Mid-range Laptop Advise Needed.

itbestuk · 1 Dec 2016 at 19:07

Hi all,

I would like to buy my son age 9 laptop for Xmas, he doesn't need anything major as he uses the PS4 for more demanding games, however he will use it for movie editing and Steam Games.

My wife says spend £550 max but I will go to £850.

I have narrowed is to these, though any different suggestions will be great!

MSI GL62 6QD-408UK £800
- Intel Core i7-6700HQ Quad Core Processor
- 15.6" Full HD Screen
- 16GB DDR4 RAM
- 128GB SSD + 1000GB HDD
- Dedicated GeForce GTX 950M 2GB Graphics

or

Dell Inspiron 7559 £750
- Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ Processor
- 15.6" Full HD Screen
- 16GB DDR4 RAM
- 128GB SSD + 1000GB HDD
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M (4 GB GDDR5)

Thanks

Iain

itbestuk · 1 Dec 2016 at 22:01

I reckon this is a boring and repeated question so if its been answered previously then just point me in the right direction, thanks.

Mr.Meerkat · 1 Dec 2016 at 22:15

In my opinion, the dell as frankly price to performance is more important than...ermmm, not sure what the MSI offers that the dell doesn't (assuming the laptop can cool itself properly with no thermal throttling).

itbestuk · 3 Dec 2016 at 22:17

Is it even worth buying a NVIDIA GeForce 9 Series laptop, or is that just pointless after the launch if the 10 series?!

nightmare99 · 4 Dec 2016 at 10:42

The Dell for sure as the graphics card performance is a fair bit more, there is no GTX960M 10 series replacement available yet (the GTX1060 replaces the GTX970M and the GTX1050 is only rumoured at this point to launch in Jan).

TheOtherOption · 4 Dec 2016 at 10:52

I'd concur with the above - go for the Dell 7559.

Check out this massive thread about that very model - seems it was pretty popular for price / performance with a lot of people!