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Shame, the specs are great for the price

I’ve never even heard of this brand

Yeah apparently they are awful in regards to warranty. If something goes wrong on this laptop then you're left with a exspensive potatoe,

I take it theres something wrong with them?

Because it's from gearbest i'm guessing.

Just to add to what the others have said, also look out for good brightness, contrast & black levels. Response time is also important for gaming. It's important to read reviews rather than rely on manufacturers specs for screen performance. If a screen is advertised as having 100% sRGB coverage, for example, it'll more than likely be far below that number. Notebookcheck.com is a good place to look for reviews.

I agree with those above, slapping a poor screen on to a seemingly solid and well specced laptop just hurts to see... it's so common as well!

Thank you both for explaining! Very helpful and I will remember that for the future! I had no idea that existed so you've likely saved me from a suboptimal purchase!

It is good resolution (1080p is perfectly fine) but it has really poor colour reproduction, you want something as close to or above 100% sRGB as you can get really, for other colour spaces it does differ. 45% is particularly poor so it's likely to look washed out and under saturated. Or for a more detailed answer, what CampGareth said!

There's lots of detail here but basically your eye can see lots of different colours, the range of colours you can see is called a "gamut" or a "colour space". Computers don't really understand colours but they understand numbers so they represent colours as numbers. Your monitor's job is to turn those numbers into colours you can see with your human eye. If a computer sends the value 0,255,0 to your monitor it has to display the brightest green it possibly can. If your monitor is bad it will only be able to show you a dull green, think 'racing green'. If your monitor is good it will be able to show you a green brighter than anything in the real world. NTSC is a colour space, quite a large one but much smaller than the total range your eye can see. The monitor in this laptop can only display 42% of the colours in NTSC. It is unable to display really vibrant reds, greens and blues. It will look bad, washed out, grey. Generally in a display look for 100% coverage of sRGB (different colour space) at least. That equates to about 72% of NTSC or aRGB. Colours will look 'normal' then. If you go up to 100% coverage of NTSC or aRGB colours will look a bit oversaturated like OLED displays in phones do.

Have you looked on Dell Outlet as there are some machines with the spec you want for under £1k

thats a fantastic price assuming there are no major problems which could limit the performance of the 1060

This might be a driver issue as noted further up the thread. I've had a few windows updates that have killed cameras, speakers etc. On my tablet. You need to download the original drivers for whatever device and give them a go. If you deleted the driver windows sometimes finds it also.

Has anyone had problems with Asus laptops in terms of Right click (actual button) on touch pad not working (it's not disabled in the settings but just doesn't bring up the menu when right click) Also backlit keyboard not lighting up Also I thought I bought 512GB SSD but it's actually 2 drives 1x 120GB SSD (OS) and other 1x 320GB SSD What is up with these Asus laptops

Voted hot but an alternative to consider is the Inspiron 7577 gaming laptop from the dell outlet website can be had for similar price and is better spec with i7 -7700hq and 16gb ram when they come in on the outlet store. They also do a more expensive version with a 4k screen. No idea what the screen quality is like though as I guess it won't be the same as their XPS models.

There’s a decent jump between the 1050ti in this and the 1060 in that, not to mention the extra 1GB of VRAM which graphics intense games will utilise a little more. Either is a good option, of course the one you linked is better but it comes down to the games you play, what settings you want to play them at and what your budget is. From a desktop perspective a 1050ti can be picked up for around £140/£150, whereas a 1060 3GB around £200, £180 if you look hard enough. So the £130 more for the other laptop is a little pricier than the £60 difference for a desktop card.

Why is this cold? It’s decent

This one is worse, but not by much, the gfx card in the other is better.

is this better or worse value than https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/msi-gaming-laptop-i7-8gb-ram-1tb-hdd-128gb-ssd-gtx-1060-3gb-87997-box-free-msi-bundle-2950013?

Would personally prefer a 1050ti 4GB since 2GB seems to struggle in some modern titles since. Should be fine for all the current popular esport games though.

One thing that hasn't been mentioned is that you get a two year warranty with this laptop. Although Medion are often slagged off on HUKD, I have direct experience that they DO honour their laptop warranties. BTW, although I'm happy with my X6603, I reckon this particular laptop's now somewhat overpriced. Furthemore, if you're gaming, to you really need an i7 when an i5 is perfectly adequate for 90% of games? Likewise, do you really need a 256GB SSD? A 128GB SSD will ensure Windows boots up nice & quick but I run all of my games off the HDD and once you're in, you really don't notice any 'slowness'.

Yes there is a USB-C port. I've not used it myself but yes, I believe you can output to a separate monitor. However this is the lesser version of USB-C and from what I've read, you can't use it to connect up to an external GPU (not that that bothers me).

Is there a usb c / thunderbolt connection option? Was thinking of outputting onto monitor

I have this laptop albeit with the i5, 128GB SSD & 1050Ti. I paid £720 for it from Argos in January. I'm currently playing Assassin's Creed Origins and the visuals look stunning on the X6603. However, do be aware that when you're gaming, the fans are noticeably loud. I always play with headphones so it doesn't bother me but there are times when I'm glad that wifey's slightly deaf, otherwise I suspect she would object to the noise! BTW, all the reviews I read on the X6603 (and the Lenovo Y520 of which it's a rebrand) said the fans are relatively quiet. Don't believe them!

