Student laptop 2017

[Jakub321]

Hello everyone,

I am looking for a laptop for studies. preferably with a dedicated graphics card. I was looking at hp envy with i5 360gb ssd (nvme) and gtx 150mx. If you recommend something else at a similar price range £600-1000 thanks!

Jakub

[Crunchy Dragon]

1,000 British pounds is about the same(give or take a few) USD, right?

 

Either way, in your case I'd probably aim for a lower-end MSI or mid-range Lenovo. It's harder to find good dGPUs in laptops under a pricetag of 800, so either way you'll have to shell out quite a bit

[Wumkin]

14 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

1,000 British pounds is about the same(give or take a few) USD, right?

 

Either way, in your case I'd probably aim for a lower-end MSI or mid-range Lenovo. It's harder to find good dGPUs in laptops under a pricetag of 800, so either way you'll have to shell out quite a bit

According to google it would be 1309.50 USD but with tech stuff it wouldn't translate to that many dollars

[goatfeed123]

Maybe the HP Pavilion 15t would be good

[Jakub321]

1 hour ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

1,000 British pounds is about the same(give or take a few) USD, right?

 

Either way, in your case I'd probably aim for a lower-end MSI or mid-range Lenovo. It's harder to find good dGPUs in laptops under a pricetag of 800, so either way you'll have to shell out quite a bit

Yes I was talking about 1000 british pounds. Also MSI laptops "show off" too much for me. That was the main reason for the hp envy. Because I cant find laptops like the hp spectre or something with a dgpu

[Crunchy Dragon]

2 minutes ago, Jakub321 said:

Yes I was talking about 1000 british pounds. Also MSI laptops "show off" too much for me. That was the main reason for the hp envy. Because I cant find laptops like the hp spectre or something with a dgpu

Fair point, it also depends on which MSI laptop you get, the Stealth series is fairly low profile other than the RGB keyboard

[Jakub321]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Fair point, it also depends on which MSI laptop you get, the Stealth series is fairly low profile other than the RGB keyboard

can you? I will have a look straight away

 

[Crunchy Dragon]

3 minutes ago, Jakub321 said:

can you? I will have a look straight away

 

Yeah, the GS-series laptops are pretty slimmed down, the only "gamery" aesthetic is the keyboard

[Jakub321]

MSI GS63 7RD Stealth what do you think of this one then?

as the price is preety good and maybe it would go down even more on black friday?

 

[Jakub321]

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/store/d/hp-envy-notebook-13-ad013na-laptop/8p0tfgvzvh94/8q6z?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

What would you say about this one? as Im a student I get a good discount.

[haeusermannanna]

I personally would never buy an HP (Desktop or Notebook). I have an Acer VX15 591G. It has an dedicated 1050ti Graphics card.

 

I found a bundle deal on Ebuyer:

https://www.ebuyer.com/802518-gigabyte-sabre-15k-cf1-gaming-laptop-bundle-sabre15k-cf1bun

 

This one has only 8 GB DDR4 but you could update the RAM on a later date.

 

Or you take pen and paper to class and build yourself a Gaming Desktop for 1000 GBP. Because Gaming Laptops tend to be pretty heavy and those which are not are out of your price range. They are even out of mine :))

 

For  Example you could build a PC like this for 1000 GBP. I did not include Keyboard and Mouse since they are very personal. 

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/zpVkVY

 

I am pretty sure you get tired of carrying a laptop from class to class pretty soon. You might also think of an insurance if you go for the Notebook option in case you intend it to take to College. because it does not have to be you that destroys your Notebook.  Just in case... 

 

Kathrin

[Jakub321]

1 minute ago, haeusermannanna said:

I personally would never buy an HP (Desktop or Notebook). I have an Acer VX15 591G. It has an dedicated 1050ti Graphics card.

 

I found a bundle deal on Ebuyer:

https://www.ebuyer.com/802518-gigabyte-sabre-15k-cf1-gaming-laptop-bundle-sabre15k-cf1bun

 

This one has only 8 GB DDR4 but you could update the RAM on a later date.

