Black Friday Laptop deals?

lolliedog · 22-11-2018 1:17am

geezerbutler wrote: »

the pavilion ab404na is not a U series i but a H series i7-8750H - which I understand has 6 cores. I could not find any other laptops with these specs at this price

https://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/FX504GM-EN366T-ASUS-FX504GM-EN366T-Gaming-Laptop_2400280.html

A little more money but good spec.

hopgirl · 22-11-2018 2:12am

https://www.harveynorman.ie/computing/laptops/lenovo-yoga-520-14-core-i3-8gb-256gb.html
Hi looking at this laptop wondering is it worth the price?

Doge · 22-11-2018 2:36am

glasso wrote: »

In terms of the two you had the rzyen is better.

You sure about that?
Single thread performance and overall performance have scored higher for the Intel i5 on cpubenchmark.net:

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-Ryzen-5-2500U-vs-Intel-i5-8250U/3123vs3042

You can't go solely based on clock speed and cache size anymore as the architectures of CPUs have got more complicated over the years.

Looks like the Dell is a winner at €40 less.

As for the OP that asked originally, Ryzen processors are great too and are usually better value but not in this case for some reason, I use a Ryzen 5 1600 in my Gaming Rig and it was unbeatable value at the time.

Doge · 22-11-2018 2:43am

hopgirl wrote: »

https://www.harveynorman.ie/computing/laptops/lenovo-yoga-520-14-core-i3-8gb-256gb.html
Hi looking at this laptop wondering is it worth the price?

That processor is very poor for the price.
And do you need a 2 in 1 laptop?
It basically means it has a touch screen so you can use it like a tablet also.
The 2 laptops bonsai posted are much better value, the Dell being the best in value from what I can see.
I'm not a fan of Currys after sales service though. Not sure if they improved over the years.

bonsai_73 wrote: »

Does anyone have any feedback on either of these two? Pretty similar in price and spec. Main difference seems to be one has an i5 and the other has a Ryzen 5 (which I'm not familiar with at all). I have a Lenovo at the moment so on the one hand I'm leaning towards that as the build is familiar, however the AMD chip is not. The Dell obviously has the familiar Intel chip, and seems to have better battery life. Any reason to buy one of these over the other ?

https://www.currys.ie/ieen/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-ideapad-330s-15-6-amd-ryzen-5-laptop-256-gb-ssd-grey-10180850-pdt.html

https://www.currys.ie/ieen/computing/laptops/laptops/dell-inspiron-15-3000-15-6-intel-core-i5-laptop-256-gb-ssd-black-10186254-pdt.html

22-11-2018 3:16am

geezerbutler wrote: »

the pavilion ab404na is not a U series i but a H series i7-8750H - which I understand has 6 cores. I could not find any other laptops with these specs at this price

send a link to it. what is your intended use?
standard stuff like browsing and media consumption or planning on gaming (which would require a graphics card not just a powerful cpu)

NSAman · 22-11-2018 4:24am

Not sure if it works in Ireland.

I use a savings coupon APP called Honey. Last HP computer I ordered was on sale and honey saved me another 600 dollars...with a coupon.. so instead of $3K I spend less than $2K on a special build.

autumnalcore · 22-11-2018 9:06am

Whatever about the CPU, Graphics and memory Inspiron 5000 series have crappy TN panels with woeful viewing angles and gamut. That was a crap screen ten years ago. Go look at one in real life before considering buying. I find it amazing that people who wouldnt consider buying a smartphone with such a crap screen will buy a laptop with one.

hopgirl · 22-11-2018 11:11am

Doge wrote: »

That processor is very poor for the price.
And do you need a 2 in 1 laptop?
It basically means it has a touch screen so you can use it like a tablet also.
The 2 laptops bonsai posted are much better value, the Dell being the best in value from what I can see.
I'm not a fan of Currys after sales service though. Not sure if they improved over the years.

The reason I was thinking about getting it was because of its size as I be carrying it with me to college. That it be light as well. I check out the dell laptop.

beauf · 22-11-2018 11:20am

Touch screens add a lot of weight and are much harder on the battery. If you want light and a long battery avoid a touch screen.

I have a 11" atom based laptop/netbook. While it has a decent keyboard and I could type for hours on it. I find the screen small. It also has a poor quality screen.
If I was buying another I'd get something with a 14" and a atom/celeron processor, but to get one with a decent screen.

With laptops I would always check them out in a shop, keyboard screen, and weight.

beauf · 22-11-2018 11:21am

autumnalcore wrote: »

Whatever about the CPU, Graphics and memory Inspiron 5000 series have crappy TN panels with woeful viewing angles and gamut. That was a crap screen ten years ago. Go look at one in real life before considering buying. I find it amazing that people who wouldnt consider buying a smartphone with such a crap screen will buy a laptop with one.

