Laptop for study and gaming

[svendlove]

Hello!

1. What is your budget?
< £850

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
15,6"
3. What screen resolution do you want?
1920x1080 (Full HD)

I'm looking for a computer with good battery life and a decent gpu like GTX850. I'll be using the laptop for study (hence great battery life) and then sometimes gaming like skyrim and maybe bf4. I have considered the Acer Aspire V5-573G-74518G1Taii but don't know if i5-4210U is sufficient for light video and photoediting. Any other suggestions or thoughts would be much appreciated!

 

[mnineseven]

The Lenovo Y410P and Y510P are good options albeit a bit old (but cheap! and great!), and then theres the Lenovo Y50 (comes with an 850m and a 1440p display(not sure)).
i5-4210U is a very weak processor, I would suggest a better processor like the i5 4200M, because the xxxxU processors are optimized for low power usage and hence do not perform very well anywhere.

 

[svendlove]

Yeah, but they don't give you that much batterylife! What about the i7 4510U which is also available for the Acer v5?

 

[mnineseven]

Yeah, but they don't give you that much batterylife! What about the i7 4510U which is also available for the Acer v5?

If you want to game, never choose any processor with a U postfix.They are extremely weak and underpowered for gaming. Modern laptops have the arrangement for switching to the integrated GPU when not gaming, so battery life will not be less than 4 Hrs on any of the above laptops when you don't play.

May I ask, which games will you be playing so that I can help you better?
Also which country are you from?

 

[dasulman]

any I5, no matter the post fix will do fine for gaming, as long as its 2nd gen or better. It would be extremely difficult to bottleneck a GPU with any sort of processor - especially ones that are scaled down to mobile solutions. the Acer's a good idea, but you can get better at pcspecialist.co.uk and checking out the optimus series.

 

[svendlove]

Yeah, but they don't give you that much batterylife! What about the i7 4510U which is also available for the Acer v5?

If you want to game, never choose any processor with a U postfix.They are extremely weak and underpowered for gaming. Modern laptops have the arrangement for switching to the integrated GPU when not gaming, so battery life will not be less than 4 Hrs on any of the above laptops when you don't play.

May I ask, which games will you be playing so that I can help you better?
Also which country are you from?

Not very serious gaming because i have a good desktop, but i want to be able to play games like Assassins Creed IV, BF4 and skyrim on medium-high. The batterylife is quite important and the cpu too because sometimes i have to do some video and/or photoediting. I'm from Denmark.

 

[svendlove]

any I5, no matter the post fix will do fine for gaming, as long as its 2nd gen or better. It would be extremely difficult to bottleneck a GPU with any sort of processor - especially ones that are scaled down to mobile solutions. the Acer's a good idea, but you can get better at pcspecialist.co.uk and checking out the optimus series.

Yeah i think so too, it is also possible to get an i7 for the acer v5

 

[mnineseven]

any I5, no matter the post fix will do fine for gaming, as long as its 2nd gen or better. It would be extremely difficult to bottleneck a GPU with any sort of processor - especially ones that are scaled down to mobile solutions. the Acer's a good idea, but you can get better at pcspecialist.co.uk and checking out the optimus series.

Yeah i think so too, it is also possible to get an i7 for the acer v5

It does not work that way! Even a desktop low-end i3 performs more than the i5 4210U, because all XXXXU processors are made for low power, low heat systems like ultrabooks and hence sacrifice on performance. Never go for a U series processor if you want to game or if video editing is a concern.
What Dasulman says is valid only for desktop CPUs because the laptop ones are extremely underpowered in comparison.
http/cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i3-4130-vs-Intel-4210U

The U series i7 won't help either!
http/cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-4500U-vs-Intel-Core-i3-4130

 

[dasulman]

any I5, no matter the post fix will do fine for gaming, as long as its 2nd gen or better. It would be extremely difficult to bottleneck a GPU with any sort of processor - especially ones that are scaled down to mobile solutions. the Acer's a good idea, but you can get better at pcspecialist.co.uk and checking out the optimus series.

Yeah i think so too, it is also possible to get an i7 for the acer v5

It does not work that way! Even a desktop low-end i3 performs more than the i5 4210U, because all XXXXU processors are made for low power, low heat systems like ultrabooks and hence sacrifice on performance. Never go for a U series processor if you want to game or if video editing is a concern.
What Dasulman says is valid only for desktop CPUs because the laptop ones are extremely underpowered in comparison.
http/cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i3-4130-vs-Intel-4210U

The U series i7 won't help either!
http/cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-4500U-vs-Intel-Core-i3-4130

and now show me some benchmarks that show that a laptop processor bottlenecks a GPU.
Oh wait, they don't. an I5 even a ULV is more than enough for what you need. If you can get the I7 for maybe £50-75 more then it's worth it. if not then don't bother.

 

[mnineseven]

any I5, no matter the post fix will do fine for gaming, as long as its 2nd gen or better. It would be extremely difficult to bottleneck a GPU with any sort of processor - especially ones that are scaled down to mobile solutions. the Acer's a good idea, but you can get better at pcspecialist.co.uk and checking out the optimus series.

Yeah i think so too, it is also possible to get an i7 for the acer v5

It does not work that way! Even a desktop low-end i3 performs more than the i5 4210U, because all XXXXU processors are made for low power, low heat systems like ultrabooks and hence sacrifice on performance. Never go for a U series processor if you want to game or if video editing is a concern.
What Dasulman says is valid only for desktop CPUs because the laptop ones are extremely underpowered in comparison.
http/cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i3-4130-vs-Intel-4210U

The U series i7 won't help either!
http/cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-4500U-vs-Intel-Core-i3-4130

and now show me some benchmarks that show that a laptop processor bottlenecks a GPU.
Oh wait, they don't. an I5 even a ULV is more than enough for what you need. If you can get the I7 for maybe £50-75 more then it's worth it. if not then don't bother.

That is hilarious! The OP wants to video-edit, and you say the ULV won't bottleneck! Go check some benchmarks and don't waste our time! Thank you!

 

[dasulman]

That is hilarious! The OP wants to video-edit, and you say the ULV won't bottleneck! Go check some benchmarks and don't waste our time! Thank you!

"light video and photo editing " "good battery life" .

 

[mnineseven]

That is hilarious! The OP wants to video-edit, and you say the ULV won't bottleneck! Go check some benchmarks and don't waste our time! Thank you!

"light video and photo editing " "good battery life" .

Define "light" and "good". Video editing is video editing. A ULV just doesn't cut it. Heck even an i3 4130 doesn't cut it. As for battery life, when a laptop with 4 cores (i7 4700MQ) clocked at 2.8GHz gives you 5 hours on a single charge, what more can you ask for! And that processor, gives approximately the same performance as a stock clock 4670K, so you don't win a single cookie!