#Need an opinion

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random sableBOT
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Thanks for creating a spec thread!

Please be sure to include answers to the following questions so people can assist you quicker.

  • What is the purpose of your PC/laptop? (e.g. gaming, general work, 3D rendering)
  • What monitor resolution will you be using? (e.g. 1080p, 1440p, 4k)
  • What is your budget including currency symbol? (e.g. £2,000, 1000€)
  • Which country are you purchasing from? (Note that we only operate in the UK and Europe)
  • Any brand preferences?
sleek skiff
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Thanks for creating a spec thread!
Please be sure to include answers to the following questions so people can assist you quicker.

What is the purpose of your PC/laptop? (e.g. gaming, general work, 3D rendering)
What monitor resolution will you be using? (e.g. 1080p, 1440p, 4k)
What is your budget including currency symbol? (e.g. £2,000, 1000€)
Which country are you purchasing from? (Note that we only operate in the UK and Europe)
Any brand preferences?

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It's a tight budget for a laptop. The one you linked above only has a 2050 GPU, which is probaly the lowest dedicated GPU you could get in a laptop these days. But then again, the games you listed are not the most demanding titles, so it could be fine

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What price is that one coming in at? Do you have a link to it?

daring umbra
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If you are going for finance make sure you are eligible - ie you need to be working

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And they are already very cheap anyway

sleek skiff
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That's prob the cheapest laptop with a dedicated GPU that PCS offer

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Potentially a laptop with onboard graphics might give the same level of performance as the 2050 card at a lower price, but I'm less well versed on laptop IGPUs

daring umbra
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Difference between what and what?
My comment was based on the fact you were showing the cost of the finance payments

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No, it is already as cheap as they can offer it, that is the price and no you are not allowed to ask for codes/coupons in this server

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Laptops are never cheap

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Ok, laptops of quality or that have decent components throughout

obsidian wadi
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fits in your budget of £900, got 32GB RAM in a 2x16 config so atleast you have dual channel, better GPU and also CPU as couldnt go for lower end CPU and 3050

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or if you needed more storage like, say 1TB, price goes up to £912 but seems pretty decent tradeoff if youre able to squeeze in the extrs £12

daring umbra
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@marble hatch absolutely no suggesting of competitor machines (yes I deleted your message)

daring umbra
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Something that is not allowed by server rules and is not to be repeated - no more details will be given

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I said no more details will be given

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I doubt you'll get much cheaper without losing performance, and 900 for a gmaing laptop is a pretty low budget already so wont be the best just due to that

livid valley
dense ruin
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For ca. £900 you won't be getting the highest of everything regardless
The above suggestions are more or less within your stated budget

livid valley
obsidian wadi
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I mean for starters, the one I suggested has a better cpu, same RAM but in dual channel so speeds and performance will be better, SSD was basically the same but GPU was upgraded to a 3050 so you’d get a tad better performance. Like everyone else is saying tho, £900 pretty low for a gaming laptop

nova cove
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These people are helping you because they want too, they don't have too. Your acting like they owe you it.

obsidian wadi
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Micro SDs are much slower I’d think and probably more expensive. If you don’t need that much storage then drop to a 512GB but given it only put you £12 over your allocated £900 budget I’d still try and stretch to that if you can

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i wouldnt know about Micro SD cards to be completely honest, best bet is to watch several, and i mean several videos and reviews about performance differences but i would still recommend a M.2 SSD

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even a 1TB Micro SD is £115

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so either way youd end up oout of your budget

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even with a 256GB SSD in the laptop and then buying a 1TB external SSD you'd still be atleast £70 over your specified budget

TLDR: if youre able to squeeze the extrs £12, stick to going for the laptop with the 1TB SSD, youll be wasting money otherwise

daring umbra
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Getting the 1TB in the laptop will be the much better option, you can always get an external HDD later when actually required (and when more money has been saved) - though yeah external drives (of whatever type) will seem slow compared to an internal drive

obsidian wadi
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with standard youd save £5 but only get 6 month collect&return

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silver is sweet spot as its only £5 extra but doubles the time incase anything goes wrong