Looking for a good laptop for school, videos and a bit of gaming.

[Djduckythefirst]

Hello, I've been looking for a laptop for a few days and the ones I find don't seem to please me.
My budget is about 700 euros, preferably not more, and I'm looking for a good laptop for school, watching videos, and a bit of gaming. All the computers I found were ones with something wrong, wether it be the terrible processor, too expensive graphics card, too heavy, etc.... I would prefer a white laptop to go with my color scheme, but I'm willing to try out grey or something, just not black. I play games such as tf2, stardew valley, gmod, and is like to get bf1 but I don't expect to run that at 4K 60fps or anything, but playable. Apparently ssd is much better, but har drive is no problem as long as it doesn't give up after 2 weeks, and at least 500gb. After reading all this over I know I sound really fussy but I don't want to waste my money as I don't have a job or anything so don't want to waste money....
For battery life I'd like at least 5 hours just doing light tasks, not gaming. I will game a bit but plugged in.
And I live in France
Any help is really appreciated! Thanks in advance!

 

[Kiril1512]

Dude, I'm buying now an ASUS A555 with I5 6200U + GT940M with 750GB 7200RPM disk only for 600€ in portugal...
So for 700€ you can get an I5 + SSD or I7 but an older family like I7 5200U or I7 4720HQ or something like that...

Do you want order the laptop in french pc market or you can buy in amazon or ebay??

 

[rgd1101]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from Djduckythefirst : "Looking for a good laptop for a tiny bit of gaming, mostly school and watching videos..."

Hello, I've been looking for a laptop for a few days and the ones I find don't seem to please me.
My budget is about 700 euros, preferably not more, and I'm looking for a good laptop for school, watching videos, and a bit of gaming. All the computers I found were ones with something wrong, wether it be the terrible processor, too expensive graphics card, too heavy, etc.... I would prefer a white laptop to go with my color scheme, but I'm willing to try out grey or something, just not black. I play games such as tf2, stardew valley, gmod, and is like to get bf1 but I don't expect to run that at 4K 60fps or anything, but playable. Apparently ssd is much better, but har drive is no problem as long as it doesn't give up after 2 weeks, and at least 500gb. After reading all this over I know I sound really fussy but I don't want to waste my money as I don't have a job or anything so don't want to waste money.... Any help is really appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Wrong forum, post it there( http/www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum-110.html ) and answer these questions:

1. What is your budget?

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?

3. What screen resolution do you want?

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?

5. How much battery life do you need?

6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?

12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.

13. What country do you live in?

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.

 

[Kiril1512]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from Djduckythefirst : "Looking for a good laptop for a tiny bit of gaming, mostly school and watching videos..."

Hello, I've been looking for a laptop for a few days and the ones I find don't seem to please me.
My budget is about 700 euros, preferably not more, and I'm looking for a good laptop for school, watching videos, and a bit of gaming. All the computers I found were ones with something wrong, wether it be the terrible processor, too expensive graphics card, too heavy, etc.... I would prefer a white laptop to go with my color scheme, but I'm willing to try out grey or something, just not black. I play games such as tf2, stardew valley, gmod, and is like to get bf1 but I don't expect to run that at 4K 60fps or anything, but playable. Apparently ssd is much better, but har drive is no problem as long as it doesn't give up after 2 weeks, and at least 500gb. After reading all this over I know I sound really fussy but I don't want to waste my money as I don't have a job or anything so don't want to waste money.... Any help is really appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Wrong forum, post it there( http/www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum-110.html ) and answer these questions:

1. What is your budget?

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?

3. What screen resolution do you want?

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?

5. How much battery life do you need?

6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?

12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.

13. What country do you live in?

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.

dude, when I was looking for 2 laptop pc I posted on that "section" and nobody never relpy me so he done well posting here...

 

[Djduckythefirst]

Amazon or eBay are fine aslong as its not second hand. That sounds like a great deal, but it's 6,5 cm thick and that's too big, I'd rather be able to carry it around easily. I'd love an i7, I care more about the processor than the graphics card. I don't mind hdd as long as it's 7200rpm

 

[Djduckythefirst]

Amazon or eBay are fine aslong as its not second hand. That sounds like a great deal, but it's 6,5 cm thick and that's too big, I'd rather be able to carry it around easily. I'd love an i7, I care more about the processor than the graphics card. I don't mind hdd as long as it's 7200rpm

 

[rgd1101]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from Djduckythefirst : "Looking for a good laptop for a tiny bit of gaming, mostly school and watching videos..."

Hello, I've been looking for a laptop for a few days and the ones I find don't seem to please me.
My budget is about 700 euros, preferably not more, and I'm looking for a good laptop for school, watching videos, and a bit of gaming. All the computers I found were ones with something wrong, wether it be the terrible processor, too expensive graphics card, too heavy, etc.... I would prefer a white laptop to go with my color scheme, but I'm willing to try out grey or something, just not black. I play games such as tf2, stardew valley, gmod, and is like to get bf1 but I don't expect to run that at 4K 60fps or anything, but playable. Apparently ssd is much better, but har drive is no problem as long as it doesn't give up after 2 weeks, and at least 500gb. After reading all this over I know I sound really fussy but I don't want to waste my money as I don't have a job or anything so don't want to waste money.... Any help is really appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Wrong forum, post it there( http/www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum-110.html ) and answer these questions:

1. What is your budget?

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?

3. What screen resolution do you want?

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?

5. How much battery life do you need?

6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?

12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.

13. What country do you live in?

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.

dude, when I was looking for 2 laptop pc I posted on that "section" and nobody never relpy me so he done well posting here...

That why is merge here.

 

[Kiril1512]

Amazon or eBay are fine aslong as its not second hand. That sounds like a great deal, but it's 6,5 cm thick and that's too big, I'd rather be able to carry it around easily. I'd love an i7, I care more about the processor than the graphics card. I don't mind hdd as long as it's 7200rpm

Dude for more 100€ in your budget you get an I7 and the best "lower tier" gpu for laptop so you will be a relly god laptop...
https/www.amazon.com/K501UX-15-6-inch-Gaming-Processor-Windows/dp/B0146DD02G/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1469119275&sr=8-4&keywords=asus+i7

If you can't get extra money you need to go for an I5 but the dont ofer more than an gt920 in amazon...

So try search for an I5 + gt 940m or gtx950m... I saw here in portugal an I5 + GTX 950M with 4k display but it cost about 800€...

 

[Djduckythefirst]

The laptop you suggested seems really good all round except the small storage. Is 250g enough?
I guess I could push to 800 but only if I feel it's really worth it. I like the sound of i7, 950m and 4K, that sounds very nice, but I expect there would be some downside like weight of something.....

 

[Kiril1512]

The laptop you suggested seems really good all round except the small storage. Is 250g enough?
I guess I could push to 800 but only if I feel it's really worth it. I like the sound of i7, 950m and 4K, that sounds very nice, but I expect there would be some downside like weight of something.....

I have 128GB on my laptop and its ok... 240 can be ok to you but who knows... Still I prefer a 128GB SSD then a 1T HDD...

Yup, that I7 is a good deal dude...

 

[Kenneth1987]

I think the MSI CX series is suit to you which just fit your budget and it has cooler boost and Audio boost tech that provide better thermal solution and better sound. It’s not heavy and has good quality. I search it on Amazon and here is the link for you.
https/www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=MSI+CX

 

[Djduckythefirst]

Okay thanks. Otherwise I was polling at the Lenovo z50