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Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ARE05 15.6'' Ryzen AMD 16Gb DDR4 3200Mhz 256Gb SSD - €490

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    #812
    boobazingaboo
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭boobazingaboo


    masterboy123 wrote: »
    I am looking for 15 inch display and atleast 6 GB RAM.
    Could anyone please recommend me a laptop?

    My original post:
    https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2058091206/1/#post113875288

    Thank you

    What are you planning on using it for?


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    #813
    masterboy123
    Registered Users Posts: 5,716 ✭✭✭masterboy123


    I am looking for recommendations for a laptop that would meet a teachers need, especially given the fact teaching will be done remotely in the coming months. Be able to use video conferencing software smoothly.
    boobazingaboo wrote: »
    What are you planning on using it for?


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    #814
    boobazingaboo
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭boobazingaboo


    masterboy123 wrote: »
    I am looking for recommendations for a laptop that would meet a teachers need, especially given the fact teaching will be done remotely in the coming months. Be able to use video conferencing software smoothly.

    Alright, have you got a budget in mind?


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    #815
    soap1978
    Registered Users Posts: 713 ✭✭✭soap1978


    Looking for a 16 gb ram,SSD,needed for light gaming,Netflix and photos,around 700 euro mark?


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    #816
    masterboy123
    Registered Users Posts: 5,716 ✭✭✭masterboy123


    Yes, 700 is my budget.

    Thank you
    boobazingaboo wrote: »
    Alright, have you got a budget in mind?


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    #817
    soap1978
    Registered Users Posts: 713 ✭✭✭soap1978


    Xiaomi Redmibook 14 Ryzen Edition 14 Inch FHD Screen AMD Ryzen7 3700U Quad Core 16GB DDR4 512GB SSD Windows 10.0 Home how is this laptop
    https://www.geekbuying.com/item/Xiaomi-Redmibook-14-Ryzen-Edition-16GB-512GB-Windows-10-0-Silver-422351.html


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    #818
    ebeanz
    Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭ebeanz


    Looking for a new laptop that can be used for occasional gaming with a budget of between €600 - €1,000

    The sort of spec games would be

    Minimum:
    Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    OS: Windows 10/8.1/7 64-bit
    Processor: Core i3-2100 3.10 GHz
    Memory: 8 GB RAM
    Graphics: Geforce GTX 650 Ti
    Storage: 25 GB available space
    Sound Card: Onboard

    Recommended:
    Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    OS: Windows 10/8.1/7 64-bit
    Processor: AMD FX-8320 8-Core
    Memory: 16 GB RAM
    Graphics: Radeon R7 370
    Storage: 25 GB available space
    Sound Card: Onboard

    I've been told to get i5 or AMD Ryzen 7, dedicated graphics card with 4gb ram and 16gb ram (this pushes the price up so wondering if I'd get away with 8gb?)

    Really appreciate some help as I've no idea what to look for.

    Thanks


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    #819
    Esse85
    Registered Users Posts: 8,236 ✭✭✭Esse85


    What's your experience been like with delivery from UPS?


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    #820
    Doff
    Registered Users Posts: 736 ✭✭✭Doff


    ebeanz wrote: »
    Looking for a new laptop that can be used for occasional gaming with a budget of between €600 - €1,000

    The sort of spec games would be

    Minimum:
    Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    OS: Windows 10/8.1/7 64-bit
    Processor: Core i3-2100 3.10 GHz
    Memory: 8 GB RAM
    Graphics: Geforce GTX 650 Ti
    Storage: 25 GB available space
    Sound Card: Onboard

    Recommended:
    Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    OS: Windows 10/8.1/7 64-bit
    Processor: AMD FX-8320 8-Core
    Memory: 16 GB RAM
    Graphics: Radeon R7 370
    Storage: 25 GB available space
    Sound Card: Onboard

    I've been told to get i5 or AMD Ryzen 7, dedicated graphics card with 4gb ram and 16gb ram (this pushes the price up so wondering if I'd get away with 8gb?)

    Really appreciate some help as I've no idea what to look for.

    Thanks


    Avoid a laptop if you want a gaming machine, it reduces the lifespan of the laptop and removes the ability to upgrade components in the future. For that budget you can get a pretty decent desktop and peripherals. The members over on this board are extremely knowledgeable and helpful:
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=842


    To the above post regarding UPS delivery, I've personally found them to be the worst available.


