Hey people, Decided I need a gaming laptop to make LANs a little less painful and to be able to get some uni work done at uni I really don't have a clue about laptops, nor what are good or respectable brands or if I should go new with my budget or maybe look at ebay or the marketplace. I certainly don't have to spend the whole £500 if bang for buck comes in at a lower price bracket. It'll probably be mostly lower spec gaming (league, fps's with variable graphic settings etc) and some uni work which will be photoshop, word processing, maybe a little CAD or revvit potentially. Any advice welcome, I am, literally clueless Cheers!
http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_Timeline_Ultra_M3-581TG_1215228.html This looks Ok, somebody else found it and asked the question.
Yeah I just noticed the thread under mine! Sad thing is I even checked for similar threads but apparently not very well... Seems perfect really! Any other contributions/any saying on this laptop welcome.
Not going to find better GPU at that price new. Acer is quite low quality wise make sure to take good care of it and buy yourself a neoprene case to protect it.
I'd find the i5 version, seeing how it offers both hyperboost and hyperthreading. the i3 has neither. I reckon it'd be well worth the extra cost in newer AAA titles.
Well for £490 I can get an i5 from some random amazon seller: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/ol/B007PPCEO8/ref=aw_d_ol Worth paying that little bit more? (used it should be noted) Or over budget to get it new and warranty of course? www.ebuyer.com/412377-acer-timeline-m3-ultrabook-nx-rykek-010
Always spend that little bit extra. Especially in this case, as it is a "gaming" laptop. You will not be able to upgrade the cpu further down the line as you would in a desktop. And seeing as everything is tied together in a laptop, if one component is too slow or outdated, everything becomes obsolete.
im selling my Asus G73-JH with warranty very soon as its been sitting on my desk not used for almost 8 months since i bought a desktop. i7 8 cores 1.6-2.8ghz (this laptop also has an overclocking button too) 8gb DDR3 1333Mhz (it says on the asus site that its 1066, but mine is actually 1333) 2x500gb 7200rpm HDD's 17" 1080p screen 1gb 5870 GPU backlit keyboard, Blu-Ray Drive, subwoofer, etc etc etc http://uk.asus.com/Notebooks/Gaming_Powerhouse/G73Jh/ It has warranty until around april time which is transferrable (asus only ask you for the serial on the bottom to match to the ASUS VIP DB when doing a RMA). drop me a PM if interested
