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Laptop for around £500?

My son is looking to buy a laptop, ideally for around £500.

He wants it to be capable of HD video editing, some light gaming and to play an online game called Eve.

If £500 isn't enough he could probably up his budget a bit!

Thanks in advance :)

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  • MarkBargain
    MarkBargain Posts: 1,641 Forumite
    Maybe something like this, with an i3 processor, 1GB graphics and 6GB RAM for £488.77: https://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Samsung_RV511_1041054.html

    Extending the warranty to 3 years for £49.97 might not be a bad idea either.
  • Lil306
    Lil306 Posts: 1,692 Forumite
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    My son is looking to buy a laptop, ideally for around £500.

    He wants it to be capable of HD video editing, some light gaming and to play an online game called Eve.

    If £500 isn't enough he could probably up his budget a bit!

    Thanks in advance :)
    Eve online isn't exactly graphics friendly. Let me warn you now

    It's really suited to a desktop PC more than anything else as opposed to a laptop
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  • jaydeeuk1
    jaydeeuk1 Posts: 7,714 Forumite
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    Maybe something like this, with an i3 processor, 1GB graphics and 6GB RAM for £488.77: www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Samsung_RV511_1041054.html

    Extending the warranty to 3 years for £49.97 might not be a bad idea either.


    The 315 isn't that powerful to be fair, certainly not gaming wise anyway.

    This one may be a bit better for the gaming side of things, and perhaps in some areas of video encoding. CPU slightly slower though

    https://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Toshiba_Satellite_Pro_L650-166_1068502.html
    i3
    radeon 5650
    320gb hd
    4gb ram

    £469

    'Only' 4gb ram, but then if it was for serious video editing, you wouldn't be using a laptop ;)
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