Laptop for programming and gaming

osa1313 · 18 Aug 2014 at 10:53

Hi

I have a spare £1000 so i decided that i will buy myself a decent laptop,
this laptop will be used for editing video files, altering images in photoshop, playing games like bf3 and mainly programming (games, web etc).

Laptop must be good quality as i will be carrying it a lot .

*Screen size 15 inch or 17
*Processor i7 minimum
*RAM 8GB
*HDD 500GB min and an SSD 128GB
*1080p

I have been thinking about Toschiba, MSI, ASUS, ?Lenovo?

Also i cannot find a good shop to buy the laptop in can you recommend some ?

Thanks for the help.

osa1313 · 18 Aug 2014 at 11:54

I have heard that MSI has problems with temperature ? Especially in those slim models.
Also do you know up to how much i can expand RAM ?

osa1313 · 18 Aug 2014 at 14:40

MSI looks very interesting but what about other models and NB from ASUS and Lenovo, is MSI GS60 the best choice ?
To the users of GS60 and GS70 - what's the average temperature when working on the laptop with software like Eclipse, Photoshop, AfterEffects ?
Also i heard that even when your only using laptop for web it is pretty loud compared to other laptops.

osa1313 · 18 Aug 2014 at 15:51

tom_e said:
The normal running temp for my GS70 doing work like that is no more than 55 degrees.

What about noise ?

osa1313 · 19 Aug 2014 at 16:14

I have been thinking about it decided that i will upgrade my desktop for gaming and buy the laptop for only programming and video editing.

Can anyone say anything good about Lenovo or MacBook Pro Retina 15" (cheapest version) ?