Help choosing a good laptop (gaming/university)

[manlykeweaver465]

I'm going to be buying a laptop soon, my budget is around £800-£1000 and i have narrowed my choice down to the dell Inspiron 15 7000 gaming laptop (i5 7300HQ, 8GB RAM, GTX 1050 and 256 GB SSD or the i7 version if i save a little longer) but the only problem is the TN display as I've heard that it isn't too great, i'll mainly use it for gaming, college and programming as well as taking it to university next year, so it must have a decent battery life and capable of upgrading the ram and storage. are there any other laptops at this price point you guys could suggest as i would happily get the dell but the display is putting me off, also if there are any users of this dell laptop, is the screen really that bad ?

 

thanks.

 

 

 

[sambarr]

TN is ok for gaming, not a problem at all. The view angles are not as good as IPS, but then you're always using a laptop while being in front of it, so I don't see an issue there.

 

 

[marcinno]

im pretty sure there is an IPS version of this laptop.

[manlykeweaver465]

Just now, sambarr said:

TN is ok for gaming, not a problem at all. The view angles are not as good as IPS, but then you're always using a laptop while being in front of it, so I don't see an issue there.

 

 

yeah that's true, the display wasn't really at the top of my checklist i guess the reviews i saw over-exaggerated how bad the display was

[Thermosman]

get a inspiron 15 7000 with a 1060, I think they come with an ips screen

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/inspiron-15-7000-gaming/spd/inspiron-15-7567-laptop

 

[manlykeweaver465]

1 minute ago, Thermosman said:

get a inspiron 15 7000 with a 1060, I think they come with an ips screen

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/inspiron-15-7000-gaming/spd/inspiron-15-7567-laptop

 

the newest model is a little out of my price range as the price on the dell website excludes VAT and the cheapest model doesn't come with an SSD, this is the model i found but it doesn't specify if it has an IPS or TN display:

 

http://www.very.co.uk/dell-inspiron-15-7000-gaming-series-intelreg-coretrade-i5-7300hq-processor-8gb-ddr4-ram-256gb-ssd-156-inch-full-hd-laptop-silver-with-4gb-nvidia-gtx-1050-graphics/1600153252.prd

[Gamerguy207]

If you focus is more on gaming you could get this budget 1060 laptop

 

https://www.amazon.com/Eluktronics-N850HP6-Premium-Gaming-Laptop/dp/B072X7YLMC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&th=1

 

 

[Thermosman]

Meamt inspiron 15 7000 gaming

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/cty/pdp/spd/inspiron-15-7577-laptop

Lowest model is 900 usd, should be less in uk

[manlykeweaver465]

4 minutes ago, Gamerguy207 said:

If you focus is more on gaming you could get this budget 1060 laptop

 

https://www.amazon.com/Eluktronics-N850HP6-Premium-Gaming-Laptop/dp/B072X7YLMC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&th=1

 

 

that's a pretty good price, never heard of that brand before, so ill have a look into it but im looking so an all round laptop really (decent for video games with a good battery life and build quality)

[manlykeweaver465]

4 minutes ago, Thermosman said:

Meamt inspiron 15 7000 gaming

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/cty/pdp/spd/inspiron-15-7577-laptop

Lowest model is 900 usd, should be less in uk

just had a look on the UK website and its £966 with VAT and that's without an m.2 SSD, if the display isn't too bad when looking head on i might just go for the TN model to save some extra cash and go for the I7 version and sacrifice the display for a bit more performance 

[Thermosman]

2 minutes ago, manlykeweaver465 said:

just had a look on the UK website and its £966 with VAT and that's without an m.2 SSD, if the display isn't too bad when looking head on i might just go for the TN model to save some extra cash and go for the I7 version and sacrifice the display for a bit more performance 

That elukronics model is a pretty good price for having the i7and ips screen.

[Gamerguy207]

7 minutes ago, manlykeweaver465 said:

that's a pretty good price, never heard of that brand before, so ill have a look into it but im looking so an all round laptop really (decent for video games with a good battery life and build quality)

I've read the reviews on Amazon and almost all are good btw this is one of the brands that are lesser known but sells good stuff sort of like oneplus 

[manlykeweaver465]

Just now, Thermosman said:

That elukronics model is a pretty good price for having the i7.

yeah it is, im gonna have a look at some reviews for it and take it into consideration  

[Thermosman]

2 minutes ago, manlykeweaver465 said:

yeah it is, im gonna have a look at some reviews for it and take it into consideration  

Make sure you look at the 1 and 2 star reviews, it willtell you the cons of rhr laptop

[EG!]

19 minutes ago, manlykeweaver465 said:

the newest model is a little out of my price range as the price on the dell website excludes VAT and the cheapest model doesn't come with an SSD, this is the model i found but it doesn't specify if it has an IPS or TN display:

 

http://www.very.co.uk/dell-inspiron-15-7000-gaming-series-intelreg-coretrade-i5-7300hq-processor-8gb-ddr4-ram-256gb-ssd-156-inch-full-hd-laptop-silver-with-4gb-nvidia-gtx-1050-graphics/1600153252.prd

You just missed the black friday deals (-15% + free shipping) wait till there is a new action for christmas or so and the 1060 version will be in your price range.

I had €250 discount on the one that I ordered last friday.

[manlykeweaver465]

4 minutes ago, EG! said:

You just missed the black friday deals (-15% + free shipping) wait till there is a new action for christmas or so and the 1060 version will be in your price range.

I had €250 discount on the one that I ordered last friday.

yeah rip me lol, I'm gonna wait till Christmas before i buy anyway just in case any laptops go on sale, see if i can get a good deal 

[EG!]

20 hours ago, manlykeweaver465 said:

yeah rip me lol, I'm gonna wait till Christmas before i buy anyway just in case any laptops go on sale, see if i can get a good deal 

Just to give you an update there are new deal on the site of Dell on Inspirons and XPSs. So the inspiron 5000 and 7000 fall under that category.