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Come Inside... => The Computer Room => Topic started by: Nick on June 02, 2014, 07:16:52 PM
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I plan to buy the Boy a laptop for his 16th birthday. He wants it for "gaming" but he needs it for A levels.
Light for a back pack. Good battery life.
ROBUST Banghead Banghead Banghead (=cheap as it will be lost/stolen/destroyed within three months) Banghead
CHEAP (see above)
Well? rubschin: (may buy via Amazon whistle:)
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If you are only expecting it to last for three months, buy one from Apey. whistle:
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If you are only expecting it to last for three months, buy one from Apey. whistle:
But I have a cunning plan eveilgrin: eveilgrin:
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If you are only expecting it to last for three months, buy one from Apey. whistle:
But I have a cunning plan eveilgrin: eveilgrin:
....take out puncture insurance? rubschin:
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Victoria Coren is on the telly box. SHe has brought her knockers scorchio: scorchio: scorchio:
I have to rush...........
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A levels... eeek:
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Victoria Coren is on the telly box. SHe has brought her knockers scorchio: scorchio: scorchio:
I have to rush...........
and get the kleenex: ?
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A levels... eeek:
We are getting old. PooPoo noooo:
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Victoria Coren is on the telly box. SHe has brought that thing that won Eurovision. scorchio: scorchio: scorchio:
I have to rush...........
and get the kleenex: ?
noooo:
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I plan to buy the Boy a laptop for his 16th birthday. He wants it for "gaming" but he needs it for A levels.
Light for a back pack. Good battery life.
ROBUST Banghead Banghead Banghead (=cheap as it will be lost/stolen/destroyed within three months) Banghead
CHEAP (see above)
Well? rubschin: (may buy via Amazon whistle:)
[serious] rubschin: What sort of work does he want to do on it? What's your ballpark budget? You can always get better for more £££.
I'd have said get a Win 7 notebook/netbook but you might want to check they're not getting a bit out of fashion.
Not as functionally good as a laptop but loads cheaper and easier to carry around, longer battery life and have a lower area = lower probability of having liquids spilled on them. Will probably need to upgrade the RAM as many come with only 1G. Can struggle if like me you have zillions of windows/tabs open. Is awesome at crunching overcomplex spreadsheets
About £200 new but I got a proper reconditioned one (Asus Eee-PC) for £140 a while back. An Office licence will cost half as much again. I've got far more powerful laptops - in cupboards, they're just too big for comfort - imho.
Tablets etc are good if you don't have to type much in or you trust bluetooth keyboards and you don't need the best Office file interchangeability.
Best I can do. Get others views [/serious]
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Thanks. I have been looking at those, and I note the "fashion" point ::)
Will have a rummage in some PC places at the weekend.......
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Thing is if he wants it for gaming he'll probably be looking for something quite high spec and he won't give two hoots about functionality.
Get him a new fridge instead :thumbsup:
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Thing is if he wants it for gaming he'll probably be looking for something quite high spec and he won't give two hoots about functionality.
Get him a new fridge instead :thumbsup:
lol: lol: lol:
Wiv them special edges that you get for babbies just learning to walk, so they do not bump themselves? rubschin:
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If you are only expecting it to last for three months, buy one from Apey. whistle:
cussing:
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If you are only expecting it to last for three months, buy one from Apey. whistle:
cussing:
Quite right to be upset, he obviously meant three days. whistle:
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Thanks. I have been looking at those, and I note the "fashion" point ::)
Will have a rummage in some PC places at the weekend.......
If it is primarily a gaming laptop then it's not going to be cheap and given the hardware good battery life is probably going to be a non starter. If the estimated battery life is only going to be something like 2 hours then you could always grab an external battery pack as well.