Likely the latter, other sites have 1050ti listed for this model number

I'll take that as a no.

Haha. Youve never bought anything from Gearbest have you?

Haha haha, you're so funny I could wet myself laughing (nerd)

Just go standard delivery. You won't have to pay customs

The previous deal was also from GearBest.

nice laptop but looks like just an average price

How's this? http://www.dell.com/en-uk/work/shop/cty/pdp/spd/g-series-17-3779-laptop/bn37703 Cheaper, similar specs with better/newer i7-8750H Coffee Lake CPU just lose the 120Mhz screen or this https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/medion-erazer-x7851-core-i7-7700hq-16gb-1tb-256gb-ssd-geforce-gtx-1060-17-30023005/version.asp Cheaper with more memory. (Screen specs not listed though) or this: https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/msi-gp73-leopard-8re-core-i7-8750h-8gb-1tb-128gb-ssd-geforce-gtx-1060-17.-9s7-17c522-062/version.asp More memory and better/newer i7-8750H Coffee Lake CPU for ~£40 more or this: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/optimusIX-17/ Configured with: better/newer i7-8750H Coffee Lake CPU, PCIe SSD and 144Mhz screen, and still ~£80 cheaper, even more so if you take Windows off the price.

How much do you want £200?

u can find the same specs for 1000 on amazon

Last time there was a deal for the same specs laptop of 7577 if I am not mistaken for almost a grand which is a couple of hundred quid cheaper. Pretty sure u can find on ebay a pretty similar laptop for a grand or less.

2 year warranty makes it worth a buy I think, provided CEX's warranty is worthwhile

GPU itself will probably be fine but would expect vents to be clogged with dust as you get on high performance laptops. Whether they’ve cleaned it depends on the store as some are really good and others literally buy it off some mug for £340 and put it straight back out for £680 - sometimes with the user’s data left on it (true story)!

Could go either way, this. It's a good price for the spec but being a gaming laptop, there's a chance it's been thrashed. No amount of refurbishment is going to sort a battered GPU.

I wouldn’t risk another B-grade from CeX for laptops! I had Dell XPS 15 9550 delivered yesterday in B grade. It looked ‘off’ so I had a closer look. The hinge cover was broken, not sitting flush and the display didn’t look right, on inspection the display had deep scratches on the bottom edge and it became clear that the LCD had been replaced very badly. The bezel edging was stuck down with what looked like epoxy resin that had splurged out onto the panel itself. That was £500 which would have been a bargain but now it needs to be returned... Moral of the story, don’t buy stuff from CeX unless you can physically see it first.

Total War is an RTS I assume? Generally speaking, you should always opt for the better GPU if you're using a laptop for gaming, but an RTS is sometimes the exception as they rely on the CPU more. That said, I'd still go with the 1060. I can't imagine it'd have any problem running the game mentioned and it'll run pretty much anything else you need on decent settings

Any good ?

Please do, I'm considering it for gaming

Okay. I've gone for it! Will update with my assessment in a few days.

Great deal. Heat added. Sorely tempted - am after something to do graphics and video editing. This would be pretty good.

Quick question on these 7577: can anyone confirm that it can drive 2 external monitors, either one via HDMI and one via USB-C to DP or even better, both using USB-C to DP and daisy chained?

That's one thing i can't explain i think it was due to the new catalogue I'm not sure. But im not one to argue. Also my account is messed up for it It shows £1449-£149-£1449 (1449 is the price i paid so if i returned it they would owe me £149.00)

Yes that would make me feel uncomfortable

I read it as Argos made a mistake & supermqd then committed a criminal act (not sure if it's fraud or theft), by failing to inform them of their error. For the record, in such a situation you're advised to inform them of the mistake in writing & give them a reasonable period of time to collect the goods at their own expense. If they fail to & you have logged your correspondence so you have proof they were warned you'd dispose of the goods then you become entitled to keep or sell the item. I can't recall what counts as a reasonable time, but it isn't unreasonable or excessive. Some people claim you can keep unsolicited goods. While this is true, most people misunderstand what constitutes unsolicited. A duplicate item sent my mistake in response to an order you did place is not classed as unsolicited.

May be a deal breaker if you are an accountant I suppose.

Lovely keyboard

Yes they may be expired but they are recent. And all around the price. So its not surprising to see one available again around the price

Where? Everywhere

Yeh, where???

fun fact, i didn't say it couldn't run vr games :/ . read my other reply.

Fun fact I use a 1060 3GB for VR with no problem. Only things I have struggled with are non VR games GTA V and Tombraider where I could not run in ultra settings as took too much memory everything else has been fine and I run most games in Ultra. By VR I have a Rift and WMR headset.

Hehe meme.

Many people apply building terms to Operating System installations/PC building. Flatten essentially means start from fresh.

Flatten?

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/alienware-15-i7-7700hq-1070gtx-8gb-120hz-tn-g-sync-display-1275-using-promo-code-at-dell-2921855

would like to see thus deal lol

I think it has freesync too

RX580 will struggle to drive a 17 inch screen, it lacks the power to handle the larger sized pixels

Paid less than that for a 1070 Alienware, definitely overpriced