To buy or not? - ASUS X556UA 15.6 inch Notebook Intel i7

LoadofCROC

Looking at this notebook for my teenager.
ASUS X556UA 15.6 inch Notebook (Intel Core i7-6500, 8 GB RAM, 1TB HDD, integrated Intel 520 hd graphics card.

Would this be any good for gaming? Mostly minecraft and making YouTube videos.

Many thanks for replies.

TerrorFirmer

Minecraft yes, 'proper' gaming (Call of Duty, Battlefield, etc) it's far too slow. I know you mentioned Minecraft specifically, but you know what kids can be like - one second it's the ideal PC, the next they're telling you it's too slow.

But if those are genuinely as much as it will be used for, it will be fine. However it's probably possible to get a better balanced laptop elsewhere with a weaker processor but stronger graphics card for the same money - how much are you looking to spend?

LoadofCROC

Willing to spend about €500

TerrorFirmer

If you're getting that laptop for €500, I'd just take it, you won't get anything faster from a gaming perspective for that money, and it's actually a pretty powerful laptop at that price point.

LoadofCROC

Any thoughts on this one?


HP 15.6inch AMD A10,8gb, 2tb Laptop

AMD A10 7th Gen AMD A10-9600P quad core processor

2.4GHz processor speed

AMD Radeon HDAMD Radeon™ R5 graphics graphics card.

€539

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LoadofCROC wrote: »

Any thoughts on this one?


HP 15.6inch AMD A10,8gb, 2tb Laptop

AMD A10 7th Gen AMD A10-9600P quad core processor

2.4GHz processor speed

AMD Radeon HDAMD Radeon™ R5 graphics graphics card.

€539

HAve you links to these laptops please

LoadofCROC

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5441547/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%2C+PCs+and+phones%7C14418968/c_2/3%7C19780850%7CLaptops+and+netbooks%7C14419039/c_3/4%7Ccat_14419039%7CLaptops%7C14419040.htm

TerrorFirmer

Be grand for Minecraft but again, no use for the latest games (as in, will not be able to run games like Battlefield/Call of Duty even at lowest settings). You won't get a laptop for that money that will be. But for general use, it's perfectly fine, though if that i7 laptop you first mentioned is available around the €500 mark new, it's a better machine.

MrMaki

I bought laptop 2 days ago - my original budget was also ~500, but quickly realized that for this price I won't get any "gaming machine". I did spend lot of time reviewing Intel 520hd cards and figured out from benchmarks, that indeed it is good for videos, etc, but almost none of modern games will run on it.
So as I don't won't hear my son complaining, that his new laptop is piece of s#### I added extra 200 and bought this
http://www.komplett.ie/lenovo-ideapad-700-15isk-80ru008pmh/20804801/details.aspx - it still won't play some games in high settings, but in medium it should be fine.

listermint

I'd have a look on Amazon tomorrow. For the price point 600 to 700 for gaming MSI is where I'd be looking.

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