New Laptop Advice

Lilbuh27 · 17 Jan 2019 at 10:27

Hello all!,

Looking to buy the best laptop I can for £600-£700
This is the one I'm looking at.

ASUS K570ZD-E4069T Laptop, AMD Ryzen 7, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, GeForce GTX 1050, 15.6”, Full HD, Black

It's £649

Is this my best option ?

Or is there something better?

MiSJAH · 17 Jan 2019 at 23:44

Medion Erazer X6603 Gaming Laptop

Quad-Core: Intel Core i5-7300HQ Processor
15.6" Full HD IPS Screen
Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64-bit
8GB DDR4 RAM
128GB SSD + 1000GB HDD
Dedicated Geforce GTX 1050Ti 4GB Graphics
USB3 | HDMI | Bluetooth | VGA
Blacklit Keyboard

£699.99

Better CPU and GPU, slightly smaller SSD, and slightly more expensive. I'd suggest worth the extra £50.

PiKe · 18 Jan 2019 at 00:06

Better CPU? In what reality is that then?

MiSJAH · 18 Jan 2019 at 00:59

PiKe said:
Better CPU? In what reality is that then?

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-7300HQ-vs-AMD-Ryzen-7-2700U/m223877vsm432558

I look forwards to your counter data.

Lilbuh27 · 18 Jan 2019 at 09:11

Is there anything better I can get from the john Lewis website? Sorry, really should have mentioned that, as I have about £90 worth of vouchers to use there. Thank you for helping so far!

PiKe · 18 Jan 2019 at 09:47

Lilbuh27 said:
Is there anything better I can get from the john Lewis website? Sorry, really should have mentioned that, as I have about £90 worth of vouchers to use there. Thank you for helping so far!

The 15-cx0999na would be a better buy because of the 8th gen i5 processor.

Still stuck with a 1050 but that seems to be normal around that price range.

Lilbuh27 · 18 Jan 2019 at 10:18

Although that one doesn't have an SSD?

PiKe · 18 Jan 2019 at 10:36

It has optane.

Lilbuh27 · 18 Jan 2019 at 10:42

Could you explain Optane?

Lilbuh27 · 18 Jan 2019 at 11:30

Would this be any better if I could stretch my budget?
ASUS VivoBook Pro N705UD-GC155T Laptop, Intel Core i7, 8GB, 1TB + 256 SSD, GeForce GTX 1050, 17.3"
Again just in the John Lewis website.

MiSJAH · 18 Jan 2019 at 16:02

Is this specifically for gaming?

Lilbuh27 · 18 Jan 2019 at 17:30

Not specifically, Its for me and my partner and I would like it to be able to handle most games at about medium. My partner will mostly use it for Sims and city's skylines

DB_SamX · 21 Jan 2019 at 14:46

Lilbuh27 said:
Hello all!,

Looking to buy the best laptop I can for £600-£700
This is the one I'm looking at.

ASUS K570ZD-E4069T Laptop, AMD Ryzen 7, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, GeForce GTX 1050, 15.6”, Full HD, Black

It's £649

Is this my best option ?

Or is there something better?

Is this the one advertised on HUKD and reduced from £999?

It caught my eye, but I also noticed this: https://www.johnlewis.com/lenovo-le...-geforce-gtx-1050-15-6-full-hd-black/p3659594

Edit: It was £699 last night, now £899. :rolleyes: