New gaming laptop £700-£800 Budget

Peguin · 28 Aug 2012 at 09:18

Im in the market for a new laptop. Generally i want to get the best laptop for playing games at that price. I dont know much about hardware in laptops so im a bit lost in what to look for. I have loooked at the dell outlet store but with no knowledge of decent specs im a bit lost.

Please help, thanks in advance

scrlk · 28 Aug 2012 at 09:34

Look for a M17x (or if you are lucky, a M18x). Anything with a i7 quad and paired with anything above a 560/660 (+AMD equivalent) should be fine.

This should help you:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Comparison-of-Laptop-Graphics-Cards.130.0.html

Peguin · 2 Sep 2012 at 13:28

Was just browsing and came across this, any good?

http://www.asuslaptop.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=N55SL-S1188V-16GB

jubei · 2 Sep 2012 at 13:55

If you dont mind forking out 100 extra but then claiming back through samsungs promotion you can get a 700z for 800 quid from the rainforest.

CEUOTC · 2 Sep 2012 at 14:01

Look at either the Inspiron 17R SE 2GB Nvidia GeForce GT 650M £679 Includes VAT & Shipping.

or

Inspiron 15R SE 2GB AMD Radeon HD 7730M £579 Includes VAT & Shipping.

these should both be more than capable of gaming for under £800.

Regards.

C.

CEUOTC · 2 Sep 2012 at 14:04

Personnally l would go for any kit running at least a GT 650M which is >= to a GTX 560M.

Regards.

C.

Peguin · 2 Sep 2012 at 14:53

CEUOTC said:
Look at either the Inspiron 17R SE 2GB Nvidia GeForce GT 650M £679 Includes VAT & Shipping.

or

Inspiron 15R SE 2GB AMD Radeon HD 7730M £579 Includes VAT & Shipping.

these should both be more than capable of gaming for under £800.

Regards.

C.

Thank you for your help but I'm confused where you found those prices

CEUOTC · 2 Sep 2012 at 16:37

Peguin said:
Thank you for your help but I'm confused where you found those prices

You have to select view all options to find the prices for the Inspiron 17R.

Regards.

C.

roughavoc · 2 Sep 2012 at 22:32

Optimus III or Optimus IV

GT 650 / GTX 660M + i7-3610QM + 8GB RAM + 120GB SSD or 750GB HDD = £830~

Peguin · 3 Sep 2012 at 15:36

Been doing a bit of browsing and found this

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Samsung_550P7C_1198887.html

seems good to me but need your expert opinions

Peguin · 3 Sep 2012 at 16:40

Chassis & Display Optimus Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3610QM (2.30GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660M - 2.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 750GB WD SCORPIO BLUE WD7500BPVT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 8MB CACHE (5400
rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® N135 802.11N (150Mbps) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options 3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence

Also found these specs for £807.00, any good???