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raddy59
raddy59 Posts: 338 Forumite
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edited 27 October 2015 at 1:43PM in Techie Stuff
Looking for a laptop for 16 year old Ds
Needs it for school and some gaming - bit dazzled by all the recommendations on thevarious review sites, so grateful for any advice

His friend just got for his birthday a HP Pavilion 15.6" screen, 8mb(?)ram, integrated graphics with AMDA8 (apparently) - whatever it all means, though from what I read integrated graphics aren't too good?

Looking to spend £500ish tops

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  • womble12345
    womble12345 Posts: 591 Forumite
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    You want a laptop for a 1 year old? Perhaps just get a toy one rather than a real one!
  • raddy59
    raddy59 Posts: 338 Forumite
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    Yeah - s/be 16, Silly me!!
  • GunJack
    GunJack Posts: 11,828 Forumite
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    raddy59 wrote: »
    Looking for a laptop for 16 year old Ds
    Needs it for school and some gaming - bit dazzled by all the recommendations on thevarious review sites, so grateful for any advice

    His friend just got for his birthday a HP Pavilion 15.6" screen, 8mb(?)ram, integrated graphics with AMDA8 (apparently) - whatever it all means, though from what I read integrated graphics aren't too good?

    Looking to spend £500ish tops

    the driving factor will be:- what sort of "gaming"? laptops with dedicated gfx cards are rather more expensive, so you really need to know which games he's thinking of as a starting point...
    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

    I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple :D
  • musafir05
    musafir05 Posts: 171 Forumite
    Why don't you build yourself a PC rather than a laptop. It will be alot cheaper.
  • Cisco001
    Cisco001 Posts: 4,130 Forumite
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    MSI CX61 2QF Gaming Laptop
    Intel Core i5-4210M
    8GB RAM + 1TB HDD
    15.6" HD LED + Bluetooth
    NVIDIA GeForce 940M
    Webcam + Windows 10 Home 64bit
    £500 @ ebuyer
  • grumpycrab
    grumpycrab Posts: 5,025 Forumite
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    musafir05 wrote: »
    Why don't you build yourself a PC rather than a laptop. It will be alot cheaper.
    Just guessing - because they want a laptop;)
    If you put your general location in your Profile, somebody here may be able to come and help you.
  • musafir05
    musafir05 Posts: 171 Forumite
    grumpycrab wrote: »
    Just guessing - because they want a laptop;)

    Very expensive
  • Rockman
    Rockman Posts: 620 Forumite
    musafir05 wrote: »
    Why don't you build yourself a PC rather than a laptop. It will be alot cheaper.
    It may be cheaper but what if you don't know how to go about building your own pc.
    Val :)
  • raddy59
    raddy59 Posts: 338 Forumite
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    Cisco

    MSI CX61 2QF Gaming Laptop
    Intel Core i5-4210M
    8GB RAM + 1TB HDD
    15.6" HD LED + Bluetooth
    NVIDIA GeForce 940M
    Webcam + Windows 10 Home 64bit
    £500 @ ebuyer

    Looks brilliant - c/be the one
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