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Lavender Birch
Lavender Birch Last update 15 Jan, 2026

Advice on which laptop to buy (UK)

* **Total budget and country of purchase:** £1000 UK * **Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply.** Best specs for the money * **How important is weight and thinness to you?** I would travel with the laptop so something not too bulky would be preferable * **Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux.** Windows * **Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.** Large enough for photo editing * **Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.** Photo editing with photoshop * **If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?** Not for gaming * **Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?** Reliable build quality * **Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.** I will be using the laptop for work - mainly using microsoft office - and for photo editing using photoshop. Interested to find out if I need to spend my max budget or if something cheaper will suffice?

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Tanuj Singh
Tanuj Singh 18 May, 2015

(Complete Build, Not Just The Cabinet) < $1500 Rig That Will Make Your Games Run Like Hell

Yo guys, I have a rig for those looking for a massive gaming PC under 100K, you can overlock it and can run most games under 'Ultra' settings or if not then definitely under 'High' settings and it might perform better than your 150K Alienware, so here go:

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor

CPU Cooler: Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card

Cabinet: NZXT Source 530 ATX Full Tower Case

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer

OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)

Wired Network Adapter: TP-Link TG-3468 10/100/1000 Mbps PCI-Express x1 Network Adapter

Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan

Monitor: LG 22MP55HQ-P 60Hz 22.0" Monitor

Keyboard & Keyboard Bundle: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse

Headphones: Logitech G430 7.1 Channel Headset

Speakers: Logitech Z313 25W 2.1ch Speakers

Grand total: $1380.23 (Rs. 87875.72 at the time of poating this thread)

And what's the good thing? The good thing is that now you don't need anything else to complete the build and you can play games on it as soon as you build it, this contains everything and the build is very flexible too!

See the build price and buy it if you like: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XXF7Bm

And the same build with Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($1493.79 or Rs. 95199.16 at the time of posting this): http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qPhCcf

Note: You have to buy the build from Amazon.com (Well, it ships to India) because some parts weren't available in Indian online stores so, yeah, that's it, enjoy and show off in front of your friends with such an affordable price (Well, only for some hardcore and rich gaming fans) stuck_out_tongue

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