Laptop for light gaming on holidays

[egorgeg]

Chassis & Display - Cosmos Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD IPS LED Widescreen (1920x1080)

Processor (CPU) - Intel® Core™ i5 Quad Core Processor 7300HQ (2.5GHz, 3.5GHz Turbo)

Memory (RAM) - 8GB Corsair 2133MHz SODIMM DDR4 (1 x 8GB)

Graphics Card (GPU) - NVIDIA® GeForce® MX150 - 2.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12

Hard disk drive (HDD) - 1TB SLIM SERIAL ATA III 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 128MB CACHE (5,400rpm)

Operating System (OS) - Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Single Licence

Price £775.00 including VAT and delivery

Going to America sometime next year to stay with my girlfriend, and wanted a laptop. Don't want to be playing GTA V in 4K Ultra or anything, just using it to watch videos and things on YouTube or streams on Twitch. Only game I will really be playing is Runescape, maybe I'll buy some when I'm there since I wont be able to play my Steam games (I assume). If I do buy a game it'll be, Euro truck sim 2 or Cities Skylines, and I'm happy with playing those on low settings to get a decent FPS of like 40-60 if the laptop can do it. Unless this is overkill, I have no clue about Laptops and the capabilities of the CPU or GPU's this was just a quick play around with the specs and I do need some advice.

 

[keynes]

Do you have a maximum budget?

 

[egorgeg]

Do you have a maximum budget?

Ah yes sorry, I should have added that in the post. I don't really want to be spending more than this spec already costs. Budget is £750

 

[Oussebon]

While that will probably achieve what you're looking for, and noted your limited expectations for the system, it's worth bearing in mind - from a value point of view if nothing else - that an Optimus VIII would be about £60 more (~8% more expensive) and offer 2-3 times more gaming performance:

Benchmarks: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Compu...eselect[]=329&gameselect[]=293&gpu_fullname=1


Chassis & Display
Optimus Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD IPS LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 Quad Core Processor 7300HQ (2.5GHz, 3.5GHz Turbo)
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Memory (RAM)
8GB Corsair 2133MHz SODIMM DDR4 (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti - 4.0GB GDDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1[SUP]st[/SUP] Hard Disk
1TB SLIM SERIAL ATA III 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 128MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 6 in 1 Card Reader (SD /Mini SD/ SDHC / SDXC / MMC / RSMMC)
AC Adaptor
1 x 120W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre Cloverleaf UK Power Cable
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Def. Audio + SoundBlaster™ Cinema 3
Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-8265 M.2 (867Mbps, 802.11AC) +BT 4.0
USB Options
1 x USB 3.0 PORT (Type C) + 2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Battery
Cosmos VI Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Keyboard Language
SINGLE COLOUR BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 1MP HD WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Quantity
1

Price £837.00 including VAT and delivery

Unique URL to re-configure : https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/optimusVIII-15/ywUNGWx5Y!/

 

[egorgeg]

I was actually thinking about that one, despite it being over my budget I could just wait a little longer and save up for it no problem, just didn't think there was much need. And come to think of it, I'm probably going to use it more when I get back home and when I go back out to the US as well for another trip, if I can play more of a variety of games on it and with a decent FPS and settings it will be much better. I think I was kinda lying to myself when I said I'd be happy with low settings with like 40 FPS.

Thank you, I will mess with some other specs as well but I'll be keeping this one saved.

While I am here and have a thread open for a laptop, instead of creating a new thread I'll ask here; my dad is also wanting a laptop but wont be gaming on it at all, he just wants it to watch YouTube and listen to music on it without it being frustratingly slow. Budget is around £200 he doesn't really want to spend more than that, but might be willing to budge. I haven't really researched it at all on PCS as I'm unsure if they even do laptops that cheap. But just thought I'd ask.