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    #821
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Doff wrote: »
    Avoid a laptop if you want a gaming machine, it reduces the lifespan of the laptop and removes the ability to upgrade components in the future. For that budget you can get a pretty decent desktop and peripherals. The members over on this board are extremely knowledgeable and helpful:
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=842

    If they want to use it for occasional gaming, then they probably need a new laptop but would like the added benefit of being able to play a game every now and then. :)


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    #822
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    ebeanz wrote: »
    Looking for a new laptop that can be used for occasional gaming with a budget of between €600 - €1,000

    The sort of spec games would be

    Minimum:
    Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    OS: Windows 10/8.1/7 64-bit
    Processor: Core i3-2100 3.10 GHz
    Memory: 8 GB RAM
    Graphics: Geforce GTX 650 Ti
    Storage: 25 GB available space
    Sound Card: Onboard

    Recommended:
    Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    OS: Windows 10/8.1/7 64-bit
    Processor: AMD FX-8320 8-Core
    Memory: 16 GB RAM
    Graphics: Radeon R7 370
    Storage: 25 GB available space
    Sound Card: Onboard

    I've been told to get i5 or AMD Ryzen 7, dedicated graphics card with 4gb ram and 16gb ram (this pushes the price up so wondering if I'd get away with 8gb?)

    Really appreciate some help as I've no idea what to look for.

    Thanks

    decent option for 700 £. easy to add ram later and more storage if required.

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-Wide-View-GeForce-Graphics-Windows/dp/B085P2921Y/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&th=1

    or if you want to get a more powerful gpu (more future proofed in terms of playing future games for longer) and probably better all around unit for £ 900 (use parcel motel, addresspal etc). sterling low at the moment so not a bad time to buy

    https://www.box.co.uk/NH.Q7PEK.001-Acer-Nitro-5_2934862.html


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    #823
    DeepBlue
    Registered Users Posts: 3,669 ✭✭✭DeepBlue


    Ordered one of these two weeks ago. Delivery is now estimated to be the end of July. So about 6 weeks vs the 2 to 3 weeks suggested when ordering - probably due to covid 19.
    Just something to factor in if you are in a rush.


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    #824
    Esse85
    Registered Users Posts: 8,236 ✭✭✭Esse85


    I was supposed to have it delivered Thursday via UPS, it says out for delivery, then it said Friday, then Monday, now it says in transit.
    Desperate service and the online reviews for them are terrible.


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    #825
    Arnold Layne
    Registered Users Posts: 975 ✭✭✭Arnold Layne


    shardylan wrote: »
    Well wasn’t working for me will try on another tablet
    How did you get on?

    I logged in with the Rewards section but it will not let me apply the 10% discount code from the Newsletter


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    #826
    shardylan
    Registered Users Posts: 626 ✭✭✭shardylan


    Arnold Layne wrote: »
    How did you get on?

    I logged in with the Rewards section but it will not let me apply the 10% discount code from the Newsletter

    Took me about 7/8 times but eventually got it .No idea why took that much


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    #827
    Arnold Layne
    Registered Users Posts: 975 ✭✭✭Arnold Layne


    Did you get 20% off in total?


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    #828
    tphase
    Registered Users Posts: 1,043 ✭✭✭tphase


    Doff wrote: »
    To the above post regarding UPS delivery, I've personally found them to be the worst available.
    UPS are pretty bad - Fastway are worse.....


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    #829
    chrisd2019
    Registered Users Posts: 432 ✭✭chrisd2019


    tphase wrote: »
    UPS are pretty bad - Fastway are worse.....

    Fastway not improved then since my disaster with them 2 years ago.
    3 weeks and 20 phonecalls to get a box sent from Cork to Dublin.

    In the end the staff in customer service (all 3 of them), knew my voice after just saying hello.


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    #830
    bergipau
    Registered Users Posts: 308 ✭✭bergipau


    chrisd2019 wrote: »
    Fastway not improved then since my disaster with them 2 years ago.
    3 weeks and 20 phonecalls to get a box sent from Cork to Dublin.

    In the end the staff in customer service (all 3 of them), knew my voice after just saying hello.

