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3 hours ago, kernohg said:

Hey

Looking for some advice. 

Thinking of getting a new laptop. Want to run as many leagues as I can for a price between £500 and £750.

Any recommendations?

https://www.box.co.uk/81LK010TUK-Lenovo-IdeaPad-Gaming-L340-15_2834990.html

I'd reckon you'd need to upgrade the hard drive to a larger size - but should be very good for a while..

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Hi, 

Probably going to look at getting a new PC over the summer. 

My current desktop is close to 10 years old and was pretty decent at the time but struggles a little now. 

Bit stuck though - I'm not sure if I should look at a laptop instead. 

Back when I got my current desktop you got miles more bang for your buck if you went for a desktop over a laptop - is this still the case? - or can you get similar specs on both laptop and desktop for the same money? 

 

Probably looking to spend £800 max and use for FM (and the other strategy game) and a bit of photo editing. 

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44 minutes ago, batch said:

Hi, 

Probably going to look at getting a new PC over the summer. 

My current desktop is close to 10 years old and was pretty decent at the time but struggles a little now. 

Bit stuck though - I'm not sure if I should look at a laptop instead. 

Back when I got my current desktop you got miles more bang for your buck if you went for a desktop over a laptop - is this still the case? - or can you get similar specs on both laptop and desktop for the same money? 

 

Probably looking to spend £800 max and use for FM (and the other strategy game) and a bit of photo editing. 

You'd get better value from a desktop - plus upgrades are easier and cheaper.

Desktops tend to be more powerful.

Do you want a desktop or laptop? If a desktop, do you need a monitor/keyboard/mouse with it?

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56 minutes ago, Smurf said:

You'd get better value from a desktop - plus upgrades are easier and cheaper.

Desktops tend to be more powerful.

Do you want a desktop or laptop? If a desktop, do you need a monitor/keyboard/mouse with it?

Will go for a desktop in that case.

Yeah I'd get a new monitor - current one I have works fine but it's 15 years old now so no point investing in a new system and still running it on that. It doesn't even have HDMI connection I don't think.

Mice and keyboard I have.

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40 minutes ago, batch said:

Will go for a desktop in that case.

Yeah I'd get a new monitor - current one I have works fine but it's 15 years old now so no point investing in a new system and still running it on that. It doesn't even have HDMI connection I don't think.

Mice and keyboard I have.

Something like this

You can configure to your liking 

Case
PCS 3312B BLACK CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 Six Core Processor i5-9500 (3.0GHz) 9MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® H310M-A R2.0: Micro-ATX, DDR4, LGA1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (1 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1650 SUPER - HDMI
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
 

Monitor
AOC 23.6" E2470SWH LED - 1920 x 1080,1MS, D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI

Price: £802.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.ie/saved-configurations/intel-home-office-pc-II/!qDrCnHgT6/

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Wow great. Thanks for that. 

I did come across that site last night when looking at the thread. 

I'll have a proper look over the weekend 

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Anyone know why Box refuse to price match Currys PC World?

Also what difference does it make selling to a the Public a PC on a Business website to a retail website? Currys terms & conditions aren't applicable if I buy of their Business site. 

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12 hours ago, wakesta said:

Razor Laptops good to run Football manager?

Depends on the specs. But Razor laptops are very good game machines.

However, FM isn't a typical game.

Most games need a mid-ish processor and a mid-high end graphics card.

FM needs a very good processor and a low-mid range graphics card.

9 hours ago, Garethjohn79 said:

Anyone know why Box refuse to price match Currys PC World?

Also what difference does it make selling to a the Public a PC on a Business website to a retail website? Currys terms & conditions aren't applicable if I buy of their Business site. 

I have no idea why - you would need to ask them.

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9 minutes ago, Garethjohn79 said:

Does steam and other game sites automatically upgrade your settings once you transfer your games to an upgraded laptop or will I need to do something myself for it to happen?

I don't know if they do - if the graphic settings are set to Auto then it would obviously automatically try and match your settings to your specs.