Very true. The main difference between a high end laptop and a lesser on is often the screen. They've been putting some terrible screens on low and mid priced laptops for a while.

JustMe,K · 22-11-2018 11:28am

I'm trying to get a laptop thats Sims 4 compatible for a reasonable price. My head is fried. Really struggling with spending €400+ for something that probably wont get much use!

Ryath · 22-11-2018 11:32am

This Lenovo 520S seems pretty decent for ~€556 the 720 direct from Lenovo is probably worth the extra €50 though?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-IdeaPad-520S-14IKBR-Notebook-81BL008KUK/dp/B0792HGRN3?ref_=Oct_DLandingS_PC_a5356ff2_NA&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Stallingrad · 22-11-2018 11:36am

beauf wrote: »

Very true. The main difference between a high end laptop and a lesser on is often the screen. They've been putting some terrible screens on low and mid priced laptops for a while.

Is the Argos one a TN screen?

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/8666635/Trail/searchtext%3ELENOVO+330S.htm?_$ja=tsid%3A30390%7Cprd%3A7337207&cjevent=400459c8ee4211e882e102260a180511

Looked at it in Currys and also the HP and to be honest could not tell any difference between their screens.

DARK-KNIGHT · 22-11-2018 11:59am

Anyone see any gaming laptops on special that would be good value

bonsai_73 · 22-11-2018 12:50pm

Doge wrote: »

You sure about that?
Single thread performance and overall performance have scored higher for the Intel i5 on cpubenchmark.net:

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-Ryzen-5-2500U-vs-Intel-i5-8250U/3123vs3042

You can't go solely based on clock speed and cache size anymore as the architectures of CPUs have got more complicated over the years.

Looks like the Dell is a winner at €40 less.

As for the OP that asked originally, Ryzen processors are great too and are usually better value but not in this case for some reason, I use a Ryzen 5 1600 in my Gaming Rig and it was unbeatable value at the time.

autumnalcore wrote: »

Whatever about the CPU, Graphics and memory Inspiron 5000 series have crappy TN panels with woeful viewing angles and gamut. That was a crap screen ten years ago. Go look at one in real life before considering buying. I find it amazing that people who wouldnt consider buying a smartphone with such a crap screen will buy a laptop with one.

Thanks everyone for weighing in. To be honest, I'm still none the wiser as to what to go for

The Dell I linked is actually a 3000 series, not 5000 - so is the screen going to be even worse again, or is it similar to the 5000 series? To be honest, I'm not even sure I'd notice any difference between screens!

As it stands, between the two I was looking at, and the one glasso linked on Lenovo's site, it's looking like this:

Dell 15 3000 (specifically 3576) - i5-8250u, 8gb ram, 256gb ssd, Intel 620 graphics, FHD but questionable screen. Will cost €486 (as PTSB are running 10% back on Curry's purchases)

Lenovo Ideapad 330s - Ryzen 5 2500u, 8gb ram, 256gb ssd, Vega 8 (?) graphics, IPS screen. Will cost €522

Lenovo Thinkpad 720 - 15-7200u, 8gb ram, 256gb ssd, RX 560 graphics, IPS screen. Cost €609.

For what it's worth, I won't be gaming on it. It'll mostly be just regular internet, Office, Youtube and watching movies, and will sometime use Lightroom and Photoshop on it. Budget-wise, I could stretch to the €609 one, but unless it would be significantly better than the other two, I'd rather save the €100.

geezerbutler · 22-11-2018 2:05pm

glasso wrote: »

send a link to it. what is your intended use?
standard stuff like browsing and media consumption or planning on gaming (which would require a graphics card not just a powerful cpu)

Thanks for your feedback Glasso and lolliedog in relation to pavilion ab404na. Unfortunately I am not allowed send link as new user - but if you search amazon uk you should find it easy enough. It costs 850 sterling is 17 8750H (6 cores) 17.3 inch screen 1080 display with NVIDA GFForce GTX 1050 Ti (8GB ram). also 128gb SSD 1TB HDD

I dont plan to do gaming - but just completed a course on data analytics and some of the analytics/processing tasks require heavy duty processing power. I am also looking at the ASUS that lolliedog suggested in an earlier post

hopgirl · 22-11-2018 3:02pm

Thank you for the feedback just back from Curry's. Took it into consideration what people were saying about the 14 inch screen. Seen these two but I don't what the difference really about the two.
https://www.currys.ie/ieen/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-yoga-530-14arr-14-amd-ryzen-5-2-in-1-256-gb-ssd-black-10180852-pdt.html
Or this one both are the same make.
https://www.currys.ie/ieen/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-yoga-530-14arr-14-amd-ryzen-3-2-in-1-128-gb-ssd-10180747-pdt.html

CianFarrell · 22-11-2018 3:02pm

Dell G3 15 with the below spec can be gotten for €729 with the black friday discount - best price ive seen for the spec.

