Budget laptop

[BAcon]

Hi all,

Will be building a desktop rig by the end of the year with some luck, but I also could do with a cheap laptop.
I currently have a 13yr old dell L702x with an i7, 6GB memory, 17" screen etc that was good back in the day but the hinges are broken, battery dead and it's ever more noisy. I will likely pull it apart, reseat the CPU with some fresh paste and re use it somehow.

But in the meantime I'd like a cheap used laptop to take it's place, in the region of £100 to £200 max.
My usage is web browsing, wifes work training, word docs/excel, managing my server, video streaming etc, so light usage only.

My research has led me to the Dell Latitude and various ThinkPad models, thinking T14, T480, T490, T495 etc.

Am I in the right ball park? Most have gen 8 or gen 10 Intel i5 CPUs, though I'd prefer a Ryzen based one if I can, though seems harder to find within budget.

Am I looking in the right direction? Anything else I should consider?

Thanks

 

[Disco_P]

Yeah you're looking at the right stuff. Add Elitebooks to your shopping list, I bought my Dad an elitebook 840 g7 with an i5 10th series quad core and 16GB of ram for £200 last year.

All metal construction, with a good screen and keyboard and long battery life.

You're probably not going to find many ryzen machines as they didn't sell as many.

 

[BAcon]

Nice one, I will check those out too.

Yeah certainly seems to be the case, market of i5 systems mainly!