This is the lowest price rig I could find and that's only because it's ex dislplay. Hardcore gaming laptops can set you back a few grand.
http://www.ebuyer.com/644627-exdisplay-msi-ge60-gaming-laptop-intel-core-i5-4200m-2-5ghz-8gb-ram-1tb-ebr1-ge60-2od-286uk (http://www.ebuyer.com/644627-exdisplay-msi-ge60-gaming-laptop-intel-core-i5-4200m-2-5ghz-8gb-ram-1tb-ebr1-ge60-2od-286uk)
Although I suspect the boy is hoping for something along these lines....
http://www.dell.com/uk/p/deals# (http://www.dell.com/uk/p/deals#)!dlpgid=gaming-system-deals
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He is NOT getting a gaming laptop cussing: cussing: cussing: He will get one which will allow him to do skoolwerk eveilgrin: eveilgrin:
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He is NOT getting a gaming laptop cussing: cussing: cussing: He will get one which will allow him to do skoolwerk eveilgrin: eveilgrin:
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OK any suggestions for a new graphics card for Little Un, he has around £200 to spend. Is this too little, too much? shrugs:
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Crayons and colouring book??
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They cost that much? rubschin:
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OK any suggestions for a new graphics card for Little Un, he has around £200 to spend. Is this too little, too much? shrugs:
What are the specs for his computer, how beefy is his PSU and what does he use it for? £200 gives a decent amount of leeway for some higher end of the budget cards.
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I dont know the spec but he uses it for games on line stuff.
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He should be doing university werk Banghead Banghead Banghead And then out drinking and shagging angel1
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Sorry to disappoint you but he escaped Uni after a year and is now an apprentice with excellent prospects. He doesnt drink neither. noooo:
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Prolly seen too much of the mayhem it causes at home noooo: noooo:
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Prolly seen too much of the mayhem it causes at home noooo: noooo:
lol:
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I dont know the spec but he uses it for games on line stuff.
Okay, had a quick look at Amazon and got a few suggestions for around the £200 mark. Depending on what he already has in place he may need his PSU as well.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-270X-Graphics-Card-PCI-E/dp/B00HCLLOUK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1401823878&sr=8-3&keywords=graphics+card (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-270X-Graphics-Card-PCI-E/dp/B00HCLLOUK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1401823878&sr=8-3&keywords=graphics+card)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-GeForce-Graphics-DisplayPort-Windforce/dp/B00FQ8CNNI/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1401823902&sr=8-7&keywords=graphics+card (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-GeForce-Graphics-DisplayPort-Windforce/dp/B00FQ8CNNI/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1401823902&sr=8-7&keywords=graphics+card)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-Battlefield-Edition-Graphics-PCI-E/dp/B00HCLLPF4/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1401823902&sr=8-16&keywords=graphics+card (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-Battlefield-Edition-Graphics-PCI-E/dp/B00HCLLPF4/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1401823902&sr=8-16&keywords=graphics+card)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-Nvidia-PCI-E-Graphics-Card/dp/B00D3ES1Q0/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1401823929&sr=8-18&keywords=graphics+card (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-Nvidia-PCI-E-Graphics-Card/dp/B00D3ES1Q0/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1401823929&sr=8-18&keywords=graphics+card)
Prolly seen too much of the mayhem it causes at home noooo: noooo:
Nick of course being the undisputed master of mayhem whistle:
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Oh thank you. cloud9: ... and Intel core i5 2300, 2.8ghz 6gb ram 64 bit ... Shrugs: apparently.
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Makes sense to me angel1
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Oh thank you. cloud9: ... and Intel core i5 2300, 2.8ghz 6gb ram 64 bit ... Shrugs: apparently.
The processor isn't top end but pretty close so one of those cards should do nicely. :thumbsup:
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Makes sense to me angel1
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Oh thank you. cloud9: ... and Intel core i5 2300, 2.8ghz 6gb ram 64 bit ... Shrugs: apparently.
The processor isn't top end but pretty close so one of those cards should do nicely. :thumbsup:
cloud9: Thank you.
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Makes sense to me angel1
Computer says no you say... rubschin: