Laptop - recommendation

[CAH706]

Hi

My sons laptop has died so it’s time for a new one

He plays fortnite but that’s about it for games - his old Dell seemed to play that ok

He will be using it for school work - starts secondary school in September

Any recommendations up to around £1000. I have no idea on laptops having used only tablets for the last few years

Thanks in advance

[DoctorX]

If you're happy with Dell's something like this perhaps? Maybe overkill but a nice laptop.

https://outlet.euro.dell.com/Online/SecondaryInven...

Not used the outlet myself but as good as new apparently.

[CAH706]

Thanks DoctorX

I’ve read about the Ryzen processor- anyone thoughts on a laptop with that?

[rastapasta]

CAH706 said:

Thanks DoctorX

I’ve read about the Ryzen processor- anyone thoughts on a laptop with that?

I have a workhorse Lenovo with the Ryzen processor. Seems to work fine. new machine though and only using it for work and porn so it wouldnt be asking alot of the computer. i think for games it comes down to the graphics card.

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CAH706 said:

Thanks DoctorX

I’ve read about the Ryzen processor- anyone thoughts on a laptop with that?

Bought the kids Lenovo laptops at xmas with Ryzen 3 processors, think they were about £500 at the time. Youngest uses it a lot for playing steam games etc and never mentioned any problem with it.
I think they might have been these https://www.argos.co.uk/product/2017541

[CAH706]

Thanks both..... hopefully at 11 he’s too young for the porn

[RizzoTheRat]

Not sure about laptops, but desktop gamers seem to be recommending Ryzen over the Intel equivalent these days.

The Dell outlet linked above are pretty good, my wife and I both have refurbished Inspiron 2-in-1s bought from there, mine arrived with a cracked screen which they sorted out straight away.

Bear in mind their prices don't include VAT though.

Edited by RizzoTheRat on Wednesday 29th July 15:04

[Jinx]

RizzoTheRat said:

Not sure about laptops, but desktop gamers seem to be recommending Ryzen over the Intel equivalent these days.

The Dell outlet linked above are pretty good, my wife and I both have refurbished Inspiron 2-in-1s bought from there, mine arrived with a cracked screen which they sorted out straight away.

Bear in mind their process don't include VAT though.

Always good to do a search for discount codes for Dell outlet as well (got an extra 10% off my last purchase that way) .
I can't say a bad word about them - I have bought many machines (laptops and desktops) from Dell outlet since April 2009 and even the "scratch and dent" machines have been pristine. Still have four of them in the house (others have made their way to family members) and still work fine (been having a few issues with a new Mint 20 cinnamon install on the 2009 desktop but switching to Mate has solved that) .
The bluetooth/wireless card did fail (but before the warranty expired in my most recent machine) and they suggested either I send the machine in (at their expense) or they could just send a new part. I opted for the latter - ten minute job my end rather than the 48 hours without my main pc.