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Help please ,What's this laptop worth.

  • 19-08-2017 12:05PM
    #1
    XsApollo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭


    So I was going to maybe go buy a new laptop for my daughter around the 400 euro price range.
    She wants to play sims4 and roblox and other stuff.
    Said I'd go on adverts and see if I could nab something better second hand.


    Came across this Alienware.

    http://touch.adverts.ie/laptops/alienware-m17x-laptop/13026407

    I presume this will play sims Better than anything I could buy for 400 quid


    Is this still a good laptop?
    Will I get another few years out of it for general use browsing and kids games and Sims.
    I'm not paying 650 for it but if I got it near 400 I'd be tempted.


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  • #2
    mordeith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,125 ✭✭✭mordeith


    XsApollo wrote: »
    So I was going to maybe go buy a new laptop for my daughter around the 400 euro price range.
    She wants to play sims4 and roblox and other stuff.
    Said I'd go on adverts and see if I could nab something better second hand.


    Came across this Alienware.

    http://touch.adverts.ie/laptops/alienware-m17x-laptop/13026407

    I presume this will play sims Better than anything I could buy for 400 quid


    Is this still a good laptop?
    Will I get another few years out of it for general use browsing and kids games and Sims.
    I'm not paying 650 for it but if I got it near 400 I'd be tempted.

    I wouldn't spend five hundred on a machine that old to be honest


  • #3
    magentis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,237 ✭✭✭magentis


    No way that was bought in 2016
    That processor was released in 2009/2010


  • #4
    XsApollo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭XsApollo


    Yea I'm not doing anything with it thanks for the replies.


  • #5
    DellyBelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,749 ✭✭✭DellyBelly


    About three fiddy......


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 11,642 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Back in 2013 that was my work laptop. Its a monster(size and weight wise) and complete overkill for running sims4. Its a desktop replacement and few people use them on their laps, instead opting to use it on a desk.

    That seller is having a laugh.
    Includes charger worth $80

    Er no. If it didn't come with a charger, you would have to shell out 80 quid to buy a charger. That does not make the charger itself worth 80 quid.
    Will swap for a macbook or a Smart TV + a PS4

    :pac:

    OP, you will get a brand new laptop in Currys for 300 which will play the Sims and Roblox.


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  • #7
    XsApollo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭XsApollo


    Yea I know I can get a laptop for 400 that would run sims.
    What I was trying to figure out was , would the the laptop I linked still be a better machine?
    I presume the screen would be better and it would still be more powerful and a better machine than what I could buy new now for the same price.

    And if I wanted to play some games myself and connect to the t.v it would be better than a 400 euro laptop I could buy now.

    Anyway I have moved on now :-)


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