    They are even worse now. It is not possible to contact them by phone, they only use email and it takes them 5 days to reply to a mail. I have refused to complete some purchases because the suppliers have said they use fastway.


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    #831
    McSim
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭McSim


    shardylan wrote: »
    Took me about 7/8 times but eventually got it .No idea why took that much
    I was not able to combine the discounts, tried many times, different laptop configs, different browsers.
    It is either code from email or rewards code from page 2 for me.


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    #832
    adrian522
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 16,093 Mod ✭✭✭✭adrian522


    UPS status updated to delivered but no sign of the delivery :(


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    #833
    machiavellianme
    Registered Users Posts: 12,400 ✭✭✭✭machiavellianme


    McSim wrote: »
    I was not able to combine the discounts, tried many times, different laptop configs, different browsers.
    It is either code from email or rewards code from page 2 for me.

    Same reported on HUKD. Apparently the double discount is gone.


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    #834
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    all good things must come to an end.


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    #835
    coldfire1x
    Registered Users Posts: 3,353 ✭✭✭coldfire1x


    Anyone looking for one: 14", Intel i5 model cheaper at the moment than AMD 4500.

    https://www.lenovo.com/ie/en/laptops/ideapad/s-series-1/IdeaPad-5-14IIL05/p/88IPS501390


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    #836
    chrisd2019
    Registered Users Posts: 432 ✭✭chrisd2019


    bergipau wrote: »
    They are even worse now. It is not possible to contact them by phone, they only use email and it takes them 5 days to reply to a mail. I have refused to complete some purchases because the suppliers have said they use fastway.

    They have a "secret" customer service number for commercial business customers, that was the number I used, as the company I work for at the time was a customer, I could not understand why our customers were not ringing us about the bad experiences.
    At the time that number was buried deep in their website.


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    #837
    adrian522
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 16,093 Mod ✭✭✭✭adrian522


    adrian522 wrote: »
    UPS status updated to delivered but no sign of the delivery :(

    They had delivered it to the wrong address yesterday.They said they got a signature and everything.

    When I called the guy on the phone was pretty poor, saying I'd have to go to Lenovo to get them to raise an investigation request. I did this and they said the investigation would take 8 days.

    I called UPS again later on and got someone much more helpful and called the Dublin depot, someone had called saying they got a package not intended for them so UPS finally delivered it to me today.

    So a day late, not too bad though since the original timeframe said 2-3 weeks and was ordered on June 20th and was quoted 2-3 weeks before it ships.

    Machine itself looks good, all-metal body, not too much in the way of bloatware to be removed.


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    #838
    inyourp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭inyourp


    adrian522 wrote: »
    They had delivered it to the wrong address yesterday.They said they got a signature and everything.

    When I called the guy on the phone was pretty poor, saying I'd have to go to Lenovo to get them to raise an investigation request. I did this and they said the investigation would take 8 days.

    I called UPS again later on and got someone much more helpful and called the Dublin depot, someone had called saying they got a package not intended for them so UPS finally delivered it to me today.

    So a day late, not too bad though since the original timeframe said 2-3 weeks and was ordered on June 20th and was quoted 2-3 weeks before it ships.

    Machine itself looks good, all-metal body, not too much in the way of bloatware to be removed.


    Well strange you got yours so quick and I ordered on 11th June and have September delivery - I decided to buy HP x360 4700U laptop, and will ask for 30% discount when Lenovo one comes, if they refuse I will just return it. But thats mine 700 euro they are keeping from June - September, interest free. I wanted extra protection with paypal but it did backfire as paypal charge is taken straight away, direct with credit card isn't.


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    #839
    Esse85
    Registered Users Posts: 8,236 ✭✭✭Esse85


    I ordered the 12th and received it earlier this week.


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    #840
    Abiya041
    Registered Users Posts: 118 ✭✭Abiya041


    Do Lenovo.ie have promo codes /deals often. A good few days ago I used a code on a desktop and tower and it decreased the price by 200 but now its back to normal price. First times on the site. Want to know if they do regular promotions


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    #841
    FFVII
    Registered Users Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭FFVII


    Abiya041 wrote: »
    Do Lenovo.ie have promo codes /deals often. A good few days ago I used a code on a desktop and tower and it decreased the price by 200 but now its back to normal price. First times on the site. Want to know if they do regular promotions

    Yup, always doing something.


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