Toshiba vs HP..which laptop?

Euphoria1z

Hi all.

Trying to decide which laptop to buy. Budget is under £500. Mainly to be used for Internet browsing, watching videos, and Microsoft office. Not into games but will play now and again.

I'm looking at the following 2, both priced at £450.

Hp p289sa with a amd A10 processor and 16 mb ram.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/hp-pavilion-15-p289sa-15-6-laptop-silver-10107489-pdt.html#srcid=11026

or

Toshiba satellite l50-b-235 with i5 processor and 8mb ram.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/toshiba-satellite-l50-b-235-15-6-laptop-white-10107515-pdt.html#srcid=11026

which one of them is faster and more reliable? Intel or amd?

Any other recommendations? Must have quick processor and large ram.

Thanks

Fightsback

If you don't mind grade a1 refurb then there is this and it's a quick (seriously whoops the other two) laptop £479.99:

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/hp-envy-15-j186na-intel-core-i7-4700mq-8gb-1tb-nvidia-geforce-gt840m-15.6-a1-j2t71ea/version.asp

• Intel Core i7-4700MQ (2.4GHz/3.4GHz/6MB) CPU
  8GB DDR3L RAM
  15.6 inch Full-HD Screen
  NVIDIA GeForce GT 840M (2GB) Dedicated Graphics

3 months warranty, extendible to 12months for £30.

Or this refurb at £420

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/hp-envy-touchsmart-15-j184sa-refurbished-15-6-touchscreen-laptop-silver-10011536-pdt.html

Processor Intel® Core™ i5-4200M Processor (2.5 GHz, 3.1 GHz with TurboBoost, 3 MB cache) Memory (RAM) 4 GB DDR3L Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GT 840M (2 GB GDDR3) Storage 1 TB SSHD, 5400 rpm
Just add extra memory, 12 months guarantee.

Look at the medions (owned by Lenovo) as well:

http://www.medion.com/gb/shop/laptops?view=tile&pageNumber=2&wt_cc1=1_1&sortOrder=gross-price%3Ddesc&wt_cc2=hp_quba_lt&wt_cc3=Laptops%20Banner&wt_mc=gb.intern.StdProducts.welcome.on-ma

carsong

The best laptop to purchase would depend on your personal needs. Laptops are all around sufficient and reasonably priced I hope you get all features those you required in Hp.

ptrichardson

Euphoria1z wrote: »

Hi all.

Trying to decide which laptop to buy. Budget is under £500. Mainly to be used for Internet browsing, watching videos, and Microsoft office. Not into games but will play now and again.

I'm looking at the following 2, both priced at £450.

Hp p289sa with a amd A10 processor and 16 mb ram.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/hp-pavilion-15-p289sa-15-6-laptop-silver-10107489-pdt.html#srcid=11026

or

Toshiba satellite l50-b-235 with i5 processor and 8mb ram.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/toshiba-satellite-l50-b-235-15-6-laptop-white-10107515-pdt.html#srcid=11026

which one of them is faster and more reliable? Intel or amd?

Any other recommendations? Must have quick processor and large ram.

Thanks

CPU "Passmark" scores
A10 - 2793
i5 - 3524

Clear winner is the Intel, as you'd expect


GPU 3D Mark scores
A10 - 2080
i5 - 1060

AMD basically twice as strong.


As ever when comparing Intel to AMD APUs, you get more processing with the Intel, but AMD blows it out of the water for games.

Fightsback

ptrichardson wrote: »

CPU "Passmark" scores
A10 - 2793
i5 - 3524

Clear winner is the Intel, as you'd expect


GPU 3D Mark scores
A10 - 2080
i5 - 1060

AMD basically twice as strong.


As ever when comparing Intel to AMD APUs, you get more processing with the Intel, but AMD blows it out of the water for games.

Passmark CPU

i7-4700mq = 7806

Futuremark 3D

Nvidia 840M = 2430

Radeon R7 260M = 1770