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Laptop €400-500 for secondary student - Bricks & mortar store?

  • 20-02-2020 10:30am
    #1
    MiketheMechanic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 907 ✭✭✭


    Hi all.

    My nephew is looking for a laptop.
    Going into secondary school.
    Laptop will be used for Web surfing, Youtube, Netflix, The odd Word doc, Minecraft etc.

    Budget is 400-500.

    Parents wont order online. Must be bricks and mortar store.
    What is the best value out there in the likes of Currys/Harvey/Argos etc.
    Can I get 8GB and 256GB SSD on an i3 for this budget?

    All help greatly appreciated

    MtM


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,962 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    this is 550 but probably worth the extra 50 euro over the stated budget due to better cpu (ryzen 5 has much better integrated graphics for something like minecraft than the intels and it's a 4-core cpu compared to 2 on an i3) and modern design that will age better than the monolithic plastic bricks that still dominate this sort of 15 inch budget segment.

    Asus are a quality brand up with the best.

    https://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/9396461/Trail/searchtext%3ERYZEN+5.htm

    AMD Ryzen 5 R5 3500U processor.
    Quad core processor.
    8GB RAM DDR4.
    256GB SSD storage.
    full hd 15.6 screen
    modern attractive design and good weight for the size at 1.6kg (2kg plus the norm)


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,962 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg7NMXZ1Uro


  • #4
    MiketheMechanic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 907 ✭✭✭MiketheMechanic


    Fantastic @glasso

    Thanks for this!
    glasso wrote: »
    this is 550 but probably worth the extra 50 euro over the stated budget due to better cpu (ryzen 5 has much better integrated graphics for something like minecraft than the intels and it's a 4-core cpu compared to 2 on an i3) and modern design that will age better than the monolithic plastic bricks that still dominate this sort of 15 inch budget segment.

    Asus are a quality brand up with the best.

    https://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/9396461/Trail/searchtext%3ERYZEN+5.htm

    AMD Ryzen 5 R5 3500U processor.
    Quad core processor.
    8GB RAM DDR4.
    256GB SSD storage.
    full hd 15.6 screen
    modern attractive design and good weight for the size at 1.6kg (2kg plus the norm)


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