4 Gaming, Whats best for price?

[Adam Levelle]

I want my first gaming Laptop, which one do you think will last longer? and for the price is it worth it? Its abit of a tie to me with pros and cons. What do you guys/gals think?

Lenovo Z51: £600

-Processor
Intel Core i7-5500U Processor( 2.40GHz 1600MHz 4MB)
-Operating system
Windows 8.1 64
-Display type
15.6" FHD IPS LED 1920x1080
-System Graphics
Intel HD 5500 + AMD Radeon R9 M375 4GB DDR3L (Dedicated)
-Total memory
16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3L 1600 MHz
-Hard drive device
1TB + 8GB 5400 rpm
-Optical device
DVD Recordable

Or

HP Pavilion 15-ak002na Gaming Laptop:-

Option 1: £700

-Operating system
Windows 10 Home 64
-Processor Chipset
Intel HM170
-Processor
Intel® Core™ i5-6300HQ with Intel® HD Graphics 530 (2.3 GHz, up to 3.2 GHz, 6 MB cache, 4 cores)
-Memory, standard
8 GB DDR3L SDRAM (1 x 8 GB)
-Display Specifications
Display size
(15.6") diagonal FHD IPS anti-glare WLED-backlit (1920 x 1080)
-Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M V2 (4 GB DDR3L dedicated)
-Storage
1TB
-Disk Drive
Super Multi DVD Burner

Option 2: £650

-Operating system
Windows 10 Home 64
-Processor
Intel® Core™ i5-5200U with Intel® HD Graphics 5500 (2.2 GHz, up to 2.7 GHz, 3 MB cache, 2 cores)
-Memory, standard
8 GB DDR3L SDRAM (1 x 8 GB)
-Display Specifications
Display size
(15.6") diagonal HD IPS WLED-backlit (1366 x 768)
-Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M V2 (4 GB DDR3L dedicated)
-Storage
1TB
-Disk Drive
Super Multi DVD Burner

Thanks:- Adam L

 

[Adam Levelle]

Now the competition is actually between the options 2 and 3... Option 1 eliminated as the gtx 950 out performs the AMD Radeon R9 M375 4GB and that is what gaming depends on mostly (the graphics card)....
The winner now is indeed the HP Pavilion 15-ak002na Gaming Laptop: courtesy of its better processor and screen resolution...

Cheers for the clear up. However do you think the £50 difference is worth those upgrades?

 

[Adam Levelle]

Now the competition is actually between the options 2 and 3... Option 1 eliminated as the gtx 950 out performs the AMD Radeon R9 M375 4GB and that is what gaming depends on mostly (the graphics card)....
The winner now is indeed the HP Pavilion 15-ak002na Gaming Laptop: courtesy of its better processor and screen resolution...

Cheers for the clear up. However do you think the £50 difference is worth those upgrades?

Yes it is worth it... Especially the difference in screen resolution... (1366 x 768) is for mediocre gaming -- 1920 x 1080 is t way to go.... With option 2 you are also getting a better processor that will allow you to do things outside gaming such as rendering, video editing, etc since you have a processor with 4 cores versus option 3 with a dual core processor.

Cool that was really useful as im currently in Uni and have limited resources. Thanks for your prompt help sir, means a lot.

Adam L