New laptop, probably used

I want to buy a laptop that I will use for about 2-3 months (until I go back to my PC).

My budget is aprox. 500 pounds.

I was thinking of buying a second hand one if I find a good deal.

It needs to have a good processor (i5-4210M or above), a dedicated video card for gaming and an ok screen.

Do you know where I can find good second-hand laptops? Or how would a similar configuration cost for a pcspecialist laptop?

Thanks!

A new laptop from PCS with a decent dedicated gpu for gaming will be more than £500. For 2nd hand best place would be ebay or gumtree but we can't really give advice on those builds and it is quite risky buying 2nd hand laptops since warranty is likely to have ended and it is difficult to test before purchase.

keynes said:

A new laptop from PCS with a decent dedicated gpu for gaming will be more than £500. For 2nd hand best place would be ebay or gumtree but we can't really give advice on those builds and it is quite risky buying 2nd hand laptops since warranty is likely to have ended and it is difficult to test before purchase.

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Ok, thank you.

I have seen a good deal a few days ago, with a used (shop demo laptop) Lenovo Y50-70 (http://www.lambda-tek.com/Lenovo-59438458~sh/B2064666&viewSpec=y#productTop ) at 470pounds, but it was out of stock. What would a simllar configuration cost for a brand new PCSpecialist laptop? (1080p screen, 8GB ram, i5-4210H, GTX 860M)

XCS said:

Ok, thank you.

I have seen a good deal a few days ago, with a used (shop demo laptop) Lenovo Y50-70 (http://www.lambda-tek.com/Lenovo-59438458~sh/B2064666&viewSpec=y#productTop ) at 470pounds, but it was out of stock. What would a simllar configuration cost for a brand new PCSpecialist laptop? (1080p screen, 8GB ram, i5-4210H, GTX 860M)

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Probably more, but you can always go and spec one up to know for certain

If gaming is not at the forefront of needs, I'd recommend a gen-1 or -2 core Thinkpad. Then again, a Thinkpad is not exactly a temporary thing lol