But I honeslty don't know. 

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Seen this online seems a good price, what are peoples thoughts?

https://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=133W8EA&opt=ABU&sel=NTB

Would the following also be good or not a big enough jump in performance to justify the price difference (this was the most I was looking to spend)

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/asus-tuf-blue-a15-15-6-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-7-gtx-1660-ti-512-gb-ssd-10205355-pdt.html

Bearing in mind my current laptop is an I5 5200u with 8gb RAM and integrated graphics

Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

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6 hours ago, lofty20000 said:

Seen this online seems a good price, what are peoples thoughts?

https://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=133W8EA&opt=ABU&sel=NTB

Would the following also be good or not a big enough jump in performance to justify the price difference (this was the most I was looking to spend)

That's a well balanced system for FM. Probably you won't find anything better at the pricepoint. I don't know how good HP's cooling solution, screen etc is so I would suggest checking some reviews. 

 

6 hours ago, lofty20000 said:

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/asus-tuf-blue-a15-15-6-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-7-gtx-1660-ti-512-gb-ssd-10205355-pdt.html

Bearing in mind my current laptop is an I5 5200u with 8gb RAM and integrated graphics

Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

This on the other hand, I have heard overheats. 

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The Below Spec fine to run all leagues?

PERFORMANCE

Processor - Intel® Core™ i5-9300H Processor
- Quad-core
- 2.4 GHz / 4.1 GHz
- 8 MB RAM 8 GB DDR4 (2600 MHz) Graphics card - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
- 4 GB GDDR5 Storage 256 GB SSD
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52 minutes ago, wakesta said:

The Below Spec fine to run all leagues?

PERFORMANCE

Processor - Intel® Core™ i5-9300H Processor
- Quad-core
- 2.4 GHz / 4.1 GHz
- 8 MB RAM 8 GB DDR4 (2600 MHz) Graphics card - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
- 4 GB GDDR5 Storage 256 GB SSD

Most can run all leagues. But it might run slow.

Its a good spec. But i dont think having all leagues loaded on that spec would be fast as you like.

It can certainly do a good few.

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17 minutes ago, Smurf said:

Most can run all leagues. But it might run slow.

Its a good spec. But i dont think having all leagues loaded on that spec would be fast as you like.

It can certainly do a good few.

What do you recommend?

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  On 19/06/2020 at 20:23, lofty20000 said:

Seen this online seems a good price, what are peoples thoughts?

https://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=133W8EA&opt=ABU&sel=NTB

Would the following also be good or not a big enough jump in performance to justify the price difference (this was the most I was looking to spend)

That's a well balanced system for FM. Probably you won't find anything better at the pricepoint. I don't know how good HP's cooling solution, screen etc is so I would suggest checking some reviews. 

 

  6 hours ago, lofty20000 said:

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/asus-tuf-blue-a15-15-6-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-7-gtx-1660-ti-512-gb-ssd-10205355-pdt.html

Bearing in mind my current laptop is an I5 5200u with 8gb RAM and integrated graphics

Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

This on the other hand, I have heard overheats. 

So would either of these be better options, as don't want something that will be overheats.

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/msi-bravo-15-15-6-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-7-rx-5500m-512-gb-ssd-10206010-pdt.html

https://ao.com/product/133x6eaabu-hp-laptop-black-75692-251.aspx

Or are there better options with a top price of £1000. although if i don't need to spend that much to get a decent spec even better.

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1 hour ago, ryano said:

https://www.box.co.uk/2D231EAABU-HP-255-G7_2920314.html

https://www.box.co.uk/82C50075UK-Lenovo-V15_2860909.html

https://www.box.co.uk/M509DA-BQ303T-ASUS-M509DA-BQ303T_2886176.html

 

The budget has gone up to £500. The bottom one looks decent to me. The second was recommended a while back. Anybody any opinions? 

The second one will run FM faster but the other two have better integrated graphics.

