Looking for a new laptop for studying

LovekillerX

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Aug 9, 2016
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Hello! My school starts in 5 days and now it has come to my attention that a laptop is needed. I'm on a budget so I have max. 500 euros (taxes included) to use. Note: Smaller price would be preferred!

As I said this laptop is going to be used only for school work. In other words I am going to use it for web browsing, Microsoft Office programs and watching videos.

Other things I need: 15,6 inches screen size, nice working keyboard and touchpad, light weight and enough memory (4GB RAM required), enough battery life for a school day. It would be nice if laptop wouldn't be noisy because I am going to use it when I'm attending classes.

Preferred brands: Acer or HP.

Thanks in advance!
 
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Local store shows 649 euros price for this product. I have been checking HP Pavilion series but I have heard bad things about AMD parts in laptops.

Something like Intel i3 would be good enough for processor, right?
 


try to buy from Germany they will send it to you.

dont buy AMD , get i3 or i5

and when yo buy notebook, make sure the screen is IPS
 


I don't want to buy electronics from foreign countries.

However, I found two possible options from HP Notebook 15 series. I put specs below:

Panel type: 15,6 inches FULL HD IPS panel
Processor: Intel Pentium 3710
RAM: 8 Gt
Memory: 128 Gt SSD
Battery life: 8 hours
Price: 449 euros in local store

Panel type: 15,6 inches HD TN Panel
Processor: Intel Celeron N3050
RAM: 8 Gt
Memory: 128 Gt SSD
Battery life: 6 hours
Price: 349 euros
 


Check this one ?

https://www.verkkokauppa.com/fi/product/61157/gxmms/Acer-Aspire-E5-575-15-6-kannettava-Win-10#product-description
 


So I have 3 options and I am going to make a list of specs below:

Screen: 15,6 inches FULL HD
Processor: Intel Core i3-6100U 2,3 Ghz
RAM: 6 GT
Memory: 128 Gt SSD
Battery life: 8 hours
Price: 500 euros

Screen: 14 inches FULL HD IPS
Processor: Intel Pentium 4405U 2,1 Ghz
RAM: 4 GB
Memory: 128 Gt SSD
Battery life: 9 hours
Price: 500 euros

Screen: 15,6 inches HD
Processor: Intel Pentium N3710 1,6 Ghz
RAM: 4 GB
Memory: 128 Gt SSD
Battery life: 8 hours
Price: 350 euros

^ The thing is that I want as cheap laptop as possible but at the same time I don't want to buy a laptop that won't be able to handle simple school working. So what is your opinion about the cheapest option of this list? Is 1,6 Ghz enough for a processor?

 


The Graphics is slower on the 1.6 .. I would pick the i3 ...
 


I am thinking one thing... laptop with i3 processor has only double cores but 2,3 Ghz speed. Meanwhile the cheapest one has quad cores but only 1,6 Ghz. What I have to look for more when I am doing school work like using Microsoft Office, web browser etc. at the same time: processor speed or amount of cores?

Also if I chose laptop with i3 processor I would have to pay 150 euros more just for 30% faster speed according to CPUBoss. Although I could have got that laptop with i3 processor for 399 euros last week but I missed it...

I have to thank you for your time. It is really difficult for me to choose which laptop I am going to buy.

EDIT: I checked that my local store has ASUS X302LA with 13,3 inches screen size for sale (399 euros). Specs below:

Processor: Intel Core i3-5010U Dual core 2,1 Ghz with Intel HD Graphics 5500
RAM: 4 GB
Memory: 128 GB SSD
Battery life: Can't find it for now...

Site: https://www.asus.com/Notebooks/X302LA/
 


30% more performance is ALOT in pc , keep in mind that all those cpu are slow and very low voltage , they are not like faster cpu on desktop pcs .. ALL of them are slow so you dont get the slowest among them.

try to get FHD screen in notebooks , and look for ips screen , and dont go lower than i3 .

 
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