Recommendations for Budget Gaming Laptop

[blinko]

1. What is your budget? up to £600

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? Not really bothered

3. What screen resolution do you want? doesnt matter

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Desktop replacement primarily with portability a plus

5. How much battery life do you need ? the minimum ( whatever that is )

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)? In general I am happy with medium , though having high would be nice bonus

Bioshock high
Dishonored high or medium
Skyrim high
Guild wars 2 high or medium
Tome Raider high or medium

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop?
Light media use ie Photoshop, Fl studio etc

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
Anything over 80gb SSD

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

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop? At least 12 to 18 months

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ? Not bothered

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. ? Im ok with anything

13. What country do you live in? UK

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I already have my eye on Lenovo Z5850 ( 2.9 , 8GB 1TB ) for £500 but am unsure of its compatibility with SSDs , so would be interested to hear what the best other alternatives ( if there are any ) might be .

If need be i'd probably be willing to stretch £50 over my 600 too.

cheers,

 

[Novuake]

Budget laptop and gaming do not go together.
Do you have a link to that laptop? I can not seem to find it.

 

[Thanatos Telos]

Why don't you save another 100 pounds and build a gaming desktop for 500 pounds? Then, using the 200 pounds you have left, get a cheap-o that can run basic software.

 

[Kylemcfc91]

Go to www.pcspecialist.co.uk and in the gaming laptops section they have many to choose from i would recommend going for the Optimus IV with a 660m and a good dual core or the lowest quad core i7 for around £700 you can customize the laptop to your liking.

 

[blinko]

Why don't you save another 100 pounds and build a gaming desktop for 500 pounds? Then, using the 200 pounds you have left, get a cheap-o that can run basic software.

Mainly because of lack of space and power consumption , and the fact I wanted to wait a year or so till the newer CPU / GPU's come down a bit.

cheers,

 

[Rameez Jamion]

I have two options:-

The Lenovo Y510p,
and the all new MSI GX70.

The lenovo is less than $900,
while the MSI GX70 is currently $1300 (since its new)!!!
P.s:- the lenovo Y510p was also in the $1300 price range when it first came out.

My suggestion is........
Go for the msi gx70 ryt away.
If price is too high, try waitin till it reduces.
The HD 8970m in the gx70 is far more powerful than the GT 750m in Y510p.
So, do ur research well!!
And make ur best decision

Gud Luk