Good Gaming Laptop for under £1000

[simon1992]

I never owned a PC or Laptop in my life. I'll come from a poor family background. I never owned a PC or Laptop in my life. I have ALWAYS wanted a gaming laptop and now I saved up enough money working part time at *** ( not saying where i work ) £3.15/hr.

Anyway, I want a good gaming laptop that can handle almost any game (CoD, L4D, Diablo, Max payne etc ) in high settings maybe? i5 and above and any ios will be fine.

My budget is actually less than £700 but I know I wont get a decent gaming laptop for that amount

Also, please dont tell me to buy a Dekstop, I know its cheaper. The thing is I cant fit my dekstop in my room because i have a really really small room
Like i said I am really poor, just being honest here.

Please, may someone help me out here

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

I sell gaming laptops in my shops in the UK....

What you want is not possible unless you DOUBLE your budget ...or...

Build a gaming PC into a SMALL case....

That you CAN do on your budget...

All the best Brett

 

[simon1992]

Hi

I sell gaming laptops in my shops in the UK....

What you want is not possible unless you DOUBLE your budget ...or...

Build a gaming PC into a SMALL case....

That you CAN do on your budget...

All the best Brett

Hey, thanks, but I dont want a dekstop
...

 

[Brett928S2]

Hey, thanks, but I dont want a dekstop
...

Hi

Thats fine but we have a saying here...

GAMING + LAPTOP = OXYMORON

If you REALLY want GOOD gaming on a lappy you NEED to spend between £1500 to £2500

All the best Brett

 

[simon1992]

Hi

Thats fine but we have a saying here...

GAMING + LAPTOP = OXYMORON

If you REALLY want GOOD gaming on a lappy you NEED to spend between £1500 to £2500

All the best Brett

I do believe you can still buy a decent gaming lappy for under £1000
waaaaaaw im so confused i cant afford that much

 

[Brett928S2]

I do believe you can still buy a decent gaming lappy for under £1000
waaaaaaw im so confused i cant afford that much

Hi Simon

It really depends on your expectations of "decent gaming"....

For a grand you WILL be able to play almost all games, but NOT at Ultra and in some games even HIGH will be a problem...most will be at medium or LOW...

A grand spent on a gaming PC is totally different...you will be able to play on high in all games and ULTRA in some...

All the best Brett

 

[whyso]

Hi

Thats fine but we have a saying here...

GAMING + LAPTOP = OXYMORON

If you REALLY want GOOD gaming on a lappy you NEED to spend between £1500 to £2500

All the best Brett

Seriously again?

Thats like those people in those console vs pc flamewars who say a gaming pc costs $2500.

You should be able to find an i5/i7 with a 640/650/660m for 700 british pounds. That will be slightly slower than a 7750/650 desktop. That should be able to play most games at 720p on high or 1080p med/low. High at 1080p will cost more significantly more (and will not be playable). You will be able to get COD, L4D, and Diablo on high settings with a 650/640m, max payne not a chance.

A 680m/7970m is about equivalent to a 660/660 ti and you should be able to play most games at 1080p high (that is out of your budget but will cost less than the 1500 brett mentioned. Alienware m17 (which is quite overpriced, and without any coupons) costs 1350 with the 7970m)--less than the 1500 cutoff brett mentioned).

http/shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/gbweb/LenovoPortal/en_GB/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=FD6DB49790C7411D933567FC361231FB&current-category-id=BC0DEACAB9AD0AA32A3DB1498816D757&action=init
y500, i5 650m --700

Though really, if you can I highly suggest a desktop.

 

[DiaSin]

I will paste what I told someone else asking for a laptop. I have friends that have bough laptops from these people before and are very happy with them.

This is one of their more baseline models but it comes out to right around £635 and should run most modern games on medium at least.

Go here: http/www.avadirect.com/gaming-laptop-configurator.asp?PRID=24332 choose win7 home premium 64 bit from the OS dropdown and leave the rest the same and the total price comes to $959 for a pretty good gaming laptop, within his budget. You can tweak the parts list to get the price lower/higher if you want. I thought about getting a laptop from them awhile back but decided to keep my current lower end laptop for mobile uses and build a desktop instead.


If you decide to go that route MAKE SURE you choose an OS as that starts as a barebones build with no operating system.

Like everyone else though, I suggest buying a desktop. I have regretted buying a laptop instead of a desktop many times in the past year or so. I, however, really did need the mobility when I initially bought this system.


Edit: Just occured to me that they MAY not ship to the UK, I havent checked, but if you really want a gaming laptop custom built is usually cheaper as long as its not alienware.

 

[Brett928S2]

I will paste what I told someone else asking for a laptop. I have friends that have bough laptops from these people before and are very happy with them.

This is one of their more baseline models but it comes out to right around £635 and should run most modern games on medium at least.

Go here: http/www.avadirect.com/gaming-laptop-configurator.asp?PRID=24332 choose win7 home premium 64 bit from the OS dropdown and leave the rest the same and the total price comes to $959 for a pretty good gaming laptop, within his budget. You can tweak the parts list to get the price lower/higher if you want. I thought about getting a laptop from them awhile back but decided to keep my current lower end laptop for mobile uses and build a desktop instead.


If you decide to go that route MAKE SURE you choose an OS as that starts as a barebones build with no operating system.

Like everyone else though, I suggest buying a desktop. I have regretted buying a laptop instead of a desktop many times in the past year or so. I, however, really did need the mobility when I initially bought this system.


Edit: Just occured to me that they MAY not ship to the UK, I havent checked, but if you really want a gaming laptop custom built is usually cheaper as long as its not alienware.

Hi

Any new Laptop IMPORTED into the UK, WILL have import duty + VAT (20%) added to it...so think around 30% in TOTAL to be added, and Lappies are more expensive in the UK as well

All the best Brett

 

[simon1992]

Seriously again?

Thats like those people in those console vs pc flamewars who say a gaming pc costs $2500.

You should be able to find an i5/i7 with a 640/650/660m for 700 british pounds. That will be slightly slower than a 7750/650 desktop. That should be able to play most games at 720p on high or 1080p med/low. High at 1080p will cost more significantly more (and will not be playable). You will be able to get COD, L4D, and Diablo on high settings with a 650/640m, max payne not a chance.

A 680m/7970m is about equivalent to a 660/660 ti and you should be able to play most games at 1080p high (that is out of your budget but will cost less than the 1500 brett mentioned. Alienware m17 (which is quite overpriced, and without any coupons) costs 1350 with the 7970m)--less than the 1500 cutoff brett mentioned).

http/shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/gbweb/LenovoPortal/en_GB/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=FD6DB49790C7411D933567FC361231FB&current-category-id=BC0DEACAB9AD0AA32A3DB1498816D757&action=init
y500, i5 650m --700

Though really, if you can I highly suggest a desktop.

Thank you for your detailed answer
Btw I foudn this http/www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MSI-Notebook-937-16F231-019-15-6-Gaming-GTX580M-Core-i7-5-3-Barebone-Laptop-/360568658283?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item53f391196b

is it any good?