What laptop is better ?

thenightrider

This one

http://www.adverts.ie/laptops/asus-g50v-gaming-laptop/1614349

or this one

http://www.adverts.ie/laptops/hp-4730s/1651316?notification=19acff11becdd85b6e54fceb4bf3c2f8-1337206894#comment_8005808

Going to have to upgrade the hard drive's in either one as i need min 500 Gb the 1st laptop can take 2 hard drive's so that is handy but the second has an i5 and ddr3 ram for cheaper upgrade of ram but im not sure which has a better gpu

_AVALANCHE_

I'd go for second one for the better CPU, graphics are about the same, Radeon is newer, supports Directx11.

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=Radeon+HD+6490M
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+9800M+GT

http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-6490M.43843.0.html
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-9800M-GT.9906.0.html


http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Toshiba_Satellite_Pro_C660-2DN_1143384.html

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-RV520-15-6-inch-Laptop/dp/B005TIT7FC/ref=sr_1_3?m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1337216489&sr=1-3

cookie1977

+1 on the second one too fwiw

thenightrider

Would you think id be better to get that second one over one of those new one's posted ?

cookie1977

Personally I'd buy the second one if it's in good nick but remember there'll be no guarantee with it compared to the new ones.

edit: actually if you can get the receipt off the owner you can use that as your guarantee since it's only 6 months old

_AVALANCHE_

cookie1977 wrote: »

Personally I'd buy the second one if it's in good nick but remember there'll be no guarantee with it compared to the new ones.

edit: actually if you can get the receipt off the owner you can use that as your guarantee since it's only 6 months old

Has the warranty not been voided by seller putting in shit 200GB HDD to sell it on?

thenightrider wrote: »

Would you think id be better to get that second one over one of those new one's posted ?

I'd go for new way before I'd go for second hand one that someone has taken apart(?), if you don't need the i5-->depending on what you want the machine for, I'd get the i3

If you're not in a hurry you should wait a few weeks for the new Intel Ivybridge i3 range to launch. (save a few quid more)

An entry level Ivy i3 (like this one) is near same as entry level sandy i5 (like the i5-2410 in one you are looking at), and has better integrated graphics than all the above.

cookie1977

It might void the manufacturers added cover but not your consumer rights if another part fails due to a defect. Yes if the hard drive fails then then you've no comeback. Best to take a look at it and see if it's been taken care of or knocked around. Still think personally it's the better option of the ones listed above. But waiting to look at newer options would be equally as good.

_AVALANCHE_

cookie1977 wrote: »

Still think personally it's the better option of the ones listed above. But waiting to look at newer options would be equally as good.

Tight budget, I just put up decent ones as close to sellers asking price in the comments (€390) as I could find.

What's max budget OP?

cookie1977

Yeah, maybe tell us how you plan to use it. Destop publishing, video conversion, games, light browsing and word processing etc...

thenightrider

Ya i might be better to wait for the new chip's to come out plus from what ive heard computers bought from next month get a free upgrade to win 8 when it come's out. I dont relly need the laptop till next september as im finished college for the summer and my brother is going to the states in september so i could hold of and get him to get me one over there it's just ive sold my old laptop the other day and got 430 for it so was thinking of buying a new one with the cash. Ive got a netbook and desktop for the summer.

I use it for the likes of photoshop web design programing. Its nice to be able to play a game on it if i wanted to now saying that it would be the likes of command and conquer etc that i would mostaly play if i was on the laptop.