Laptop £500 Spec

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Looking for the best laptop I can get for £500, doesnt need a ton of storage but looking for something that I can game on occasionally. So far looking at

PACKARD BELL EasyNote TS11-HR-040UK 4GB Core i5 Laptop

and the

Acer Aspire 5553G

any suggestions would be great as I don’t know a great deal about laptop hardware :)
 
Have a look at the dell outlet. You can get an Inspiron 15R N5010

Intel Core i3-380
2x2GB DDR3 1333Mhz
500GB HDD
15.6 Screen (1280x768)
ATI Mobility Radeon 5650, 1GB
1 Year Warranty


Got mine yesterday for £320 delivered

There's some great deals on there...
 
keenan said:
Have a look at the dell outlet. You can get an Inspiron 15R N5010

Intel Core i3-380
2x2GB DDR3 1333Mhz
500GB HDD
15.6 Screen (1280x768)
ATI Mobility Radeon 5650, 1GB
1 Year Warranty


Got mine yesterday for £320 delivered

There's some great deals on there...
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So it was you who got the last one.....I was going to order that.
 
MOOGLEYS said:
I have the Acer 5553G and have been nothing but impressed with it. Great laptop for the price.
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Is this the Phenom II N950, 6GB Ram, Ati 5650 one? Seen that for £519 with 2 year warranty so it is up on my list at the moment.

It seems a lonely AMD lappy in a i3/i5 market these days so is it any good? How is the battery life and heat. Is the build quality good?
 
Thats the one..

I'm really immpressed with it tbh. I wanted something that would allow me to play the occasional game and it has exeeded my expectations. I can run Civ V in high detail, Dirt 3 even runs at pretty much max detail.
When using the battery you can switch from the 5650 to the onboard 4200 GPU which saves battery life quite a bit. I managed nearly 3 hours surfing the net and forums the other day.
When running the dedicated GPU it gets hot but no more than any laptop with a decent GPU. Build quality is good, the screen surround is a bit wobbly but other than that it feels solid and well made.
If you like I can upload some pics later this evening ? I had a dell 15R which was returned which had an i5 cpu and I feel the Phenom II in the acer is every bit as capable..
 
MOOGLEYS said:
Thats the one..

I'm really immpressed with it tbh. I wanted something that would allow me to play the occasional game and it has exeeded my expectations. I can run Civ V in high detail, Dirt 3 even runs at pretty much max detail.
When using the battery you can switch from the 5650 to the onboard 4200 GPU which saves battery life quite a bit. I managed nearly 3 hours surfing the net and forums the other day.
When running the dedicated GPU it gets hot but no more than any laptop with a decent GPU. Build quality is good, the screen surround is a bit wobbly but other than that it feels solid and well made.
If you like I can upload some pics later this evening ? I had a dell 15R which was returned which had an i5 cpu and I feel the Phenom II in the acer is every bit as capable..
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Yea, post some pics if you can. How long have you had it and have you had any problems?
 
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