Ideapad Flex 5 Upgrade to Zenbook Duo worth it?

gamerTM21 · 15 Sep 2021 at 09:02

There's a Zenbook Duo refurb I'm looking at, which is a previous gen one, with a 10th gen i7, 16GB RAM, and 512GB SSD, for just over £800, but in really on the line about if it's a good deal and I should pull the trigger, or if its too much of a luxury buy.

Last year I bought a Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5, which has a Ryzen 4 4500u, 8GB RAM, and 256GB SSD.

The question is, is it worth the extra ~£400 to upgrade to the Zenbook Duo? And is it worth going for a refurb? The price point is sort of my limit I'm willing to pay for a laptop. Not really fond to pay £1k+, so if I don't go for it, I'll probably leave them altogether.

I just do some light gaming (Football Manager, Age of Empires etc.), and it wouldn't be my work laptop as I have another one for that.

jrwagh333 · 19 Sep 2021 at 09:43

You need to ask yourself why you need to upgrade first of all

gamerTM21 · 27 Sep 2021 at 12:04

jrwagh333 said:
You need to ask yourself why you need to upgrade first of all

It would definitely be a luxury upgrade.

Apart from general browsing etc. I use my laptop to play some light stuff like Football Manager and some RTS games, so the upgrade in specs would definitely make the difference.

Mohammed Razaa · 24 Oct 2021 at 13:48

gamerTM21 said:
It would definitely be a luxury upgrade.

Apart from general browsing etc. I use my laptop to play some light stuff like Football Manager and some RTS games, so the upgrade in specs would definitely make the difference.

Have you had a look at =- go for the Lenova IdeaPad 5 Pro Gen 6 (16" AMD) - normal price is £799.99- i just got this 1 week ago - found a £100 discount coupon code on daily mail - £699.99

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
nvidia 1650 graphics card
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

Sean473 · 24 Oct 2021 at 21:27

Mohammed Razaa said:
Have you had a look at =- go for the Lenova IdeaPad 5 Pro Gen 6 (16" AMD) - normal price is £799.99- i just got this 1 week ago - found a £100 discount coupon code on daily mail - £699.99

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
nvidia 1650 graphics card
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

For 899, you can get the Legion 5 with RTX 3060 which would be perfect IMO... Although the above idealpad has a better screen for sure!

Mohammed Razaa · 25 Oct 2021 at 12:52

Sean473 said:
For 899, you can get the Legion 5 with RTX 3060 which would be perfect IMO... Although the above idealpad has a better screen for sure!

yeh the 360 for that price is nice, i wen for the 1650 - i dont game - wanted a better screen - only down side to the laptop is the keyboard - has no travel like the macbooks.

gamerTM21 · 25 Oct 2021 at 16:22

I actually went for a Lenovo Yoga 9i with the highest spec i7 in it, got it on sale for £700, and chuffed to buts with it.

Mohammed Razaa · 25 Oct 2021 at 16:45

gamerTM21 said:
I actually went for a Lenovo Yoga 9i with the highest spec i7 in it, got it on sale for £700, and chuffed to buts with it.

Yoga 9i, great laptop, I was about to get that before I saw the lenova 16 am,

Keep enjoying it