Seeking hi-spec laptop at an affordable price

Rilgar

Yo, I'm in the market for a new laptop for coding in college. Most details I'm not fussed about so long as it has Windows 8.1, an i7 cpu, 8-12gb of ram (preferably 12), and a 15 inch screen. Any recommendations? I have my eye on HP's Envy range, but the four figure pircetag as listed on PC World is a bit outside of my budget.

ED E

Your title is a contradiction.

Rilgar

Fair enough, but as I can't seem to edit the title it'll have to remain a contradiction.

boobar

This Dell seems to tick the boxes at €649

http://www.dell.com/ie/p/inspiron-15-5547-laptop/pd?oc=cn54722&model_id=inspiron-15-5547-laptop

For Forks Sake

boobar wrote: »

This Dell seems to tick the boxes at €649

http://www.dell.com/ie/p/inspiron-15-5547-laptop/pd?oc=cn54722&model_id=inspiron-15-5547-laptop

Bloody ultrabook processor , it's only dual core @ 2.0hz/core and quite franky an insult to the i7 brand : http://ark.intel.com/products/81015/Intel-Core-i7-4510U-Processor-4M-Cache-up-to-3_10-GHz

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-4510U+%40+2.00GHz&id=2248

markobucko

Any ideas on what to go for out there??

Iompair

I got a XPS machine from the Dell outlet a few years ago, saved a couple of hundred on the retail price

looking_around

I don't know what your budget is, but you can adjust your spec a little on pcspecialist to get a laptop more to your liking.
(I love this myself, so you might want to have a look, and see, since you seem to know what you want.)

€887, including postage, with I7quad core & 16GB Ram (it's €788 with 8GB ram) standard Harddrive, and only the intel onboard graphics card.
the choose 15.6" Ultranote II and pick what you want in the drop down menu, that's how I got the above prices..

Check some of them out, but careful, they can get very pricy as you get into higher end hardware.

You can also check out argos refurbs on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Laptops-Netbooks-/175672/m.html?_nkw&_armrs=1&_ipg&_from&_ssn=argos
OR RBU refurbs http://www.refreshedbyus.com/laptops
Could get something quite decent for much cheaper, this way.

markobucko

Dropping the vat with a supplied vat number allows you to up the spec a little more with pcspecialist👍