Advice on choosing a new laptop for FM12

[JAwtunes]

I am looking to buy a new laptop for between about £400 and £600 which will only really be used for FM and browsing, iplayer etc.

I don't really watch the 3D match engine so am not concerned about a gfx card. looking at other posts it seems to suggest that its all down to the processor, and to a lesser degree, the RAM, and thats about it. I am torn between a 2nd Gen i5 dual-core running at 2.6GHz (3.3GHz) and a 2nd gen i7 quad-core running at 2.2GHZ (3.1GHz).

the i7 is about £100 more, is the doubling of active cores an advantage in this game, i know most games don't utilised quad-core processing, but most games aren't tarty spreadsheets are they!

any ideas?

Thanks

 

[RichTUK]

I'd go for the i5 but it depends on the rest of the laptop spec, RAM and GFx Card etc. What are the laptops your looking at??

DABS.com have a real good selection for the prices your looking at.

 

[irishwelshcelt]

Ive an i3 with 4gbs of RAM and it runs well

 

[Chriis]

Ive an i3 with 4gbs of RAM and it runs well

What he said, I have a Sony Vaio with an i3 processor, 4GB of RAM and a built in Intel graphics card (very basic one).

It runs very well, Still have 5 star performance using a large database and loading up England, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal and Holland. Also I can run the 3D match engine although I choose not too.

 

[Sean Taylor]

You could have a look on Birmingham's Top Laptop Shop - Desktops, Cables, Components, Projectors from Box Limited UK, since that's where I bought mine from, they have some really good systems for rather cheap prices. I paid like £835 for my Samsung RF711 a few months ago, just because of the specs and I knew it would last me a few years of future Football Manager's and other games

 

[JAwtunes]

Hi Guys,

thanks for the advice.

I have found this on the PCworld website:
ASUS A53E-SX1339S 15.6" Laptop - Red at cheap prices | Pcworld

I could probably pick up a 2nd gen i3 laptop for about £350, a saving of about £150, after factoring the goals england will net in the euros. i think this would be worth the extra cash though.

any thoughts?

thanks

 

[Chriis]

Check out this page: Cheap Laptops | Laptop Deals | Gaming Laptops | Ebuyer.com[250+TO+500]

Ebuyer have really cheap laptops that are brand new and they are very trustworthy!

You can pick up a laptop with an i3 processor, 4GB RAM and a decent graphics card from £360+, personally I'd be looking at the cheap HP ones if I were you.