New laptop

odunican

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Hello I am looking to buy a new laptop. It doesn't matter if its a pre-build or I have to custom build it. I know a little about desktops but not so much laptops.

Basically I have a budget of £200-350. I am not expecting anything amazing for this price. But as long as I can play my Sims 3 and World Of Warcraft on low/fair settings without lagging I be happy.

I would prefer a laptop that doesn't have the intel intergrated graphics as these arent supported by world of warcraft a admin said. I don't really know anything about laptop graphic cards very different to a desktops I think.

I am from the UK so all parts of laptops have to bought from uk company.

PCWorld offer some good refurbished laptops but you have to keep checking each day for new ones as there is only one of them in stock and usually bought straight away.
 
Here is some I like:
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/acer-aspire-5552-15-6-laptop-black-10945118-pdt.htm = £499.99 £249.99, ACER, Dual-core AMD Athlon™ II X2 P320 processor 2.1gz, 3gb ram, 250gb space, Integrated, ATI Radeon™ HD 4250, 256MB of dedicated system memory.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/acer-aspire-5742z-15-6-laptop-black-10945074-pdt.html = £529.99 £299.99. ACER, Dual-core Intel® Pentium® P6200 processor 2.13gz, 4GB, Graphics intel HD, 320GB

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/compaq-presario-cq56-206sa-15-6-laptop-black-10969073-pdt.html = £499.99 £299.00, COMPAQ, Dual-core Intel® Pentium® T4500 processor 2.3gz, 4gb, 500GB, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-g56-130sa-15-6-refurbished-laptop-black-08527208-pdt.html = HP,£359.99, £298.99, Intel® Pentium® Processor T4500- 2.30 GHz, 4GB, 500GB, Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M- Up to 1695MB shared graphics memory.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/packa...rb-021uk-refurbished-laptop-08616529-pdt.html = Packard Bell, £309.99, Dual-core AMD Athlon™ II X2 P340 processor, 4GB , 320GB, ATI® Radeon™ HD4250 up to 1408MB of shared video memory.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/acer-aspire-5736-refurbished-laptop-08527250-pdt.html = ACER, £359.99 £299.99, Dual-core Intel® Pentium® T4500 processor 2.3 : 3GB ,320GB, Intel® HD Graphics, 128 MB of dedicated system memory.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/compaq-presario-cq56-104sa-refurbished-laptop-08527206-pdt.html = Compaq, £339.99 £249.99 , AMD V Series Processor V140- 2.3 GHz, 2GB , 250GB, ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4250 Graphics- Up to 893MB total shared memory.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-g62-b29sa-15-6-refurbished-laptop-blue-09734794-pdt.html =HP, £279.99, Dual-core AMD Athlon™ II X2 P340 processor 2.2gz , 4GB, 500GB, Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M- up to 1695 MB total available graphics memory.


MY FAV ONE- http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/toshi...5-6-refurbished-laptop-blue-09734801-pdt.html =TOSHIBA, BLUE, £299.99, Dual-core AMD Athlon™ II X2 P360 Processor- 2.3 GHz, 4GB, 640GB, ATI Radeon HD 4250 with shared video memory.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/dell-inspiron-m5030-15-6-refurbished-laptop-black-07576489-pdt.html = Dell, £279.99, AMD V-series V120 Processor- 2.2 GHz, 3GB, 250GB, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250.
 
Don't get any laptop with intel TXXXX. They are last gen. I won't recommend refurb laptop unless you can get a decent spec under £250. None of the refurb laptop you linked worth the money. They are all outdated. T4500/ P360 are slower that P6200/ B940/ i3

ACER, Dual-core Intel® Pentium® P6200 processor 2.13gz, 4GB, Graphics intel HD, 320GB is fastest under £300
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/acer-...-black-10945074-pdt.html?srcid=369&xtor=AL-11
But I don't recommend acer

If you could spend £350.
Go for Asus A52F with i3-380m. They are one of the most reliable brand.
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/asus-a52f-ex1393s-15-6-laptop-black-10794858-pdt.html

If you want to stay under £300. Go for ASUS X53E with B940 at comet. This is better than that acer at pcworld
http://www.comet.co.uk/p/Laptops/buy-ASUS-X53E-SX298V-SIL-Laptop/733660

However, if you want better gaming ability at low price, I would suggest you to look for AMD APU. It starting at £400. Please bear in mind that you can't upgrade video card at laptop.
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.212-028...campaign=GSF_TescoDirect&utm_content=212-0281
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/toshi...9721-0a3328ca1f02&istItemId=wqtprtmr&istBid=t
http://www.lambda-tek.com/componentshop/index.pl?origin=gbase16.5&prodID=B705764
 
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Bought it anyway just in case it was good can always cancel or return.

Its pcworld outlet and 15 already bought it so must be ok.
 
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