Posted by harvestmouse on 2012-07-09 20:50:41

I know a good 2nd hand internet site if you are interested. However their best ones at the moment are vista.

Posted by dode74 on 2012-07-09 20:55:17

Your budget is the important thing here.

Posted by mayhemzz22 on 2012-07-09 20:56:13

hmm between 300 and 400 pounds if possible

Posted by blader4411 on 2012-07-09 20:59:55

FUMBBL isn't very demanding at all I don't think.
Other games though may need something better.

Posted by mayhemzz22 on 2012-07-09 21:15:36

any links would be great :)

Posted by dode74 on 2012-07-09 21:20:58

FUMBBL is easy on the hardware, so most things will run it. Something like this would be adequate: http://www.ebuyer.com/352884-hp-pavilion-g6-1303sa-laptop-b1r11ea-abu

If you can stretch to £500 then you can get a much better GPU, making things like SC2 more enjoyable:
http://www.ebuyer.com/366635-toshiba-satellite-pro-l850-11v-laptop-pskdme-004003en
Or for £450:
http://www.ebuyer.com/365920-acer-aspire-5755g-laptop-nx-rv3ek-001

There are plenty of sites to find laptops on, but one place I use to compare performances with certain hardware specs (GPUs in particular) is this one: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html
For CPUs there's this for info and a good few comparisons:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Notebook-Processors.129.0.html

Posted by mayhemzz22 on 2012-07-09 21:26:10

Just had a look on the links thanks.

How would sommit like this be

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/compaq-presario-cq57-427sa-15-6-laptop-12655879-pdt.html

Posted by mayhemzz22 on 2012-07-09 21:29:23

also i want to make sure it comes with a disk drive and USB ports

Posted by dode74 on 2012-07-09 21:36:13

Well I'm a bit concerned by their claim that it has 320Gb of RAM, and I inherently distrust PC World. They are usually overpriced, and if they are saying that they normally sell that for £500 then they are massively so. I found another 5 places which sell it for ~£270 with a quick search.

That aside, the GPU is a little underpowered for SC2. The benchmarking site says 37FPS on low settings. The Intel HD Graphics 3000 chipset is actually better.

Posted by mayhemzz22 on 2012-07-09 21:39:13

"Well I'm a bit concerned by their claim that it has 320Gb of RAM, and I inherently distrust PC World. They are usually overpriced, and if they are saying that they normally sell that for £500 then they are massively so. I found another 5 places which sell it for ~£270 with a quick search."

Yea i have noticed this every laptop i find on their site seems to be very expensive and cut down to what other sites are offering. im just not sure where to go as i would like to see it before i buy it.

harddrive wise should i go for 350GB or 500GB would i need the extra 150GB? or should i go with 350 and if i need more space buy an extra hard drive?

Posted by dode74 on 2012-07-09 21:45:08

Well I've always got my computer equipment from ebuyer and have never had an issue with them. I'm not sure what you'll gain by seeing the laptop first (unless it's something like screen size, so an equivalent would be good enough).

HDD depends on how many games and other programs you have on the system. You can probably get a good idea by seeing how big the "Program Files" file is on your current setup.
Videos/music etc can go on an external drive if you need them to, but games is not so easy. You can often get larger HDDs for laptops and a local PC repair place can install it for you, but that's usually more expensive than just buying the large HDD in the first place.

Posted by mayhemzz22 on 2012-07-09 21:48:54

Games wise i will have on starcraft 2 and Warhammer battle march. im not a huge pc gamer. oh and of course fumbbl :).

I dont have any music on my laptop at the moment i tend to download podcasts but remove them when listened 2

Posted by dode74 on 2012-07-09 21:54:24

This is the best I can find sub-£400:
http://www.ebuyer.com/349219-acer-aspire-5560g-laptop-nx-rurek-001
It'll certainly meet your requirements.

Posted by mayhemzz22 on 2012-07-09 22:17:50

Thanks for ur help mate. Just read some reviews on the last 1 and there seems to be issues with the screen. i think i will pop into pc world tomorrow and see if i can test a few then look online for the laptop i like :)

Posted by dode74 on 2012-07-09 22:19:41

Best of luck :)

Posted by mayhemzz22 on 2012-07-10 00:18:27

went with the Acer Aspire 5560G