Should I get this /v/? £750, gaming pc is not an option
Intel® Core™ i5-6300HQ (2.3 GHz, up to 3.2 GHz, 6 MB cache, 4 cores)
8 GB DDR3L-1600 SDRAM (1 x 8 GB)
Standard memory note
Transfer rates up to 1600 MT/s
Hard drive description
1 TB 5400 rpm SATA
Hard drive (2nd)
128 GB M.2 SSD
Optical drive
SuperMulti DVD burner
Cloud service
Dropbox
Storage type
SSD
Cloud service footnote number
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M (4 GB DDR3L dedicated)
Multimedia
Audio features
B&O PLAY
Dual speakers
Webcam
Intel® RealSense™ 3D Camera with dual array digital microphone
Why gaming pc isn't an option?
>>341682384
I think you can get a lenovo y700 or what ever they call their new shit for 800 pounds and get an Nvidia 960m
>>341682513
I need a laptop for uni
It's horrible in price/performance
>>341682784
Try to get a laptop with a desktop GPU then
>>341682513
parents are buying his "school laptop"
fucking ultra casual OP
>Gaming Laptop
>>341682997
No I'm paying for it with money I earned myself
>950m
No, 970m minimum.
>>341682384
Don't get it, 950m is shit.
You need at least a 960m
>>341682384
Too expensive for something thats weaker then the ps4
>>341682936
Sorry I have come accross that term before, what is it?
And I'll only be using microsoft office applications when gamin if that makes a differance
>>341683373
*Haven't
The 950m is worse than the 770m.
Just think about that OP.
>>341683335
At least this for that price
>>341683507
You mean GPU? If so then it means your graphics card
>>341682532
The major retailors are selling it for £1000 but I've seen it cheaper on websites I've never heard of
Just buy a regular laptop for school you mongoloid. A "gaming" laptop is not portable and weights a fucking ton. Besides you will be carrying around not only the laptop but your peripherals.
Just get a regular laptop and buy a desktop for gaming whenever you have the money.
>>341683769
What's a 'desktop' gpu then? Or isn't there a differance?
>>341683176
Take 500 and build yourself a cheap desktop machine that you can upgrade. Then take 200 and buy yourself a cheap chromebook.
That is if your university doesn't recommend a system or you'll need something specific for your major.
>>341684042
Desktop GPU means an actual desktop computer gpu that's put in a laptop. You see in laptop GPUs an m means mobile i.e GTX 970m whereas the desktop equivalent is written 970 only. The desktop equivalents are superior in performance to their mobile counterparts.
>>341682784
Don't do it. Get a light laptop you can carry around easily, games aren't as important as your studies and you'll be able to play with a gameboy emulator or something anyway. Get a PC later
>>341684310
Oh i see, thanks
Would an Asus ROG G20 be a good gaming computer to get? I can't build my own
If you do get one be careful with the heat management because it can be dogshit and damage components easily.
>>341684474
This, nobody wants to be that one guy who has to lug a giant heavy 17" alienware to a classroom full of people with 11" Macbook Airs.
>>341684542
You're welcome
Netbook
>cheap
>Sleek
>portable
>bitches be all over your dick
"Gaming Laptop"
>expensive as shit for a piss performance
>clunky
>overheats
>battery drained out in like 2 hours
Can anyone tell me why would people get gaming laptop over netbook?
>>341684605
> I can't build my own
Why not? Its an easy enough skill to pick up and you can make sure that your first build is cheap so if you break something its not as big of a deal. You could throw together a cheap system for a couple of hundred dollars and then upgrade it when you have money and need something better.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232946&cm_re=asus_k501-_-34-232-946-_-Product
this asus model is pretty much an ultrabook. same gpu as the computer you're looking at.
OS is on ssd so you get a fast boot, and there is a 1tb hdd for storage.
>>341684816
>piss performance
The performance is actually fine, I mean this unironically it's 2016, look at how powerful cellphones are at this point.
You might as well argue against smartphones because a dumbphone can take calls and a cheap laptop does everything else.
Overheating and battery are legitimate concerns.
""""""""""""""clunky"""""""""""" is not an argument.
>>341685018
Ok, let's say I was willing to build my own on a $700 dollar budget. What parts should I buy if I want to play modern games onmedium
Don't fucking do it anon. Buy yourself a Macbook pro or something that has good battery life for all of your university work and then save up for a gaming Desktop if you want to play games. I bought a gaming Laptop and the battery life sucked fucking ass so I ended up buying a macbook not even 2 years later. Now I have two laptops; one that never leaves the house that would be much better if it was a desktop, and a macbook that only gets used for school. Seriously, you'll regret it.
>>341682784
>I need a laptop for uni
Gotta make sure you can browse facebook while pretending to listen to the lecture, amirite?
>>341685562
The difference there is that in the Phone world you have lots of companies making SOC chips using modern processes and the GPU IP for OpenGL ES and Vulkan hardware and the drivers for mobile OSes are fairly easy to obtain.
Meanwhile in the x86 world only two companies, AMD and Intel can make SOC chips and only Intel has had access to modern processes, and only AMD has GPU IP that's worth anything. Next year AMD will have new SOC hardware produced on a modern process but till then laptop gaming isn't really going anywhere.
Any system with Nvidia graphics isn't going to be an SOC which means it will be more expensive, run hotter, and die faster.
>>341685681
go to newegg and look for the combo deals that group a bunch of compatible parts together into a bundle for a discounted price. you just gotta put them together
>>341682384
Why not just buy a tablet with a bluetooth keyboard and just build a PC for $600.
>>341685540
probably should have posted a pick of the computer. It's USD $670 on newegg.
I'd say either get this or a 13" macbook air, which is the best school laptop. If you like retro gaming the mac can do that very well through openemu which is basically retroarch with an itunes style skin (does ps1, saturn, and some n64 on my seven year old standard macbook)
>>341686521
Okay thanks. Does Newegg ship to the UK?
>>341685681
You don't even need to spend that much for medium.
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/h8zLkT
Drop one of the new 400 series AMD cards in that and you'll be in good shape.
>>341686873
I'm not sure. Try keying in the model number into google and the name of popular UK stores and see if anything comes up.
This article should help clear the air
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2014/04/09/newegg-uk-live/1
>>341687301
Looks like I can't get it
>>341688650
damn, sorry about that
>>341688890
Thank you anyway
