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Any tips on a new laptop

harding10harding10 Member Posts: 849
edited March 2012 in Community Help & Advice
My old laptop is pretty much running on life support and I'm looking at buying a new one.

Any tips in terms of RAM, hard drive, graphic card and chip? I've seen some comments with people having problems regarding CPU(?) which I know nothing about.

I'm comfortable playing at least 6 tables cash but current laptop starts to lag at any more than 4 with nothing else open.

Any advice appreciated.
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  • AcidMan27AcidMan27 Member Posts: 3,752
    edited March 2012
    It all depends on how much you're willing to spend.
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  • harding10harding10 Member Posts: 849
    edited March 2012
    Was thinking £400, Mrs was thinking closer to £300.

    Just found a HP, 6gb memory, 500gb hard drive with the i3 chip for £350.

    Should that be up to the job or would something with the AMD or Pentium chip be better?
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  • AcidMan27AcidMan27 Member Posts: 3,752
    edited March 2012
    The i3 chip is ok. An i5 or i7 would be better but will be out of that price range.

    I'm not a massive fan of HP gear though. Does it tell you if it has it's own graphics or is it shared ?

    It's got the right ammount of memory though and the hard drive is a decent size.

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  • harding10harding10 Member Posts: 849
    edited March 2012
    Unfortunately these turned out to be collect from store only, and not in a store anywhere near me.

    There's a fair choice in my price range with to be 4gb memory, 500gb hard drive. Is that enough? And do I take it from your post above that something with a specialist graphic would be an advantage?
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  • harding10harding10 Member Posts: 849
    edited March 2012
    Also, I don't need a huge hard drive for what I do, we have an external hard drive which we use for backing up so might a trade off of 6gb memory against 320gb hard drive be reasonable or would that affect performance in some other way?
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  • AcidMan27AcidMan27 Member Posts: 3,752
    edited March 2012
    No 320gb for a harddrive would be fine, especially if it means you gain 6gb of RAM instead.

    I would say finding one with a dedicated graphic card with it's own memory would be better for playing poker.

    I'll have a look around and see what's available for your price range and post them here.
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  • harding10harding10 Member Posts: 849
    edited March 2012
    Many thanks for the help.
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  • AcidMan27AcidMan27 Member Posts: 3,752
    edited March 2012
    Sorry for the delay but i'll have a look tomorrow morning and send you the links for what I find.
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  • AcidMan27AcidMan27 Member Posts: 3,752
    edited March 2012
    Just sent you a PM.
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