Best Gaming Laptop to buy around the 500£ mark ?

[diantonio]

Hello dear community,
its time to buy a new gaming machine and i was wondering where to look at. I found some nice discounts at laptopsdirect, for example :

Lenovo G570 Core i5 499£

Screen size - 15.6 in - 1366 x 768
Processor - Intel Core i5 2450M - 2.5 GHz
RAM - 6 GB
Hard Drive - 750 GB
Optical Drive - Blu-Ray
Graphics - AMD Radeon HD 6370M

OR


Acer Aspire 5750G Core i3 499£

Screen size - 15.6 in
Processor - Intel Core i5 2450M - 2.5 GHz
RAM - 8 GB
Hard Drive - 500 GB
Optical Drive - DVD SM
Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce 610M Optimus
Graphics Memory - 1 GB GDDR3
Warranty - 1 Year

OR


Acer Aspire 5755G Core i5 499£

Screen size - 15.6 in
Processor - Intel Core i5 2450 - 2.5 GHz
RAM - 4 GB
Hard Drive - 500 GB
Optical Drive - DVD SM
Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M Optimus
Graphics Memory - 1 GB GDDR3
Warranty - 1 Year

I am open for any suggestions !

[dokdek]

Hum. With that price point, and the fact that its a laptop, you wont be getting much gaming out of it. What do you hope on being able to play on it and at what settings? You might be a bit disappointed. Nevertheless, I'll have a look around and see what I can find.

[Cheapy]

Lenovo E320 is a decent spec for the price but is only a 13.3" screen so may need to look at an external monitor but be careful of stepping up the resolution too much.

Screen size - 13.3 in
Processor - Intel Core i5-2450m
RAM - 4 GB
Hard Drive - 320GB
Optical Drive - none your need an external one
Graphics - AMD Radeon 6630m
Graphics Memory - 1GB
Warranty - 1 Year
Price - £505 from lenovo themselves

You could save about £15 by doing memory upgrade yourself and it can also take a mSATA SSD as well as a 2.5" drive so you can have a SSD for operating system and hard drive for large storage.

[dokdek]

Here is what I found on dell: http://configure.euro.dell.com/dells...=dhs&cs=ukdhs1

Screen Size: 15.6"
Processor: Intel Core i5 2350m
RAM: 4GB DDR3 @1333Mhz
Hard Drive: 640GB
Graphics: Nvidia GT 525M
Price: £459

[atlewis]

Looks really nice ^

[Demonwar]

If you can save a little bit more, then Novatech are good, but around 600 quid mark. I have never been quite convinced by laptopsdirect for some reason. Other than that...Dell outlet is a good place to check every day or so.

[houstonaccess]

If I have to choose between above then I will go with first choice Lenovo G570 Core i5. Best choice for me.

[milmar]

i would be tempted to look on dells outlet store its where i got my 15" laptop i7 3rd gen 550gt 8 gb of ram for 582 with 3 years warranty

[Rookie1986]

At sub £500 for gaming I would suggest you get either a PS3, Xbox-360 or Wii U with some good games and what ever accessories (or even a HDTV) you want. Laptops in this price range will only leave you disappointed as they struggle to play some games decently that are 3-5 years old

[xpygmy]

What games will you be playing?
If I was you I would ignore acer computers as they can be quite unreliable. Have a look at the Dell XPS laptops, my brother brought one for ~£500 and it plays most games, he plays skyrim, minecraft, crysis 2 and so on with ease. The dell dokdek posted is good and with quidco you can get quite a bit off when a deal comes around.
Also have a look at the Dell Outlet Store it has loads of good refurbished laptops.

[xpygmy]

What games will you be playing?
If I was you I would ignore acer computers as they can be quite unreliable. Have a look at the Dell XPS laptops, my brother brought one for ~£500 and it plays most games, he plays skyrim, minecraft, crysis 2 and so on with ease. The dell dokdek posted is good and with quidco you can get quite a bit off when a deal comes around.
Also have a look at the Dell Outlet Store it has loads of good refurbished laptops.