New laptop recommendations please

[p4ddy]

Our laptop is repeatedly over heating and closing down so we need a new one. We want to spend tops around £400. Our present one was close to £700 😱, a Samsung with 17in screen running nvidea gforce so it handled phoenix at full everything like a dream. So I'm after something that will work well with phoenix and running windows. Yea apple stuff looks lovely but I would never pay their prices. It doesn't have to have a huge screen as I can plug the laptop into the TV via HDMI. Trying to think what else? Anyway we're hoping to pick something up in the sales and whereas last time I knew what I was looking g for kindoff this time I don't have a clue? Oh it needs to work with vbar and car diagnostics as our Samsung refuses to do either (as many of you may remember)

[RichardV]

Is it worth getting the insides blown out on your current one? You're not using it on your lap with your legs blocking the intakes are you?

[p4ddy]

No, it's already been repaired once by PC world then they refused to look at it again. Said it's old. It's clean as a whistle inside. Also the mouse pad is not working anymore. Just want a new one now and I'll let Laurence open this one up later. Hoping a £7-800 one will be in the sales . So just after some recommendations ATM.

[p4ddy]

I suspect they didn't put enough paste on the hd so it's over heating. It gets roasting hot really quick. It shuts off immediately if I try and run the driving theory or any programmes of that kind. Can't edit any videos as it overheats immediately again.

[Mike Sanders]

I have a HP envy 13. It seems pretty good but I can't recommend it or otherwise as I don't really have anything with which to compare it. I am not very knowledgeable about computers. It runs Phoenix all right (when I can be bothered).

[trillian]

I have an HP AMD laptop that I paid just under £400 for a few years ago for travelling. It's slow by todays standards but it will run Phoenix just fine. Now you can get so much more power and better drives for nearly the same money.

Just as a point of comparison, here's an HP 250 laptop from Ebuyer for £449.00:

[LIST][*]Intel Core i5-7200U 2.5GHz[*]8GB RAM + 256GB SSD[*]15.6" Full HD + WIFI[*]Webcam + Bluetooth[*]Windows 10 Home[/LIST]
[url]https://www.ebuyer.com/805720-hp-250-g6-i5-laptop-2sy46es-2sy46es-abu[/url]

[tourerjim]

When I was looking into a new laptop i was looking at off the shelve laptops which most were slow on Windows start up, the advise I was given is ie your budget go for the laptop with fastest startup time which indicates the overhaul best laptop for your budget.

[PKNEC]

We've just got my daughter an MSI from ebuyer. It's a decent spec was 599 though.
Lenovo are worth looking at aswell my son has had one for 2 years for uni.

[p4ddy]

I ended up buying this. [url]https://m.johnlewis.com/hp-15-bw089na-laptop-amd-a12-8gb-ram-256gb-amd-radeon-530-2gb-graphics-15-6-inch-full-hd-natural-silver/p3357997[/url]

However I fired it up, wasn't overly happy with the keyboard, and I expected it to be faster than our old laptop for streaming hd videos...oh how wrong I was. Dam the thing is slow. Some things it took a while to open. My mobile phone is way faster. Anyhow I then rebooted it, repackaged it and took it back. Asked why I said don't like the quality. I was then asked if I had turned it on at all. I said no. Got a full refund...phew. Was then looking at the same laptop with a HDD and i5 8250 but I'm not keen on the anti glare screen. It's very dull, so much so it really washes out images which is not good.

[p4ddy]

I think I'm going to have to up the budget. I want a 15in screen minimum, i5 8th gen, SSD, 8gb. I was also wanting an optical drive but I'd compromise on that and buy an external one. We realise it has to have SSD as the wife gets short tempered if things take longer than NOW lol. Found a Lenovo for £650 with all the above and Nvidea graphics but it's from Europe so a bit difficult to return if faulty. Not impossible just very long winded. Job

[heliboys]

Have you tried laptopsdirect.co.uk

[p4ddy]

Yea, some good laptops but they're all i5 7th gen. If I'm buying new I want the latest so I will just wait till there are more available.

[trillian]

This is a few years old now. What did you end up getting? I'm just starting to search now. What I want is something really powerful and with a very very good screen. And I'll move all my business stuff over to it and just use it for biz stuff in place of my desktop. I once had a very good laptop back in 2009, it was a Rock Xtreme 770, 17" screen. It was great for the time but would be slow by today's standards. (and it was VERY heavy)

[p4ddy]

Nothing, I did buy another laptop with SSD and thought it was slow crap again and once again managed a full refund (mainly because of misrepresentation in the specs. I just don't get why my old Samsung appears way faster. Considered building my own but I know jack about PC's. We don't really have anywhere to stick a pc anyway and so a laptop is better. I don't like being sat at a computer desk, prefer a laptop Infront of the TV.
I just want to get the overheating issue sorted and continue with our old Samsung as it is fully capable of doing what we require from a computer. Until I'm working again and providing I'm earning good (for me) money I shall get it sorted.

[Mike Sanders]

I have HP Envy 13 inch laptop which works very well for what I want. I don't stream films etc. but it is OK for you tube. I have had it for about 5 years now. I also have a HP Pavilion 17 inch which is OK but not quite as nice to use as the older model.