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So my laptop has just broke and pcspecialist who i bought it from have basically let me down several times so I decided its time to move on.
I have a budget of £400 and so far im looking at:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/lapto...ptops+&+Netbooks+/+Laptops+/+Laptops~21862444

or

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/lapto...ps/lenovo-g505s-15-6-laptop-21707558-pdt.html

Ill be using the laptops for work at university rendering and using the adobe CC suites and also some light gaming like Smite etc.

Thoughts?

Bidgbob
 
Well, it depends. Would you be willing to upgrade the ram? Mainly because the A8 in the Lenovo is slightly faster than the A8 in the HP, as well as gigabit ethernet and better onboard graphics (7600G vs 7640G). The HP has the advantage of having 8GB standard, a more power efficient CPU, and has an extra USB3 slot.

So, if you can grab 8GB of ram for the Lenovo, I'd say go with that for the faster CPU. If you can't, go with the HP. I think if you're doing some type of rendering or CAD work, the extra ram would help a lot.
 
freakdiablo said:
Well, it depends. Would you be willing to upgrade the ram? Mainly because the A8 in the Lenovo is slightly faster than the A8 in the HP, as well as gigabit ethernet and better onboard graphics (7600G vs 7640G). The HP has the advantage of having 8GB standard, a more power efficient CPU, and has an extra USB3 slot.

So, if you can grab 8GB of ram for the Lenovo, I'd say go with that for the faster CPU. If you can't, go with the HP. I think if you're doing some type of rendering or CAD work, the extra ram would help a lot.
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What he said.^
 
your better off with the lenovo. hp batteries gave me and my friend nothing but trouble after 6 months of use.

thinkpads have been a joy for me to use :D
 
(G{in}[AK)TION] said:
your better off with the lenovo. hp batteries gave me and my friend nothing but trouble after 6 months of use.

thinkpads have been a joy for me to use :D
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I was going to say something similar, except it's Lenovos consumer line, and while I love my Thinkpad I've heard that some parts of their consumer line can be hit or miss. Don't know how the G line fits in there. Not that HPs lower end stuff should be used as examples of quality craftsmanship :D
 
freakdiablo said:
I was going to say something similar, except it's Lenovos consumer line, and while I love my Thinkpad I've heard that some parts of their consumer line can be hit or miss. Don't know how the G line fits in there. Not that HPs lower end stuff should be used as examples of quality craftsmanship :D
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Like they said, I would go with the Lenovo and find some ram to put it in np. Seems my laptop is a tier below that one and mine runs older games like the Unreal series or free World of Tanks which is pretty sweet without a problem.
 
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