD

 

 

Although the GL series apparently have bad thermals and build quality. soooo

[1Reshiram12]

This one is the cheapest I could find with a 1060, the only downside is an i5 instead of an i7 which shouldn't be a problem unless you're doing something that requires more threads.

 

https://www.amazon.com/FX502VM-Gaming-Laptop-NVIDIA-i5-6300HQ/dp/B01LXO0PO2/ref=sr_1_7?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1505350146&sr=1-7&keywords=laptops&refinements=p_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A2289793011|2289792011%2Cp_n_feature_seven_browse-bin%3A3012497011%2Cp_n_operating_system_browse-bin%3A12035945011%2Cp_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A13580790011|7817224011|13580788011

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, MstaR35 said:

I need some help with this toooo. at like £700

 

what are you going into? 

[MstaR35]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

what are you going into? 

Paramedics, but there will also be light gaming. I was thinking GP62 6QF

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, MstaR35 said:

Paramedics, but there will also be light gaming. I was thinking GP62 6QF

that looks like a good computer, go for it or get a desktop+ used Thinkpad combo. 

[genexis_x]

4 hours ago, MstaR35 said:

I need some help with this toooo. at like £700

 

At that price range I can name a few:

Gigabyte Sabre 15

MSI PE72

GL753VD

 

 

Although the GL series apparently have bad thermals and build quality. soooo

 

4 hours ago, MstaR35 said:

Paramedics, but there will also be light gaming. I was thinking GP62 6QF

Avoid MSI GV, GL/PL, GP and some GE/PE series and also Asus FX/GLxxxVD/VE, mediocre build quality

 

Edit: Seems like the Sabre 15 also has a not so good quality but at least IMO it's better than the models I had listed above

[MstaR35]

11 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

 

Avoid MSI GV, GL/PL, GP and some GE/PE series and also Asus FX/GLxxxVD/VE, mediocre build quality

 

Edit: Seems like the Sabre 15 also has a not so good quality but at least IMO it's better than the models I had listed above

Yes they aren't amazin but at a sub £700 pirce tag it is very hard to complain.

[genexis_x]

6 hours ago, MstaR35 said:

Yes they aren't amazin but at a sub £700 pirce tag it is very hard to complain.

Have you looked into Dell 5000 Gaming Series (Intel)? They are good alternatives to the well known 7000 Gaming Series (7567) at a lower price.