Huawei D15 i5 (£600) good buy for kids or is there better for the £?

dubcat · 19 Mar 2022 at 17:22

Looking for a laptop for each of my 13 year old daughters. Based on initial research the Huawei D15 matebook seems to get recommended in reviews (i5, 8gb, £600). Is this a good buy or is there something else I should be looking at?

Will be used for lightweight gaming (Minecraft) and o365 based homework.

Craig_d1 · 20 Mar 2022 at 10:56

From a quick look, it just uses the integrated gpu on the cpu rather than having a dedicated gpu so any gaming will be severely restricted.
Think youll struggle to get a gaming laptop at that price unless you go 2nd hand...

andy_mk3 · 20 Mar 2022 at 11:13

If you up your budget towards the £700 mark you should be able to pick something up with an RTX3050 which is vastly superior to the integrated graphics.

Craig_d1 · 20 Mar 2022 at 11:17

And £800 mark gives you rtx 3060..just seen 1 with ryzen5 5600h, 16gb ram, 512 ssd, rtx 3060, 15.6 144hz 1080p screen for 779..

marms · 20 Mar 2022 at 22:34

If you wait for the Ryzen 6000 series laptops they have RDNA2 graphics built in so will be more suitable for light gaming

HACO · 21 Mar 2022 at 03:01

marms said:
If you wait for the Ryzen 6000 series laptops they have RDNA2 graphics built in so will be more suitable for light gaming

This. I'd also wait for Ryzen 6000 series.

Destination · 2 Apr 2022 at 14:25

HACO said:
This. I'd also wait for Ryzen 6000 series.

When does RDNA2 launch?

marms · 2 Apr 2022 at 17:29

Destination said:
When does RDNA2 launch?

The rdna2 based Ryzen 6000 series laptops should be available in the next month.