 

Or you take pen and paper to class and build yourself a Gaming Desktop for 1000 GBP. Because Gaming Laptops tend to be pretty heavy and those which are not are out of your price range. They are even out of mine :))

 

For  Example you could build a PC like this for 1000 GBP. I did not include Keyboard and Mouse since they are very personal. 

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/zpVkVY

 

I am pretty sure you get tired of carrying a laptop from class to class pretty soon. You might also think of an insurance if you go for the Notebook option in case you intend it to take to College. because it does not have to be you that destroys your Notebook.  Just in case... 

 

Kathrin

Thanks Kathrin. I have a desktop for gaming already. The laptop is mainly for school work and programming of games and things like that (the computers in my school are crap...) So that was the only reason and the dedicated card is just there for some light gaming sometimes if I would get bored.

Thanks for the reply though highly appreciate it.

Jakub

[haeusermannanna]

Hi

Have a look here:

https://www3.lenovo.com/gb/en/gbeducation/gatekeeper/showpage?toggle=RegistrationGatekeeper

 

[Jakub321]

3 minutes ago, haeusermannanna said:

Hi

Have a look here:

https://www3.lenovo.com/gb/en/gbeducation/gatekeeper/showpage?toggle=RegistrationGatekeeper

 

Its not letting me create my account. Saying that I need a special email? So I thought that I need to set it up with the school one? any idea why this may be happening?

 

[haeusermannanna]

Dear Jakub

 

yes now I understand much better why you need a Laptop for School. If I were you have a look a Lenovo, Acer Toshiba.... basically anything other than HP and Medion and other no name products,

 

HP and Compaq are not good quality. Do not invest hard earned money  (yours or your parents) in these products.

 

try this:

 

http://lenovo.studentbeans.com/

[Jakub321]

4 minutes ago, haeusermannanna said:

Dear Jakub

 

yes now I understand much better why you need a Laptop for School. If I were you have a look a Lenovo, Acer Toshiba.... basically anything other than HP and Medion and other no name products,

 

HP and Compaq are not good quality. Do not invest hard earned money  (yours or your parents) in these products.

 

try this:

 

http://lenovo.studentbeans.com/

Oh thanks a lot. I thought that HP was a good brand

 

[Jakub321]

10 minutes ago, haeusermannanna said:

Dear Jakub

 

yes now I understand much better why you need a Laptop for School. If I were you have a look a Lenovo, Acer Toshiba.... basically anything other than HP and Medion and other no name products,

 

HP and Compaq are not good quality. Do not invest hard earned money  (yours or your parents) in these products.

 

try this:

 

http://lenovo.studentbeans.com/

Im not too sure about lenovo, as my previous experience with them was awful

[haeusermannanna]

We find something else. You might have had the bad luck of having a "Friday machine". Let me check a few others.

 

 

[Jakub321]

Just now, haeusermannanna said:

We find something else. You might have had the bad luck of having a "Friday machine". Let me check a few others.

 

 

Thanks for your help

[haeusermannanna]

You are welcome Jakub

 

[haeusermannanna]

what did you think about the Gigabyte Laptop bundle I sent you the link before?

 

[Jakub321]

1 minute ago, haeusermannanna said:

what did you think about the Gigabyte Laptop bundle I sent you the link before?

 

Yeah, Im still thinking about it. may be a good option for me, not sure yet

[Jakub321]

@haeusermannanna

Do you know any other manufaturers or websites which offer student discount?
 

[haeusermannanna]

or this one?

 

https://uk-store.acer.com/nitro-5-notebook-an515-51-black-1

 

[Jakub321]

2 minutes ago, haeusermannanna said:

or this one?

 

https://uk-store.acer.com/nitro-5-notebook-an515-51-black-1

 

It seems once again a bit too "gamer flashy" although may consider it as it is the only laptop which has decent battery life for the "gamer" laptops