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4 hours ago, lofty20000 said:

Posted yesterday at 03:26

  On 19/06/2020 at 20:23, lofty20000 said:

Seen this online seems a good price, what are peoples thoughts?

https://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=133W8EA&opt=ABU&sel=NTB

Would the following also be good or not a big enough jump in performance to justify the price difference (this was the most I was looking to spend)

That's a well balanced system for FM. Probably you won't find anything better at the pricepoint. I don't know how good HP's cooling solution, screen etc is so I would suggest checking some reviews. 

 

  6 hours ago, lofty20000 said:

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/asus-tuf-blue-a15-15-6-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-7-gtx-1660-ti-512-gb-ssd-10205355-pdt.html

Bearing in mind my current laptop is an I5 5200u with 8gb RAM and integrated graphics

Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

This on the other hand, I have heard overheats. 

So would either of these be better options, as don't want something that will be overheats.

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/msi-bravo-15-15-6-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-7-rx-5500m-512-gb-ssd-10206010-pdt.html

https://ao.com/product/133x6eaabu-hp-laptop-black-75692-251.aspx

Or are there better options with a top price of £1000. although if i don't need to spend that much to get a decent spec even better.

Read some reviews. To find the right ones, copy the model number (of the laptop) from the product page and the google it with "review" added. Decent reviewers will include the model number in their review. Personally I don't think the 4800h laptops are giving you enough more performance (other things being equal) to justify the extra price, but that's usually the case when you get to higher tier tech I guess. Look out in the reviews for comments about build quality, the screen, thermal performance, noise and battery life. If these areas are better it would help to justify the higher asking prices. 

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9 minutes ago, Gangor said:

Read some reviews. To find the right ones, copy the model number (of the laptop) from the product page and the google it with "review" added. Decent reviewers will include the model number in their review. Personally I don't think the 4800h laptops are giving you enough more performance (other things being equal) to justify the extra price, but that's usually the case when you get to higher tier tech I guess. Look out in the reviews for comments about build quality, the screen, thermal performance, noise and battery life. If these areas are better it would help to justify the higher asking prices. 

Thanks for you advice, think it might be best to go for the cheaper one you thought was a good balanced one for the price.

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9 hours ago, Brother Ben said:

What do you intend to use it for?

I will start to build a desktop for general purposes, plus playing FM to release my laptop from FM. 

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4 hours ago, Cadoni said:

I will start to build a desktop for general purposes, plus playing FM to release my laptop from FM. 

so it's a just the CPU for under 500 then?  What country are you based in?

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - For great multi core capability

Intel Core i7-10700K - For pure FM brute force

 

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4 hours ago, Brother Ben said:

so it's a just the CPU for under 500 then?  What country are you based in?

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - For great multi core capability

Intel Core i7-10700K - For pure FM brute force

 

@Cadoni If it's the whole PC you're talking about you may need to be more modest in your expectations. A system with a 10th gen i3 or a Ryzen 3 3200g should be possible. 

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2 minutes ago, Gangor said:

@Cadoni If it's the whole PC you're talking about you may need to be more modest in your expectations. A system with a 10th gen i3 or a Ryzen 3 3200g should be possible. 

I’ve got a feeling he means 500 for the whole system too

Was just talking about the 3 3200g on the benchmarking thread, seems outrageous value at 75 quid

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1 minute ago, BnadnerB said:

Hi all,

I’ve won an Apple Macbook Pro at work and want to use it to play FM20.

Its this version;

https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/13-inch-space-grey-1.4ghz-quad-core-processor-with-turbo-boost-up-to-3.9ghz-512gb#

Will this run the game well or am I better off selling it and buying a different brand?

Wow, great prize! If you could get anything like the retail price for it you could get a much better windows laptop though. I have a similarly spec'd laptop (albeit Windows) and it's good for six or seven leagues at most. Ryzen 4000 based gaming laptops start around the £800 mark and would run rings around this.