8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-8300H Processor (Quad-Core, 8MB Cache, up to 4.0GHz w/ Turbo Boost)
Windows 10 Home 64bit, English, Dutch, French, German, Italian
8GB, 1x8GB, DDR4, 2666MHz
128GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive + 1TB 5400RPM 2.5 SATA Hard Drive
15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS Anti-Glare LED-Backlit Display
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 with 4GB GDDR5 graphics memory

Somedaythefire · 22-11-2018 3:05pm

any decent surface go deals?

fixXxer · 22-11-2018 3:07pm

Probably a silly request but has anyone seen any deals on laptops that would be used exclusively for editing photographs?

chonix · 22-11-2018 3:16pm

fixxxer wrote: »

Probably a silly request but has anyone seen any deals on laptops that would be used exclusively for editing photographs?

Not a silly request, but if you can list a few requirements, we might be able to help you.

gomamochi1 · 22-11-2018 3:22pm

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Chromebook-14-CB3-431-Celeron/dp/B01M8KBN0U/ref=sr_1_2?s=black-friday&psr=EY17&ie=UTF8&qid=1542895492&sr=1-2&keywords=chromebook&th=1
what about chrome books for intended use of streaming online lectures and doing course work. will be connected to internet most of the time and can work offline mode otherwise. I was advised that the chromebooks are more secure than windows/ apple and many edu establishments are going that way? Thanks

DeanoG14 · 22-11-2018 3:25pm

Just came across this one with Curry's

https://www.currys.ie/ieen/computing/laptops/laptops/asus-vivobook-f407ma-14-intel-pentium-laptop-256-gb-ssd-grey-10181701-pdt.html?istCompanyId=fbc6ef6d-ab18-45e3-927a-0cb677794424&istItemId=-xxrmrlappw&istBid=t&gclid=Cj0KCQiAxNnfBRDwARIsAJlH29B1Zv0z_MOzU5_m1LhiCKIgANCh7qJgRJKmpUQwv4VQ2VJQBmxodbwaAmsvEALw_wcB

Looks like a good bet at €359. My knowledge is limited, anybody here give a second opinion?

fixXxer · 22-11-2018 3:31pm

chonix wrote: »

Not a silly request, but if you can list a few requirements, we might be able to help you.

Cheap as possible. Good colour reproduction in the screen. SSD isn't necessary, but the more ram the better. Graphics card can be integrated, a powerful one isn't needed.

Zardoz · 22-11-2018 3:43pm

beauf wrote: »

Very true. The main difference between a high end laptop and a lesser on is often the screen. They've been putting some terrible screens on low and mid priced laptops for a while.

Very true .
IPS is a minimum requirement these days for me.

Doge · 22-11-2018 4:50pm

CianFarrell wrote: »

Dell G3 15 with the below spec can be gotten for €729 with the black friday discount - best price ive seen for the spec.

8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-8300H Processor (Quad-Core, 8MB Cache, up to 4.0GHz w/ Turbo Boost)
Windows 10 Home 64bit, English, Dutch, French, German, Italian
8GB, 1x8GB, DDR4, 2666MHz
128GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive + 1TB 5400RPM 2.5 SATA Hard Drive
15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS Anti-Glare LED-Backlit Display
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 with 4GB GDDR5 graphics memory

Can be gotten where?

chonix · 22-11-2018 4:59pm

Doge wrote: »

Can be gotten where?

I suppose it's from the Dell Outlet. But just had a chat and have been told all G models are sold out (I don't believe em) - Check here: https://www.dell.com/en-ie/outlet

Doge · 22-11-2018 5:03pm

hopgirl wrote: »

Thank you for the feedback just back from Curry's. Took it into consideration what people were saying about the 14 inch screen. Seen these two but I don't what the difference really about the two.
https://www.currys.ie/ieen/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-yoga-530-14arr-14-amd-ryzen-5-2-in-1-256-gb-ssd-black-10180852-pdt.html
Or this one both are the same make.
https://www.currys.ie/ieen/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-yoga-530-14arr-14-amd-ryzen-3-2-in-1-128-gb-ssd-10180747-pdt.html

The more expensive one has double the RAM, double the storage space and a faster processor so would be better value.

Still a lot to pay for a small tablet though, you're paying for the Touchscreen and as people said they're heavier.
They have a nice IPS display though on the other hand.

marcbrophy · 22-11-2018 5:08pm

chonix wrote: »

I suppose it's from the Dell Outlet. But just had a chat and have been told all G models are sold out (I don't believe em) - Check here: https://www.dell.com/en-ie/outlet

I'd believe them.
I think the G series are only a week or 2 on the market, so they probably have very few refurbs to offer right now

fixXxer · 22-11-2018 5:16pm

Is there a recommended place to get refurbished laptops? looking at www.laptopsdirect.ie right now

Black Friday Laptop deals?

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