Gaming Laptop for 9 year old - £500 ish budget

Jonny Chee · 22 Sep 2021 at 18:32

Hello all,

After recommendations for a gaming laptop for around £500 for my 9 year old Son.

He mainly plays games such as Roblox and Minecraft so not too demanding, but if it will run other more demanding games too, then great!

Thanks in advance!

FloppyPoppy · 4 Oct 2021 at 10:20

IMO Get a nice cheap laptop with an ssd or put one in yourself and use one of the streaming services to play those more demanding games and run roblox minecraft natively.

varkanoid · 13 Oct 2021 at 13:17

You need to look 2nd hand you would be hard pressed to get a new laptop for £500 with a discrete graphics card.

£649

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...-intel-i5-11400h-gaming-laptop-lt-2du-ms.html

jrwagh333 · 22 Oct 2021 at 16:56

What Floppy said.
I used to have a mid range gaming PC.
Had a baby so had to sell and get a laptop. Went with a Google Pixelbook (Chromebook)

I haven't missed out on any games thanks to Stadia, GFN and xCloud

Sean473 · 22 Oct 2021 at 21:33

I'd save a bit more and aim for a £750 one tbh..

Mohammed Razaa · 24 Oct 2021 at 12:21

if you can find a good discount coupon code for Lenovo - go for the IdeaPad 5 Pro Gen 6 (16" AMD) - normal price is £799.99:

AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900H -16" 2.5K (2560 x 1440) 60Hz, 350 nits, 100% sRGB, 72% NTSC
16gb ram - 3200,
1TB PCIe M.2 SSD
2 x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1, 1 x USB Type-C(full function), 1 x square DC in, HDMI 1.4b, SD card reader, Headphone / mic combo