New Laptop Suggestion

Faustinooo · 22 Jul 2016 at 16:13

I need some help identifying which laptop to buy.

The laptop is for my daughters birthday and will be needed for general use so internet, lots of youtube, word etc for homework and also playing Minecraft at best settings possible.

Budget is around £600 but i'm happy to pay a little extra if it will be considerably better.

Screen size/laptop weight is not a huge priority, it will mainly be transported around the house or to relatives houses so she'll not be carrying it far.

Thanks

WYNIR0 · 22 Jul 2016 at 16:18

No need to spend as much as £600. Plenty of good deals on HP Probook 450 G2's around at the mo with 8gb for less than £400.

Faustinooo · 22 Jul 2016 at 16:51

Would that be sufficient for playing minecraft? I'm not familiar with graphics card used in laptops or Minecraft and how demanding it is/isn't.

WYNIR0 · 22 Jul 2016 at 16:59

Faustinooo said:
Would that be sufficient for playing minecraft? I'm not familiar with graphics card used in laptops or Minecraft and how demanding it is/isn't.

That's a video of a I5 5200u integrated graphics running minecraft. So one of the chips you'd get in the HP for less than £400

Faustinooo · 22 Jul 2016 at 17:04

I've spotted a Lenovo Yoga 500 online for £500, that has an i5-6200 processor, 8gb ram and a 2gb nvidia 920m graphics card. Would that perform significantly better than the HP suggested above WYNIR0?

WYNIR0 · 22 Jul 2016 at 17:37

Faustinooo said:
I've spotted a Lenovo Yoga 500 online for £500, that has an i5-6200 processor, 8gb ram and a 2gb nvidia 920m graphics card. Would that perform significantly better than the HP suggested above WYNIR0?

The 6200 processer will be better, but I'd expect the integrated graphics in either processor to be about as good at the 920m based on the below.

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=3192&cmp[]=3255

However in reality the 920m must be better, otherwise why on earth include it?