Laptop budget of £759

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Hi all,

Looking to buy a laptop to replace one that broke. I've been offered a Lenovo:

Lenovo Thinkpad L512-NVW58UK

* Screen size - 15.6 in - 1600 x 900
* Processor - Intel Core i5 - 2660 MHz
* RAM - 4096 Mb
* Hard Drive - 320 GB
* Operating System - Windows 7 Professional
* Optical Drive - DVD-RW
* Graphics - Radeon HD 5145
* Webcam - Y

or £759 and I am not sure what to choose.

Thanks,

G
 
Thinking about this:

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You could maybe ship a machine over from the US, it would only be due Tax (no import duty on notebooks).

You can find a company who actively deal with exporting them on a well known auction site, they do a "clevo barebones" but I would look into their complete systems.
 
I'm looking at this now:

Base 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM processor 2.00 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz
Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
Memory 6144MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [1x4096 + 1x2048]
Keyboard Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard
Video Card 2GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M Graphics Card
Hard Drive 750GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive
Optical Devices 8x DVD+/-RW Optical Drive
Wireless Networking Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1030 (1x2 b/g/n+ Bluetooth Combo Card)
Cables UK 250V Power Cord
Shipping Documents English Documentation
Bundle N02X5M06
Standard Warranty 1 year Collect & Return Hardware Support included with your PC
Enhanced Service Packs 1 year of coverage included with your PC
Integrated Mobile Broadband Mobile Broadband Module - no SIM card included
Order Information XPS L502x Order - UK
Primary Battery 6-cell 56Whr Lithium Ion battery
Carrying Cases No Carrying Case
Dell System Media Kit XPS L502x Resource DVD (Diagnostic & Drivers)
Color Choice Metalloid Aluminum Cover
Accidental Damage Support No Accidental Damage Protection
Online Backup DataSafe Online Backup 2GB - 1 year licence
TV Tuner and Remote Control TvTuner Not Included
LCD 15.6 FHD B+RGLED TL (1920x1080) 1080p with 2.0 Mega Pixel Integrated Camera
DataSafe Datasafe Local 2.3 Basic
Microsoft Application Software Microsoft® Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word & Excel w/ads. No PowerPoint or Outlook
Protect your new PC McAfee® SecurityCenter 15 Month Subscription
Power Supply 130W AC Adaptor
Operating System Recovery Options OS Windows® Recovery Media Not included
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£1,303 before discount
 
Could always keep an eye on dell outlet.

Had XPS L702x on for £720 inc del last weekend with corei7 and 3gb nvidia 555m, blu ray, 8gb etc.

I admit they aren't always there, but def worth keeping an eye on if you can wait.
 
Guru said:
I'm looking at this now:



£1,303 before discount
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For the price thats pretty bad.

The GT555m is much weaker than the 460M or 5850 mobility that can be had in much cheaper machines.

EDIT: Look at the G150 (available from a UK based resller), £1000 gets you a GTX560M or £1080 (worth the money) Gets you an HD6970 2GB GDDR5! Both include a 15.6" 1080p display.

Either of those will slap a system with a GT555m so hard.

EDIT2: Forgot to mention the G150 also comes with a 2yr warrenty as standard, 500GB Western digital 7200rpm HDD, 1080p display and high end intel wireless adaptor.
 
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Well if you intend to use it for gaming the G150 will be around four to five times faster.

If gaming is very much a secondary thing then the dell is ok.

Also remember that the 2 year parts and labour warranty is default on the G150.

GT540m = 96 shaders, 4 rops, 128bit DDR3
GTX560m = 192 shaders, 24 rops, 192bit GDDR5
HD6970m = 960 5 way shaders, 32 rops, 256bit GDDR5
 
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Hmm I'll have to compare them, I'm looking to buy it tomorrow if I'm getting the Dell as all the offers are only on until the 9th.
 
GT540m = desktop GT430 (slightly lower clocks)
GTX560m = desktop GTX550Ti (lower clocks but no mismatched ram)
HD6970m = desktop HD6850 (a bit lower clocks)

That might help you translate it.
 
It came out as £1271.40 when I changed the CPU and everything else to the same as the Dell, but with regards to the GFX cards I'm massively out of the loop. The desktop machine I'm going to be replacing has a GTX285 so I know what that's like.

I can't afford £1271.40 to get the HD6970m

It's £1176 with the 560m which again I can't afford.

The other thing is that I don't want a glossy screen.

Does the Dell have one? If it does I don't want either, I can't stand glossy screens no matter what it does to the black levels.
 
Well what kind of work are you doing with the machine? Do you need a fast quad core? The faster dual cores only cost a little more.

Just don't expect the dell to last as any kind of gaming machine is all I mean.

If that's not going to be it's primary purpose then getting a lower powered GPU makes sense.
 
Hmm, I mainly play a bit of COD 4, MW2, BLOPS, but I was kind of hoping that something will run BF3 as I might buy that.

/edit gonna close this and open a new one with the correct budget in the title.
 
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