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I’ve got a feeling he means 500 for the whole system too

Was just talking about the 3 3200g on the benchmarking thread, seems outrageous value at 75 quid

AMD are due to release their next gen APUs (ie replacing the likes of the 3200g) in the next few weeks, so might be worth waiting? Unlikely to be priced that low though.

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7 minutes ago, Gangor said:

AMD are due to release their next gen APUs (ie replacing the likes of the 3200g) in the next few weeks, so might be worth waiting? Unlikely to be priced that low though.

Building for a friend and I think he wants to move pretty quick on it to use during what’s left of lockdown.

I’ll try to get a sneaky benchmark on it before I hand it over :brock:

Never built with AMD parts before so you never know it may pull me over to the red side 

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Hello all, 

Looking to upgrade my 5 year old laptop, generally used for FM/browsing/streaming, budget is in the 600-750 bracket, and these are the two I've noticed:

Is https://www.box.co.uk/9S7-16R412-049-MSI-GF63-Thin_2934806.html £150 better than https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/acer-nitro-5-an515-54-15-6-gaming-laptop-intel-core-i5-gtx-1650-256-gb-ssd-10205925-pdt.html ?

For FM, I'd like to run half a dozen nations/12-15 leagues, with medium-high graphics at least.

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10 hours ago, Brother Ben said:

so it's a just the CPU for under 500 then?  What country are you based in?

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - For great multi core capability

Intel Core i7-10700K - For pure FM brute force

 

Yes, only the CPU.

Thanks 

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6 hours ago, Gangor said:

@Cadoni If it's the whole PC you're talking about you may need to be more modest in your expectations. A system with a 10th gen i3 or a Ryzen 3 3200g should be possible. 

Not whole desktop, just CPU 

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Hi, 

I am interested only for CPU, not whole desktop. Thanks 

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - For great multi core capability

Intel Core i7-10700K - For pure FM brute force

If you want to go overkill the Intel i9 tops our FM performance chart but at a large cost

The below is with all leagues loaded and run for a week of in game time

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14 hours ago, Woody@2020 said:

Hi, I am really struggling to find a laptop to play fm20 after my old one just isn't good or quick enough. Please can any one recommend a decent one for 550 quid and has to be from argos as I have a voucher to use. Thanks 

Please can some one help 

 

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19 hours ago, Malicious Penguin said:

Hello all, 

Looking to upgrade my 5 year old laptop, generally used for FM/browsing/streaming, budget is in the 600-750 bracket, and these are the two I've noticed:

Is https://www.box.co.uk/9S7-16R412-049-MSI-GF63-Thin_2934806.html £150 better than https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/acer-nitro-5-an515-54-15-6-gaming-laptop-intel-core-i5-gtx-1650-256-gb-ssd-10205925-pdt.html ?

For FM, I'd like to run half a dozen nations/12-15 leagues, with medium-high graphics at least.

So I've had another look, and got lost/confused when I was comparing - sorry! Which is the best option out of these https://www.box.co.uk/laptops/sort/6/refine/47295~148175$max~750$min~500 ? 

Or these? https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-series-3-15-6-gaming-laptop-intel-core-i5-gtx-1650-256-gb-ssd-10205977-pdt.html 

vs

 https://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=133W8EA&opt=ABU&sel=NTB

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5 hours ago, Malicious Penguin said:

So I've had another look, and got lost/confused when I was comparing - sorry! Which is the best option out of these https://www.box.co.uk/laptops/sort/6/refine/47295~148175$max~750$min~500 ? 

Or these? https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-series-3-15-6-gaming-laptop-intel-core-i5-gtx-1650-256-gb-ssd-10205977-pdt.html 

vs

 https://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=133W8EA&opt=ABU&sel=NTB

Based on the processor the HP is going to be the fastest, but the Lenovo from Curry's wouldn't be too far behind. The ones from Box are all 1-2 years old and the AMD ones in particular will be significantly behind. 

Edit: as I always recommend though, check online reviews for the specific laptop model you're considering. This will help you avoid choosing something with a deal breaker like a terrible keyboard or that overheats. 

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