Help needed buying a laptop tomorrow

[richdot]

I have narrowed it down to these two :

Asus x550ze - http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/laptops/laptops/asus-x550ze-15-6-laptop-grey-10071491-pdt.html#cat-0

AMD FX 7600P Processor
8 GB DDR3
AMD Radeon R7 M270DX (2 GB)
1 TB HDD, 5400 rpm


LENOVO Z50 - http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/laptops/laptops/lenovo-z50-15-6-laptop-white-10108704-pdt.html#cat-0

Intel® Core™ i5-4210U Processor
8 GB DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce 820M (2 GB)
1 TB HDD, 5400 rpm
8 GB SSD


Laptop will be used for the odd game of football manager or counter strike global and watching football on.

 

[Sammyjo20]

I have narrowed it down to these two :

Asus x550ze - http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/laptops/laptops/asus-x550ze-15-6-laptop-grey-10071491-pdt.html#cat-0

AMD FX 7600P Processor
8 GB DDR3
AMD Radeon R7 M270DX (2 GB)
1 TB HDD, 5400 rpm


LENOVO Z50 - http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/laptops/laptops/lenovo-z50-15-6-laptop-white-10108704-pdt.html#cat-0

Intel® Core™ i5-4210U Processor
8 GB DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce 820M (2 GB)
1 TB HDD, 5400 rpm
8 GB SSD


Laptop will be used for the odd game of football manager or counter strike global and watching football on.

I would get the LENOVO Z50 because it contains a better graphics card and processor.

- Sam

 

[richdot]

Is the lenovo's cpu and gpu a lot better?

 

[Sammyjo20]

Is the lenovo's cpu and gpu a lot better?

Not massively. The Intel processor comes with their awesome Hyper threading technology and more cache.

- Sam

 

[richdot]

Oh the way it looks on paper the cpu of the amd Quad is 3.6 GHz over intels 2.7 GHz duo core

 

[Sammyjo20]

Oh the way it looks on paper the cpu of the amd Quad is 3.6 GHz over intels 2.7 GHz duo core

The AMD's base frequency (stock) is 2.7ghz and can be overclocked to 3.6 but It will produce a lot more heat especially if you're using a laptop.

- Sam

 

[richdot]

Overclocked meaning it won't run at 3.6 out the box?

 

[Sammyjo20]

Overclocked meaning it won't run at 3.6 out the box?

Yeah. Overclocking means it can be forced to that speed. It's normal operating system out of the box is 2.7ghz.

- Sam

 

[richdot]

Ok so anything demanding then like a game of first person shooter? it will run @ 3.6 Ghz? over intels 2.7 Ghz ?

 

[Sammyjo20]

Ok so anything demanding then like a game of first person shooter? it will run @ 3.6 Ghz? over intels 2.7 Ghz ?

No. Not unless you will manually change it in the settings which causes more heat output which I do not recommend doing on a laptop.

Both CPUs will work at a nice speed of 2.7ghz all the time.

- Sam

 

[richdot]

Going to have to be the lenovo then cheers Sam

 

[Sammyjo20]

Going to have to be the lenovo then cheers Sam

Anytime. Very happy to help.

- Sam

 

[velo3100]

Personally I would go with the second one as the performance of the 2 gpu s are not that different and it has an ssd which should make the os boot faster.