Hi there.
Been hunting for a laptop to replace an HP Pavilion that has lasted me 8 years (I'm hoping to fix it and use it as a backup, but the old girl is definitely ready for pasture), and have been thrown into the incredibly confusing world of Laptop chips and Brand warfare. Is an Intel really better than an AMD? Why is this I5 supposedly better than an I7? Why are there 9 million different AMD5 Ryzen chips?
I found a post on here with a form to ascertain what you're looking for, so I'll show you what I need. I am a UK resident
1. 0-£500s, though I could possibly stretch as high as £650 if I have to.
2. Would prefer a 15-17 inch screen, but could live with a 13-14 inch
3.Don't really care about the resolution
4. Not bothered about touchscreen, and am fine with any weight really
5. Decent battery life would be nice, but not essential.
6. Most powerful games I'm likely to run are Tales of Berseria and maybe Blood Bowl 2, but I don't have to run them on full specs. Not really an online gamer, but do like to play old single player games like Dragon Age Origins.
7. I mainly watch Youtube videos, but will need word processing software, E-mail support and other minor tasks (forums, GIFs, can you tell yet that I don't buy laptops often so I don't know what I need to put down as things I want to do...)
8. A high storage would be nice. 8GBs of RAM is a must. I have been told that an I5 chip is the basic I need, but looking at all the chips, I don't think that means what I thought it means. Would be fine with an AMD chip so long as it doesn't make my life worse than having the I5 chip.
9. No Ebay. Amazon is okay, Argos would be nice, PC world if they ever do anything good (Which they don't)
10. Don't want a refurb really.
11. SSD.
12. HP, Dell or ACER, though if someone tells me another brand is good, I will believe them!
I've been looking at several laptops, but I can't actually tell if they're any good or not.
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/5029976
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7559523
Help me oh great and powerful forum!
(Seriously, thank you all for your time, and hope you are all doing okay!)
Been hunting for a laptop to replace an HP Pavilion that has lasted me 8 years (I'm hoping to fix it and use it as a backup, but the old girl is definitely ready for pasture), and have been thrown into the incredibly confusing world of Laptop chips and Brand warfare. Is an Intel really better than an AMD? Why is this I5 supposedly better than an I7? Why are there 9 million different AMD5 Ryzen chips?
I found a post on here with a form to ascertain what you're looking for, so I'll show you what I need. I am a UK resident
1. 0-£500s, though I could possibly stretch as high as £650 if I have to.
2. Would prefer a 15-17 inch screen, but could live with a 13-14 inch
3.Don't really care about the resolution
4. Not bothered about touchscreen, and am fine with any weight really
5. Decent battery life would be nice, but not essential.
6. Most powerful games I'm likely to run are Tales of Berseria and maybe Blood Bowl 2, but I don't have to run them on full specs. Not really an online gamer, but do like to play old single player games like Dragon Age Origins.
7. I mainly watch Youtube videos, but will need word processing software, E-mail support and other minor tasks (forums, GIFs, can you tell yet that I don't buy laptops often so I don't know what I need to put down as things I want to do...)
8. A high storage would be nice. 8GBs of RAM is a must. I have been told that an I5 chip is the basic I need, but looking at all the chips, I don't think that means what I thought it means. Would be fine with an AMD chip so long as it doesn't make my life worse than having the I5 chip.
9. No Ebay. Amazon is okay, Argos would be nice, PC world if they ever do anything good (Which they don't)
10. Don't want a refurb really.
11. SSD.
12. HP, Dell or ACER, though if someone tells me another brand is good, I will believe them!
I've been looking at several laptops, but I can't actually tell if they're any good or not.
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/5029976
HP Pavilion 15-ec1001na 15.6 Inch Full HD Gaming Laptop - (Shadow Black) (AMD Ryzen 5 4600H, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (4 GB Dedicated) Graphics, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, Windows 10 Home): Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories
Huge range of Laptops with free delivery and returns on eligible orders. Buy HP Pavilion 15-ec1001na 15.6 Inch Full HD Gaming Laptop - (Shadow Black) (AMD Ryzen 5 4600H, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (4 GB Dedicated) Graphics, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, Windows 10 Home) at Amazon UK.
www.amazon.co.uk
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7559523
Help me oh great and powerful forum!
(Seriously, thank you all for your time, and hope you are all doing okay!)
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