Laptop

[Craphouserat]

Guys

Does anyone have any experience of these:?

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/la...

This is bang on my max budget. Need to upgrade from my 5 yr old Sony Vaio - know nowt about pc's. I only use my current one for general web browsing and gaming. But new games won't play because of the age/old graphics card etc.

Cheers

[stevensdrs]

Bit of an overkill spec for general use but if you want to spend that much you will be happy with it.

[Craphouserat]

stevensdrs said:

Bit of an overkill spec for general use but if you want to spend that much you will be happy with it.

Thanks for getting back to me with ths.

I do a lot of gaming on my current Vaio and think that this possible new replacement will mean I can play more current games.

Appreciate the post.

Cheers.

[randlemarcus]

Little bit cheaper from Dell Outlet - https://outlet.euro.dell.com/Online/SecondaryInven...

[RizzoTheRat]

I'd usually second the outlet store recommendation, but in that instance it seems to be more expensive, the headline price on the Dell site is ex VAT. I got mine from them a couple of years back and my Mrs liked it so much she bought a bigger one from them soon after.

What games do you want to play though? My 7th gen i5 Dell with the integrated 620 graphics copes surprisingly well with a lot of games that aren't too graphics intensive (Civilisation, KSP, Rebel Galaxy...), but if you're trying to play first person shooters and the like the dedicated graphics are worth it.

8GB RAM seems a little low for gaming though doesn't it?

[Integroo]

It depends what games you want to play and at what settings. Unless you absolutely need a laptop you'd be better off with a desktop for gaming.

[Craphouserat]

Thanks for the further posts..

The main game I play on the PC is always the newest version of Football Manager. Getting a bit slow on the vaio and I don't get the best from the match engine.

Other favs on the PC is Insurgency - I'd like to try the newest of this game - Sandstorm but I'm pretty sure this Vaio won't run it.

I do like a lot of FP Shooters. I do have a PS4 but I have to say that I prefer sitting on my laptop,

Bit of an old sado really.!!

Cheers Guys.

[captain_cynic]

Craphouserat said:

Guys

Does anyone have any experience of these:?

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/la...

This is bang on my max budget. Need to upgrade from my 5 yr old Sony Vaio - know nowt about pc's. I only use my current one for general web browsing and gaming. But new games won't play because of the age/old graphics card etc.

Cheers

Looks decent for gaming, biggest issue is it's heavy (2.3KG), especially compared to Vaio's. Dell's are powerful, reliable and unbreakable but for all of that they weigh a ton.

I'd replace that 5,400 RPM drive with an SSD (or the 128GB SSD with a bigger one).

[Craphouserat]

captain_cynic said:

Looks decent for gaming, biggest issue is it's heavy (2.3KG), especially compared to Vaio's. Dell's are powerful, reliable and unbreakable but for all of that they weigh a ton.

I'd replace that 5,400 RPM drive with an SSD (or the 128GB SSD with a bigger one).

Thanks for the that.

Can't say the weight of any laptop bothers me.....but then how do i Know...this Vaio is all i know laptop wise !!

Thanks again.