Hello,
I'm currently on the market for a new laptop. I'm going off to college next year and I'm looking for something that will hold me till I graduate college. It's mostly going to be used for the standard college stuff, as well as some video/photo editing as that's a bit of a hobby of mine. I'm also a big PC gamer so I already have a gaming PC at home, but wouldn't mind to be able to play a little something on the go. Basically I'm looking for a laptop that can do all these things okay but not necessarily great, because I'm on a pretty strict budget ($1,400). I might be able to squeeze an extra hundred or so, but it's questionable. Since the budget's tight I've decided to get something during the black friday sales. Right now I'm looking at the Lenovo Y700 line. There are two that have caught my eye. The specs are:
Ideapad Y700-15 Touch - 80NW0017US ($1,399)
Processor: 6th Generation Intel Core i7-6700HQ Processor (2.60GHz 1600MHz 6MB)
Operating system: Windows 10 Home 64
Display: 15.6" UHD LED AntiGlare Backlit Multitouch (3840x2160)
Memory: 16.0GB PC4-17000 DDR4 2133 MHz
Hard Drive: 1TB 5400 RPM+128GB SSD
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4GB
VS.
Ideapad Y700-17 Laptop - 80Q00010US ($1,199)
Processor: 6th Generation Intel Core i7-6700HQ Processor (2.60GHz 1600MHz 6MB)
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64
Display: 17.3" FHD IPS AntiGlare with integrated camera (1920x1080)
Memory: 16.0GB PC4-17000 DDR4 2133 MHz
Hard Drive: 1TB 5400 RPM+128GB SSD
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4GB
The difference between the two is pretty much just in screen size and resolution. 17.3" 1080p vs. 15.3" 4K (Touchscreen). My instinct would be just to get the one with the higher resolution, but I've been told that there are problems associated with having a 4K screen that size. I was also wondering if there would be a negative impact of gaming performance. I don't really expect a mobile graphics card to run games well in 4K so I would just try to run them at 1080. Will there be any unforeseen (by me) impacts on gaming performance compared to the other laptop even though I'm running them at the same resolution? The deal only lasts till tomorrow so if someone could respond fairly soon I would be very grateful.
Thank You.
P.S. Also if anyone knows of a better deal, or a laptop that's more suited towards my needs at this price range it would be greatly appreciated.
I'm currently on the market for a new laptop. I'm going off to college next year and I'm looking for something that will hold me till I graduate college. It's mostly going to be used for the standard college stuff, as well as some video/photo editing as that's a bit of a hobby of mine. I'm also a big PC gamer so I already have a gaming PC at home, but wouldn't mind to be able to play a little something on the go. Basically I'm looking for a laptop that can do all these things okay but not necessarily great, because I'm on a pretty strict budget ($1,400). I might be able to squeeze an extra hundred or so, but it's questionable. Since the budget's tight I've decided to get something during the black friday sales. Right now I'm looking at the Lenovo Y700 line. There are two that have caught my eye. The specs are:
Ideapad Y700-15 Touch - 80NW0017US ($1,399)
Processor: 6th Generation Intel Core i7-6700HQ Processor (2.60GHz 1600MHz 6MB)
Operating system: Windows 10 Home 64
Display: 15.6" UHD LED AntiGlare Backlit Multitouch (3840x2160)
Memory: 16.0GB PC4-17000 DDR4 2133 MHz
Hard Drive: 1TB 5400 RPM+128GB SSD
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4GB
VS.
Ideapad Y700-17 Laptop - 80Q00010US ($1,199)
Processor: 6th Generation Intel Core i7-6700HQ Processor (2.60GHz 1600MHz 6MB)
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64
Display: 17.3" FHD IPS AntiGlare with integrated camera (1920x1080)
Memory: 16.0GB PC4-17000 DDR4 2133 MHz
Hard Drive: 1TB 5400 RPM+128GB SSD
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4GB
The difference between the two is pretty much just in screen size and resolution. 17.3" 1080p vs. 15.3" 4K (Touchscreen). My instinct would be just to get the one with the higher resolution, but I've been told that there are problems associated with having a 4K screen that size. I was also wondering if there would be a negative impact of gaming performance. I don't really expect a mobile graphics card to run games well in 4K so I would just try to run them at 1080. Will there be any unforeseen (by me) impacts on gaming performance compared to the other laptop even though I'm running them at the same resolution? The deal only lasts till tomorrow so if someone could respond fairly soon I would be very grateful.
Thank You.
P.S. Also if anyone knows of a better deal, or a laptop that's more suited towards my needs at this price range it would be greatly appreciated.