A lenovo b50 with i7 processor

[talktoarnab]

Hi Forum,

Need your opinion on this Laptop.

http/www.flipkart.com/lenovo-b50-70-notebook-4th-gen-ci7-8gb-1tb-win8-2gb-graph-59-434775/p/itmey8rvr7vgymcn?pid=COMEY34HVJQENE2P&srno=b_4&ref=345c7cd6-e8ad-4898-8cb6-8b9098e8089f

Is this good enough for the price?

60 INR (Rs) = 1 USD ($)

 

[Agera One]

I'm from India too. may I know for what you're buying this laptop? gaming? Everyday use?

 

[legoboye]

Wel, The cpu is good enough... 2 ghz base, 3,1 ghz turbo (stock) 2 cores/4 threads, but with a very low tdp (thermal design power)
The graphic should be enough, lets say in minecraft, you will be getting around 50 fps.
Fire Strike Standard Graphics 1920x1080
Score:
R5 230M: 771 (entry level gpu)
GTX 970M sli: 14873 (best of the best)
GTX 860M: 3919 (Good of most games)
should be noted that 8 gb of ram should be enough for everyday use and gaming.

so find one with better graphics before buying that "laptop" and its "Price to performance" is low so its not worth it.

hope this helped you, have a nice day

 

[talktoarnab]

I'm from India too. may I know for what you're buying this laptop? gaming? Everyday use?

A bit of everything maybe but not primarily for gaming. For working on programming,documents, (sometimes i have to run db servers also have a habit or necessacity of keeping lot of windows open), movies, sometimes strategy games, running bittorrent in background, browsing.

I use linux mostly along with windows.

What about the price is that justified?

 

[talktoarnab]

Wel, The cpu is good enough... 2 ghz base, 3,1 ghz turbo (stock) 2 cores/4 threads, but with a very low tdp (thermal design power)
The graphic should be enough, lets say in minecraft, you will be getting around 50 fps.
Fire Strike Standard Graphics 1920x1080
Score:
R5 230M: 771 (entry level gpu)
GTX 970M sli: 14873 (best of the best)
GTX 860M: 3919 (Good of most games)
should be noted that 8 gb of ram should be enough for everyday use and gaming.

My primary intention is not gaming, you think this one is not worth the price?

so find one with better graphics before buying that "laptop" and its "Price to performance" is low so its not worth it.

hope this helped you, have a nice day

My primary requirement is not gaming. Do you mean that this one is not worth the price?

 

[Agera One]

Yes, that GPU is entry level. But if it's not for gaming, then 4th gen i7 with 8 GB RAM is good enough for your stated work.
I can find only that laptop with such specs for that price and Lenovo laptops are just good.

 

[talktoarnab]

Yes, that GPU is entry level. But if it's not for gaming, then 4th gen i7 with 8 GB RAM is good enough for your stated work.
I can find only that laptop with such specs for that price and Lenovo laptops are just good.

What about the video and visual rendering for that GPU? I might need to use it for visual programming like HTML 5 etc. I do heavy multitasking as i said earlier running lot of office and development, shall i go for this one? Can you suggest me any other option within a price range of say 55K

 

[Agera One]

It is not much a powerful computational GPU, but goo at this price level while seeing other specs like i7, Anti-glare display & 8 GB RAM.

 

[legoboye]

Maybe check out the Lenovo Y50 or GP60 Leopard from MSI, similar price but much better.

 

[Agera One]

Maybe check out the Lenovo Y50 or GP60 Leopard from MSI, similar price but much better.

They're both expensive here in India. Lenovo offers best (performance+feature) per price in India for last 3+ years..

 

[talktoarnab]

It is not much a powerful computational GPU, but goo at this price level while seeing other specs like i7, Anti-glare display & 8 GB RAM.

Thanks Bro, I hope the GPU will be better than integrated ones atleast.

Maybe i should be able to get this even cheaper from the market.

How good is Lenovo(Longevity, build quality, service) compared to other big names such as Dell or HP in India? I have a AMD A6 APU Lenovo but its foreign, its kind of okay from build quality, never given me much trouble, just want to replace due to that pathetic CPU, makes multitasking a nightmare.

 

[Agera One]

Dell has the best support world-wide. Their support is just that good. HP & Lenovo are the competing to get the market domination. But, lenovo laptops looks good and offers value for price.

 

[talktoarnab]

I cannot believe my own eyes on this :
http/www.amazon.in/gp/product/B00O8SF230/?tag=buyhatke-21

Its an i3 500 gb n 4 gigs...whats surprising u?

 

[Agera One]

OOPS! Sorry, I just saw the laptop model name and price alone

 

[talktoarnab]

OOPS! Sorry, I just saw the laptop model name and price alone

Any views on Dell Inspirion 5547 and 7537?

7537 might cost me a bit more, but worth looking into.

 

[Agera One]

A bit more? The dell inspiron was between 86.9k - 75k when in stock. For the last couple of weeks (from 14 Nov) it was out of stock and the price was at Rs. 33,333/-

Comparing the B50-70 to Inspiron 5547,
the dell has - 4 GB RAM (8 GB in lenovo), 500 GB HDD (1 TB in lenovo), somewhat lower power CPU - but has Win 8.1 (Win 8 in lenovo) & a better mid range GPU (R7 M265) & Rs.1000 lesser than lenovo.

So, it is better to get the lenovo as your work needs a powerful CPU.

 

[talktoarnab]

Well i got to see a 5547 i5 with 8gb and R7 at a dell showroom over here.. cost about 49k.. will the i5 make huge difference??

This one..

http/www.flipkart.com/item/COMDZYS6X2GUZKYH

 

[Agera One]

i7s has hyperthreading and it will help you do your work very quickly than the i5.
You can be fine with i5 too, but the time for work done will be a bit later than the time for work done with i7, and the main thing is price. With just a 3k you're getting latest processor, which means efficient and faster. But say what, the dell has much powerful GPU.

i3s have hyper-threading, i5s have turbo boost - but i7s have both turbo boost and hyper-threading

Since you cannot upgrade CPUs in laptops, it is ALWAYS RECOMMENDED to get laptops with components as advanced as possible to last for long for the money you're spending now. (here the difference is just Rs. 3k and you're not gonna game always).

 

[legoboye]

i7s has hyperthreading and it will help you do your work very quickly than the i5.
You can be fine with i5 too, but the time for work done will be a bit later than the time for work done with i7, and the main thing is price. With just a 3k you're getting latest processor, which means efficient and faster. But say what, the dell has much powerful GPU.

i3s have hyper-threading, i5s have turbo boost - but i7s have both turbo boost and hyper-threading

Since you cannot upgrade CPUs in laptops, it is ALWAYS RECOMMENDED to get laptops with components as advanced as possible to last for long for the money you're spending now. (here the difference is just Rs. 3k and you're not gonna game always).

Alot of mobile I5s Has Hyperthreading and Turboboost, I got 2 examples at my desk atm....

 

[Agera One]

^ Read 2nd paragraph under Hyper Threading title. Dual core i5s have hyper-threading, not quad core i5s.

4 cores is always better than 2 cores + HT