Any advice for a cheap spec?

mattdanielc

mattdanielc

Silver Level Poster
Hi guys

My PC has been dying for a long time now so I want to replace it - but with a laptop for portability. The cost has to be as low as possible. I can get a laptop on amazon for £300 which will do a job - but ideally I'd love it to be able to play some games as well.

As a bare minimum - Football Manager... but I'd love to be able to play Total War games too (including Rome 2) if possible.

How much would I have to pay to get a laptop to play Rome 2? If it's more than £500 - what's the cheapest one I can get to run Football Manager?

Thanks for any help - I'm useless with laptops (and PCs in general to be fair :) )
 
keynes

keynes

Multiverse Poster
For football manager the integrated gpu should be enough for more demanding games you are looking at around £699 (skyfire 14)
 
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Kuniva

Silver Level Poster
I have an i3 3110m with hd4000 on my lappy, and I see it's still for sale over £300, I don't think it will run Rome2 well but it might on low res and low settings, but I don't know about laptop components much. For under £500 I think you'll be looking at the HD4600 for graphics which is a bit better than my hd4000. A google search shall reveal if the HD4600 performs well with Rome2 I'm sure.
 
mattdanielc

mattdanielc

Silver Level Poster
So for less than £500 I guess my gaming days are over (for now) - except for FM of course. Ok - thanks guys.
 
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Jamie0202

Enthusiast
If you're looking to play Total War: Rome II for under £500 this is adequate and will actually be able to play some higher end games dairly well albeit at lower settings.

Chassis & Display
Cosmos Series: 17.3" Matte HD+ LED 16:9 Widescreen (1600x900)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Pentium® Dual Core Processor 3550M (2.30GHz) 2MB Cache
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (1 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 740M - 2.0GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N WI-FI CARD (150Mbps)
USB Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Battery
Cosmos Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (48.84WH)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 90W AC Adaptor
Operating System
Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Keyboard Language
COSMOS 17" SERIES UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Insurance
1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £496.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/cosmosII-17/nK2jWTqMLI/

If you have a spare copy of Windows then you could remove £79 from that quote and get the much faster 850m graphics card.


Setting low medium high ultra
740m FPS 67 49 39 7
850m FPS (untested so an approximation based on nearest card) 186 138 106 18
 
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Khaorg

New member
You can add 60-70 quid for gtx850m which is faster than gtx760m. Also if you have available any windows you can resign from windows 8.1 -£79.
Always you can use some Linux OS. Ubuntu is quite easy.
 
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