Looking for a laptop

mrnothersan1 · 6 Sep 2014 at 22:57

Looking for a laptop at around £500 inc VAT.

trying to find something that doesn't use a power saving processor which sacrifices performance. Any recommendations?

nelviss · 8 Sep 2014 at 00:30

all laptops will setup with power saving stuff you have to go into setings and make a new power profile, one for when its pluged in and the default when on battery, the choices are you own

EviL Ras · 8 Sep 2014 at 09:37

The intels already scale as and when required, just use the power settings. I have mine at min 100% on power, and min 5% on battery. so you get the best of both worlds then. My current GS60 ghost pro with i7, 16gb ram, 15.6" screen and GTX 870m, lasted 6 hours web surfing at 40% brightness at the weekend! So i'm pretty sure with an i5 processor in a £500 laptop, you'll be fine!

EviL Ras · 8 Sep 2014 at 09:37

As always, for a £500 laptop, look at the dell outlet. Or wait for the asus mid range machines that OC are getting in.

neoboy · 8 Sep 2014 at 09:56

Think he was referring to the CPUs that have U or whatever they put in nowadays for those ultra low level stuff that's slower than regular mobile stuff but is naturally, more efficient. Dell Outlet is always good for a bargain particularly when they have codes on offer.