Refurbished latop

I've got 30 tabs open in chrome and have 4.4 gb ram usage.

much more efficient to use one browser

I would argue 8gb is plenty unless you're a very regular heavy video editor or of some other app that uses large ram amounts

simple management of start-up items also helps.

that seems to be the advice from the experts also...

https://www.minitool.com/news/windows-10-ram-requirements-009.html

ImARebel

glasso wrote: »

not sure a lot will change in this budget range in the next while to be honest.

probably not. I would have gone up to 500 for a decent spec refurb but it doesn't even look like it'll buy me that even

that ryzen 3 with 8gb ram, 256 gb ssd, ips screen from the UK is a decent deal

BailMeOut

For refurb I have gotten some great workstations from these folks https://kelsusit.com/

Laptop options very spares at moment but maybe contact directly to see what they have coming in.

maddog1983

glasso wrote: »

if you are going to pay €500 you can buy a new laptop

this is about €450 or a little more

use addresspal or parcel wizard etc if required

https://www.ebuyer.com/947187-asus-m509da-full-hd-ips-ryzen-3-8gb-256gb-ssd-15-6-win10-m509da-bq349t

Hi do you have this particular model I'm looking to spend 500 max and might go for this.. Not a heavy user just for minaml gaming football manager, word, excel and browsing?. Would you recommend this I'm not savvy at all when it comes to tech,..

no I don't have it.

reviews seem ok.

about as good value as you will get at the moment.

will suit those uses and run football manager - perfectly playable just not will 80 leagues and highest 30 settings obviously.

it will even play some higher end more intensive games

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-M509DA-Review-Slow-Speed-WiFi-in-Ryzen-3-Notebook.451183.0.html

battery life is not amazing due to a smallish battery but won't be an issue for most people unless you're away from a power point for the whole day. for gaming / very intensive apps you would want to be on power anyways

so yes I would go for it for your budget.

maddog1983

glasso wrote: »

no I don't have it.

reviews seem ok.

about as good value as you will get at the moment.

will suit those uses and run football manager - perfectly playable just not will 80 leagues and highest 30 settings obviously.

it will even play some higher end more intensive games

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-M509DA-Review-Slow-Speed-WiFi-in-Ryzen-3-Notebook.451183.0.html


battery life is not amazing due to a smallish battery but won't be an issue for most people unless you're away from a power point for the whole day. for gaming / very intensive apps you would want to be on power anyways

Thanks very much for reply appreciated

having a dual-channel ram setup in this Asus lets it get the most out of the the Ryzen 3 APU

not a bad little performer at all really

Melanchthon

BailMeOut wrote: »

anyone reading with 16GB or RAM look at your task manager now. I am running teams, Chome , firefox and outlook as well task tray items (Google drive and one drive) (noting big or intensive) and using 10.5GB RAM out of 15.9GB and I rebooted earlier.

16GB is minimum memory I'd ever spec right now.

Chrome and Firefox are absolute memory hogs though aren't they? I know I don't use either unless I need a specific plug-in or so on.

I just checked and I have 36 tabs open in Opera and it's drawing roughly a gig of RAM, I think Microsoft edge is lighter too.
Seriously though unless Microsoft Teams is a memory hogs something seems very off about using that amount of RAM

Melanchthon

Melanchthon wrote: »

Chrome and Firefox are absolute memory hogs though aren't they? I know I don't use either unless I need a specific plug-in or so on.

I just checked and I have 36 tabs open in Opera and it's drawing roughly a gig of RAM, I think Microsoft edge is lighter too.
Seriously though unless Microsoft Teams is a memory hogs something seems very off about using that amount of RAM

Yes that does seem like huge ram usage

I've tried using different browsers but found that it hasn't made any significant difference.

Chrome seems to have cleaned up its act a bit recently with smarter ram mgt.

If you have 2 browsers open at the same time that's a bad idea as you'll just end up using lots more ram

one-tab is a very handy extension for chrome also

check your "start-up" tab in task manager also and keep "enabled" to the bare minimum - this needs to be checked after installing new programs as they like to default to stay open

also generally set programs to close-close as opposed to run in background close!

