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The laptop you're thinking of has the same specs as mine, with 8gb of RAM. It runs games really well (at low-medium settings) and gets a NovaBench score of about 700-800 off by memory (I may be wrong), if that means anything to you. 12GB of RAM would not benefit you much, but as i7s are quad...

Get one from cyber power PCs. You can get a very good laptop (possibly GeForce GTX) with an SSD on that budget.

Oh sorry, I forgot to mention it will be just for school work, and the internet. No games or anything like that.

Hello. I am helping someone to buy a laptop for their nephew. The price range is max £250. I just want to know if the HP Pavilion TouchSmart 11-e030sa (refurbished) is a good laptop for this price. Click here for the link. If it is not any good, please recommend a better one (Touchscreen is not...

That looks great for that price actually, but always look at the reviews first.

Laptops very rarely have a HDMI-IN. You would know if it had that.

Yeah Black Friday's a good idea

Gaming's not a possibility at that price point. Your options: 1) Spend more or 2) Buy a desktop

Go with a custom built one from a website like Cyber Power or PC Specialist (UK only). They are much more powerful for much less money.

I would get a custom built one from a website like Cyber Power. You will get so much more bang for your buck, even if it takes much longer to make.

Laptop specs: I would like to know a few fps amounts for some popular games, and at which settings, and also whether I should get Windows 8 or 7 with it. If I get Windows 8 I will put start is back on it, so I'm not bothered about Metro UI. However I heard it had a few compatibility issues with...