Looking for a newer'ish laptop..

Tengis

Tengis

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Ive seen a couple good deals floating around on used gear so I figured Id post up and see if anyone has anything to offload. My wife is rocking a Dell Venue 11 Pro and I want to upgrade her to something better:

>/= i5
>/= 8gb of ram
SSD of some kind
15"+
Preferably something a year'ish old at most.
 
Tengis said:
Ive seen a couple good deals floating around on used gear so I figured Id post up and see if anyone has anything to offload. My wife is rocking a Dell Venue 11 Pro and I want to upgrade her to something better:

>/= i5
>/= 8gb of ram
SSD of some kind
15"+
Preferably something a year'ish old at most.
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Just a friendly FYi since you said you haven't bought a laptop in a while.

The jump from 7th gen to 8th gen in Mobile U series processors was insane.

An i3-8130u either matches or occasionally even beats an i7-7500u in damn near every benchmark also the i3-8130u beats the i5-7200u 100% of the time.

An i5-8250u absolutely wrecks an i7-7500u.

It was that much of a jump that the i3 matches the i7. You can Google benchmarks for i7-7500u vs i3-8130u to confirm

The average user that hasn't bought a laptop in a while would normally assume the better purchase is an i7-7500u but that's not the case.

Moral of the story, if you find a good deal on a 7th gen ultrabook. It's not really a good deal lol. Try to find 8th gen if going u series processor.
 
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usyed1 said:
Just a friendly FYi since you said you haven't bought a laptop in a while.

The jump from 7th gen to 8th gen in Mobile U series processors was insane.

An i3-8350u either matches or occasionally even beats an i7-7500u in damn near every benchmark and beats the i3-8350u beats the i5-7200u 100% of the time.

An i5-8250u absolutely wrecks an i7-7500u.

It was that much of a jump that the i3 matches the i7. Can Google benchmarks for i7-7500u vs i3-8350u.

The average user that hasn't bought a laptop in a while would normally assume the better purchase is an i7-7500u but that's not the case.

Moral of the story, if you find a good deal on a 7th gen ultrabook. It's not really a good deal lol.
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Funny you say that... Ive been looking at deals on older i5/i7 laptops and now you've thrown a monkey wrench in the mix.
 
Last year I did a Dell refurb for as cheap per CPU i could get. I just upgraded to bought more ram and ssd from hforum here, and im still cruising along with everything it needs to
 
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ASUS K556UA-WH51 15.6" Notebook Intel Core i5 7th Gen 7200U (2.50 GHz) 8 GB Memory 256 GB SSD Windows 10 Home, Dark Brown
  • Intel Core i5-7200U 2.5 GHz Dual-Core Processor (Turbo to 3.1 GHz)
  • 8GB DDR4
  • 256GB SATA SSD
  • 15.6" FHD (1920x1080) Anti-Glare Matte Display
  • Intel HD graphics 620
  • DL DVD±RW/CD-RW
$450 shipped
 
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