Best bang for buck laptop around R10k?

[Thugscub]

What should I be looking at?

And desktop?

Thanks.

 

[JohnStarr]

Do you want to game with it or use it for business? If you want to game, then you're not going to find much, if anything, for that price. Best then to look at a demo laptop or an excellent second-hand one. Asus (I have a RoG G75VX) are amazing, but MSI and Gigabyte are pretty good too.
Mine has a GTX675MX and I can play every BF game up to BF1, and anything else. None of the latest havy graphics games, but it does the job exceptionally well!
For business you'd look at HP/Dell (had Lenovo and to me they're not very good) and you'd end up with a Core i5 and probably 8GB RAM. I'd recommend trying to get an additional 8GB as it makes all the difference.

 

[saor]

What should I be looking at?

And desktop?

Thanks.

Eish come on - ask a proper question.
What do you need it for etc.

 

[CT_Biker]

Acer Spin with an AMD chip

 

[mr_norris]

Gigabyte are pretty good too

No. Their build quality is ****. They use plastic screw mounts which aren't built to last, even on their higher end laptops. One day you will open your laptop and discover that the hinges and laptop have parted ways, then you have to deal with Rectron and their awful support.

I will never buy Gigabyte again, and I have made it my lifes mission to warn others.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

I will never buy Gigabyte again, and I have made it my lifes mission to warn others.

but Gigabyte makes really good mobo's, why would their laptops be so much worse?
or is it just in SA that the support leaves lots to be desired?

 

[mr_norris]

but Gigabyte makes really good mobo's, why would their laptops be so much worse?
or is it just in SA that the support leaves lots to be desired?

On that front, it's rather debateable. I agree that their desktop boards are fine, but I question their laptops - I could just be an outlier though. When i got my laptop, my board had to be replaced twice because as soon as I would fire up a game, I would get terrible cracking through the speakers. It was bizarre. The last board was fine though.

And dealing with Rectron is frustrating. The last time my hinges broke, I bought a replacement panel and changed it myself. Then that broke too, not even 6 months later, and all I got from them was "they don't make the parts anymore". No refund, no help, no nothing.

The only reason I have a happy ending is because I found something called Q-bond, which I used to rebuild all the screw mounts myself. Something I kind of wish I had done from the start. Live and learn I guess.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

wow @mr_norris , and here I was upset I cant get lenovo to make parts for my old work laptop.
a T420 that the Mobo has probably died and partserve said sorry, cant help you.

so let me ask this, what if you buy from overseas a Gigabyte mobo or laptop, would that not be maybe easier to fix and repair?
or again, its just to expensive to justify?

 

[mr_norris]

What should I be looking at?

And desktop?

You won't get much for a laptop really, especially if you want to game. This is about the best bang for buck, and then add on a bit of dosh to get an SSD and up the RAM to at least 8GB.

If you want to game, rather get a desktop.

 

[mr_norris]

so let me ask this, what if you buy from overseas a Gigabyte mobo or laptop, would that not be maybe easier to fix and repair?
or again, its just to expensive to justify?

I'm not sure, because if the warranty isn't local, now you have to deal with shipping back if something goes wrong. Unrelated, but I have been burnt on that front too with some Plantronics wireless earphones. Bought from the states, used Aramex Global Shopper to ship here. They worked for a few weeks and broke. Had to pay for shipping back to the states (R250), and then ship the replacements back (R199). The replacements then broke, and I paid another R250 to send them back. The next lot of replacements were shipped to the NY AGS warehouse, delivered and signed for, then disappeared. So I lost whatever the exchange rate was for around $160, and about R700 in shipping costs. I buy local when I can - there has to be some real exceptional circimstances for me to import.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

If you want to game, rather get a desktop.

agree there, also upgrade-ability is easier on a Desktop than a laptop.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

there has to be some real exceptional circimstances for me to import.

do agree there, but if its similar enough to something locally, isnt it worth considering maybe?
I mean getting a mobo for a Gigabyte laptop from overseas might work out cheaper than to deal with Gigabyte useless support locally.
or getting a set of headphones from overseas they break, just buy a new set/ or complain, get a refund and just buy something else.

 

[L-Dog]

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Pretty good deal but above your budget

 

[zolly]

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Pretty good deal but above your budget

I bought one of these in Feb for R12999. It's a zippy little machine. However, if you play FPS games the screen ghosts more than I would like. For everything else it's okay.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

What should I be looking at?

And desktop?

Thanks.

 

[oukie]

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Will this run Sims 3, maybe Sims 4?

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Will this run Sims 3, maybe Sims 4?

I have no idea. What are the minimum requirements for those 2 games?

 

[oukie]

I have no idea. What are the minimum requirements for those 2 games?

Sims 3

FOR WINDOWS VISTA

2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent 1.5 GB RAM 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games

For computers using built-in graphics chipsets under Windows, the game requires at least:

Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA 3-Series or above 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent 0.5 GB additional RAM

Sims 4

MINIMUM SPECS:

• OS: 64 Bit Required. Windows 7 (SP1), Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10
• CPU: 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4000+ or equivalent (For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.0 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62 or equivalent)
• RAM: At least 4 GB RAM
• DISC DRIVE: DVD Rom Drive required for installation only
• HARD DRIVE: At least 15 GB of free space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games
• VIDEO: 128 MB of Video RAM and support for Pixel Shader 3.0. Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better, ATI Radeon X1300 or better, Intel GMA X4500 or better
• DIRECTX: DirectX 9.0,10 and 11 Compatible
• INPUT: Keyboard and Mouse

It is just the GPU part that I am not sure about though.

 

[umamankandla]

What should I be looking at?

And desktop?

Thanks.

Have you considered second hand? Got a great 8gb laptop for 2k the other day. The guy thought it only had 4gb ram with the i5

 

[Thugscub]

Yep, looking at some Dells. Thanks.