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nwgilbert

nwgilbert

nwgilbert

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Hi, I'm looking to purchase a laptop for around £500-£1000.

The laptop will be used for the following:
  • Adobe design (illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop). Sometimes simulatenousy running all 3.
  • Playing 4k videos (UHD rips) plugged into my 4k TV. PLEASE NOTE DO NOT NEED 4K LAPTOP SCREEN, ONLY FOR PLUG AND PLAY 4K VIDEOS ON TV. Not sure what the laptop requires for this?My current macbook pro 2011 cannot output 4k. Video continuously lags when trying to play.

  • Gaming is not really needed.

  • will also be using it at corporate events so something light and sleek when folded would be ideal but not required.
Can anyone recommend a laptop please?
I did come across this but I just don't know much about laptops. Only ever had a macbook other than desktops and it's now taken its toll.

What are others thoughts on this? Second and third link jumps out to me because of i7.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/hp-p...15.6-ips-intel-i5-7200u-laptop-lt-03r-hp.html
RRP: £599.99
Price: £699.00

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RRP: £899.99
Price: £689.00

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RRP: £699.98
Price: £549.99


I have a desktop windows pc which I built myself so i wonder would it be better to build the laptop myself or would there not be much cost saving? Im going to use Windows on this laptop.

NO COMPETITOR LINKING!!!
 
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You'll need to remove the links to the competitors as they're not allowed on the forum.

Personally I've always held Dell laptops in high regard - take a look at the Dell Inspiron 5000 range - you can pickup a 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD, 15" with 8th gen Core I7 within your budget.
 
OCUK one doesnt have enough RAM for what you want to do. 16gb minimum 32gb ideal. CPU is a bit weedy too.

I would look elsewhere but dont post links, as per Dell above.
 
Building your own laptop is often more expensive than say grabbing a Dell or Lenovo base model that shares a maindboard/chassis with a high end model and then upgrading it.

E.G cheapest dell you can find with an i7 and acceptable screen then uprade the RAM and HDD to SSD yourself
 
BongoHunter said:
Building your own laptop is often more expensive than say grabbing a Dell or Lenovo base model that shares a maindboard/chassis with a high end model and then upgrading it.

E.G cheapest dell you can find with an i7 and acceptable screen then uprade the RAM and HDD to SSD yourself
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I would not recommend doing this tbh, Bios in these laptops `usually`won`t support higher spec cpu and the cooling is not up to keeping a much faster cpu cool enough to be stable
You might be lucky but personally i would not risk it
 
ANDARIAL said:
I would not recommend doing this tbh, Bios in these laptops `usually`won`t support higher spec cpu and the cooling is not up to keeping a much faster cpu cool enough to be stable
You might be lucky but personally i would not risk it
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Sorry not suggesting upgrading CPU - just memory and disk :)
 
Thank you for the feedback.
I am still a little lost with what laptop to go for based on my requirements above.
I guess I should look at i7 + 16gb ram as a minimum.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a laptop available at OCUK?
 
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