BailMeOut

Melanchthon wrote: »

Chrome and Firefox are absolute memory hogs though aren't they? I know I don't use either unless I need a specific plug-in or so on.

I just checked and I have 36 tabs open in Opera and it's drawing roughly a gig of RAM, I think Microsoft edge is lighter too.
Seriously though unless Microsoft Teams is a memory hogs something seems very off about using that amount of RAM

I'll send a screenshot next time I am boot up my work machine.

Melanchthon

BailMeOut wrote: »

I'll send a screenshot next time I am boot up my work machine.

Ah I am no IT person at all! Just seemed way too high to me!

maddog1983

glasso wrote: »

if you are going to pay €500 you can buy a new laptop

this is about €450 or a little more

use addresspal or parcel wizard etc if required

https://www.ebuyer.com/947187-asus-m509da-full-hd-ips-ryzen-3-8gb-256gb-ssd-15-6-win10-m509da-bq349t



£400

ryzen 3,

8gb ram,

ips full hd screen 15 inch,

256gb ssd

Just to let people know these won't ship to parcel wizard which is a shame great price,, keeps cancelling my order

maddog1983

maddog1983 wrote: »

Just to let people know these won't ship to parcel wizard which is a shame great price,, keeps cancelling my order

try addresspal (free to set-up)

maddog1983

glasso wrote: »

try addresspal (free to set-up)

Same issue could it be I'm using revoult card, very strange never had a problem ordering before from UK

maddog1983

maddog1983 wrote: »

Same issue could it be I'm using revoult card, very strange never had a problem ordering before from UK

ah maybe they know the address and don't want to deal with fwd'ng services

can only suggest if you know someone in the UK who could get it and send on again...

maddog1983

glasso wrote: »

ah maybe they know the address and don't want to deal with fwd'ng services

can only suggest if you know someone in the UK who could get it and send on again...

Ya looks that way said address doesn't match delivery address,, il try and get a mate over to send it
Thanks

blackbox

I've bought a number of desktops and a laptop (all pre-owned) from greenit.ie and have been very pleased.

They appear to buy job lots from businesses.

byronbay2

maddog1983 wrote: »

Just to let people know these won't ship to parcel wizard which is a shame great price,, keeps cancelling my order

Yeah, won't ship to any forwarding service. Very annoying as they don't tell you, just cancel the order. I had to email them (ebuyer) to find out.

maddog1983

https://www.harveynorman.ie/computing/laptops/acer-aspire-3-a315-54k-567c-15.6-core-i5-8gb-256gb-shale-black.html


Could I get some views on this please? Price a little over my budget of 500 but I can stretch, or would you recommend something else if so link up please and thanks

maddog1983

maddog1983 wrote: »

https://www.harveynorman.ie/computing/laptops/acer-aspire-3-a315-54k-567c-15.6-core-i5-8gb-256gb-shale-black.html


Could I get some views on this please? Price a little over my budget of 500 but I can stretch, or would you recommend something else if so link up please and thanks

that's a 5 year-old cpu - ryzen 3 a lot better.

box deliver to Ireland afaik, at least through redirect

e.g. this. buy an 8gb ddr4 sodimm on amaxon if you wan to up the ram https://www.box.co.uk/81FB004XUK-Lenovo-ideaPad-330S_2498833.html

or more choice if you want full hd screen

https://www.box.co.uk/laptops/sort/1/refine/46562~144411$46562~191218$46562~191219

maddog1983

glasso wrote: »

that's a 5 year-old cpu - ryzen 3 a lot better.

box deliver to Ireland afaik, at least through redirect

e.g. this. buy an 8gb ddr4 sodimm on amaxon if you wan to up the ram https://www.box.co.uk/81FB004XUK-Lenovo-ideaPad-330S_2498833.html

or more choice if you want full hd screen

https://www.box.co.uk/laptops/sort/1/refine/46562~144411$46562~191218$46562~191219

Cheers man appreciated il check them out too my head is melted dont know what to buy, have 500 budget 😬

maddog1983

If anybody has anymore suggestion for the top spec laptop I can get for 500 would really appreciate the help.. Just before I go and buy one.

Thanks

BailMeOut

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=refurbished+laptop&ref=nb_sb_noss_1