How can you find good laptops to buy online? I’ve read the

>Decent
>£400

Sorry you're not going to get anything decent at least till you hit 500 or more and find a 2gen old high end laptop.

>>56157063
>>56157206
Just to add i bought an HP broadwell-U based laptop other day its pretty ok for £370

I can max out cod4 and blackops 1 @ 720p

Plays guildwars 2 on med and l4d2 ect

but make sure you get one with an Intel Iris 6100 not the shitty HD 530/550 trash.

There is literally a logical increments laptop guide delete this thread then kill yourself.

>>56157235

Don't HPs suffer from overheating?

>>56157206

I guess I poorly worded it, I meant "decent" as in "can use for word processing, internet surfing as some gaming" but not a modern gaming PC at all

>>56157360

Didn't see one in the Sticky, I've started flicking through a few of the ones from a Google search

>>56157360

Also these laptops are priced in $ and there seems to be a 1:1 pricing when I look for them in the UK so they become more expensive

>>56157423
>Don't HPs suffer from overheating?
That was like 10 years ago, the new ones are fine

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>>56157063
>>56157206

Bought an ASUS K550 recently for 600$ (so about 450 pounds)
Sold my old laptop for 340$ so I ended up paying about 350 bucks in total for:

>Intel Core i7-4720HQ
>12GB DDR3L 1600Mhz RAM
>1 TB HDD (will chug in an SSD as well soon)
>NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
>24 month full guarantee
> FullHD screen

Overall, bretty good deal

>>56157423
Nope not for years

new HPs are pretty alright this is the model i bought

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/hp-pavilion-15-ab271sa-15-6-laptop-blue-10137888-pdt.html?gclid=CjwKEAjw3Nq9BRCw8OD6s4eI5HASJABsfCIaKcTh04OIH42IRkgjk5TWiCLV4wvOhjIPCrIncmTQFhoCqzDw_wcB&srcid=198&cmpid=ppc~gg~~~Exact&mctag=gg_goog_7904&s_kwcid=AL!3391!3!93617547859!!!g!132569385859!&device=c&istCompanyId=bec25c7e-cbcd-460d-81d5-a25372d2e3d7&istItemId=mlxqmxqql&istBid=tztx&PLA=1&ef_id=V4oF9QAABGsgM43h:20160819112758:s

>>56157481

Don't get that model in the uk

but a similar one with i7 4720 + 950m

£700

>>56157471
>>56157604

Hmm, ok then, although it was a "known" thing back then I still have heard of a few cases anecdotally where the laptop overheated but I imagine that could be the case with any manufacturer.

>>56157604
thanks, on the face of it it looks good, I'll take a look at that model and some reviews for it and then keep it mind when shopping around

>>56157481

Unfortunately seems to be out of stock on Amazon and not available for Currys or Laptops direct, maybe it wasn't sold in large numbers in the UK

>>56157630

£700 is out of my price range I'm afraid

Bump for interest

>>56157063
Laptops are in a really shitty place valuewise imo right now, just get a Thinkpad and be done with it. You will just buy on overpriced pile of shit with 400 pounds, whereas you can buy a nice Thinkpad and upgrade the screen with 100 left over if you just settle with a Thinkpad. It all depends on if you want graphics performance or plan to do heavy computing. Most of the time a Thinkpad will serve all basic needs and more. If you want real desktop capability on the move though be prepared to pay much more.

>>56157360
Just went there and it hasn't been updated since 2015.

Guys is $200 a good deal on an used i5 UX21e?
http://www.linlap.com/asus_zenbook_ux21e

>>56158820

OP here, I was thinking about doing something similar by getting a Desktop instead and then a cheap thinkpad or something similar for word processing on the go

You can get an x240 on eBay for like £300

Bump for interest

>>56157063
Look at used business laptops.

They're usually very sturdy so buying them used is actually OK.

You can score a third gen Intel i5 laptop in very good condition for like $300 that way

>go to eBay
>set your price range
>search for Latitudes and ThinkPads

>need laptop
>want to buy current xps 15 to replace old xps 15 from 2011
>it comes with Windows 10

>>56161726
Not all latitudes and thinkpads
Go to tpg (thinkpad general) for more info.

OP If you don't need a nice IPS screen or a good graphics processor i highly recommend you go and get a used thinkpad, and make sure it is atleast sandy bridge era.

>>56162252

Will thinkpads be able to run games that aren't too demanding?

Is there even any point in buying a new laptop now when Kaby Lake is right around the corner?

>>56163866
What?

>>56165780
Did I stutter?

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>>56161776
Just built a new rig and installed W10 on it. Takes a little bit of tweaking, but aside from me having to reinstall a different wireless driver so it didn't disconnect every 15 minutes, everything is solid.

What are your reservations against it?

>>56163866
It'll take 6 months for the full product lines to be out anyway (or a year and a half for Apple).

So if you need a laptop now, buy one now. If you're still using a Core 2 Duo piece of trash with a dead battery, maybe consider replacing it. If you have something that's Sandy Bridge or newer, I don't think Kaby Lake will be much of an improvement for everyday use but you should get a SSD if you don't have one already.