Looking for a laptop around £600-700

[Dylzan]

Hi,

As the title says, I am looking for a laptop that will cost around £600-700. Ideally it needs to last around 4-5 years as I will be hopefully using it for university.

I want it to be decently powerful so I don't experience any slowdown whilst using it.
An SSD would be nice although I could always get one to go with a cheaper laptop.
The screen must be 1080p and IPS or equivalent (e.g. PLS).
I don't need it for any serious gaming though some light gaming might be done on it (Source based games, some less intensive titles).

 

[velo3100]

What will you be doing in uni?

 

[Dylzan]

What will you be doing in uni?

Computer Science hopefully.

 

[velo3100]

go for either an asus n series or a barebone laptop.

 

[Dylzan]

go for either an asus n series or a barebone laptop.

Where would I look for a barebone laptop?

 

[velo3100]

pc specialist

 

[Dylzan]

Any particular N series you would recommend?

 

[velo3100]

As the course is mainly a cpu based course I wouldn't worry about the gpu. Make sure that the laptop has at least an i5 4300m cpu. You can go for better cpu's if the course demands it.

It doesn't matter which n series as long as it meets the above criteria as they all will work well.

 

[Dylzan]

As the course is mainly a cpu based course I wouldn't worry about the gpu. Make sure that the laptop has at least an i5 4300m cpu. You can go for better cpu's if the course demands it.

It doesn't matter which n series as long as it meets the above criteria as they all will work well.

Thanks for the help.