anything better for the money

[duhawkz]

CPU fan in my laptop broke (I've ordered a replacement fan), I'm still using it but I'm fully expecting it to die any time soon. and its about 6 years old though it still does everything I need.

anyhow I've been looking at replacements, and this seems to be a good shout

https://www.cclonline.com/product/lenovo-81ax012suk-laptop-15-inch-1920-x-1080-intel-core-i7-8550u-8gb-256gb-ssd-radeon-530-bluetooth-microsoft-windows-10-home-81ax012suk-289082/

in short its all the following for £550
Lenovo v330
i7-8550u
8gb - max 20GB
256gb m2 PCIe SSD
radeon 530 2GB dedicated v Ram

I run linux, I sometimes play games (not the latest FPSs or anything more things like CIV and such like) I do Dev work and run some VMs, other then that its mostly internet browsing and email.

Ideally I'd like a bigger HDD but I could potentially buy a 512GB afterwards
So does anyone know of any better offers or better specced laptops for similar money ~£600 max
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[Easy-X]

Looks pretty tidy for the money. Okay 1920x1080 so big savings not jumping on the 4K bandwagon.

I'd get it upgraded to 16GB asap if you're running VMs.
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[Lord Percy]

I have pretty much that exact laptop, but on a marginally lower spec. Mine has 0.2GHz less processor speed than the one you're looking at.

I'm a programmer and use my computer every day for work. I'll often have two or even three windows with Visual Studio open, and often leave projects running on debug mode while I start working on something else. The laptop has never run slow for me.

It seems to handle most games too, though I'm not a gamer and never attempt to really max the machine out.

The only thing that has ever slowed it down is Microsoft's bollocks automatic updates and other background processes which I had to weed out myself.

It also has a weird problem when connecting to a second screen via the VGA port. The touchpad will sometimes stop working and need to be reset (the touchpad, not the whole laptop - just need to press F6 twice). Dunno if it's a fault with my specific laptop or a fault with the entire range.

Another issue that happens to my laptop and my mate's laptop (also Lenovo) is a random screen freeze where it looks like the machine has completely locked up. Screen frozen, mouse is dead, keyboard unresponsive, the caps/num lock lights don't even change when you press those buttons. I used do a hard reset and lose all my work. Then we discovered the much better solution. Just close the lid, let the screen switch off, then reopen it again and the whole thing is back to life!

Having mentioned those two little problems, I'd like to make it clear that I still wholly recommended the laptop range you're looking at. I've never had a better machine. This thing is miles better than my old HP, which suffered from extreme overheating and had a jet engine for a fan.

I did a lot of research before buying this, and it seems Lenovo are the best at the moment for "good but lower budget" laptops.

[duhawkz]

Cool, its Amazon prime day on the 16/17 so I'll see if theres any extra off it then.
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[Lord Percy]

[King29]

I've always found it beneficial to advertise what you are after on Gumtree or FB. Put a phone number with the advert and say cash waiting. A mate did that when he wanted a Macbook, he ended up meeting the guy in the retail park car park (where the guy worked) and bought a 2018 Macbook for less than half the current value. Mate happy, bloke who sold it happy, everyone a winner. I got a couple of console games like that, new in the wrapper; unwanted gifts, bloke even let me open the games to check disc was in them and he even delivered them to my house. There are bargains out there.


Try doing that.