Laptop under $700 for School?

CartoonPizza on 07/01/2019 - 19:32
Last edited 07/01/2019 - 19:33

I need a laptop for school, which is coming up soon.

I have found a refurbished one, that seems like a good deal.

It is the Lenovo IdeaPad 510-15ISK 15.6" Laptop, which I can get for $329.

It has these specs:
CPU: i5-7200
RAM: 8GB DDR4 @ 2133MHZ
STORAGE: 1TB HDD (5400RPM)
SCREEN: 15.6" (1366x768) IPS LED
GRAPHICS: NVIDIA GeForce GT940MX (2GB DDR3)

Are there any other laptops that are better or similar that I should get instead?

These are the minimum specs the school accepts:
CPU: Intel Celeron N2930 or greater (i3, i5, i9)
RAM: 4GB
STORAGE: 128GB
SCREEN: 11.6"

However, I want something better than a celeron (as I found those slow) and at least 8GB of Ram. Also something that can last for a while.

I need it to be able to run Photoshop, use MS Office, browse the web and some video editing.

Any help will be appreciated :)

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Comments

  • Randxyz123 on 07/01/2019 - 19:44
    +3

    STORAGE: 1TB HDD (5400RPM)

    Find one with an SSD or upgrade it to one. HDDs are terrible for laptops.

    It looks like the laptop is from 2016.

  • N1NJ4W4RR10R on 07/01/2019 - 22:24

    How long can you hold out?

    Ryzen's zen + mobile CPUs have just been announced, should knock the price of the zen 1 laptops down a bit. Add on actual support and they'd be a pretty good buy (iGPU can hold up to some lesser dGPUs)

    • CartoonPizza on 07/01/2019 - 22:31
      -3

      I start at the beginning of next month, so probably not enough time.

  • Cheapascents on 08/01/2019 - 01:12
    +1

    get a laptop with ssd, dont need any dedicated gpu if you dont plan on gaming or doing any adobe photoshop work.

    • CartoonPizza on 08/01/2019 - 01:15

      Yeah, I'll try to get one with a SSD or put an SSD into one.
      I am planning on doing PhotoShop work.

      • Cheapascents on 08/01/2019 - 01:18
        +1

        yeah you can buy one with an SSD installed already or buy one and install it yourself. Honestly the cheapest SSD that you can buy is fine to use. I think you need a gpu for photoshop work, what about video editing? i heard those programs need gpu as well

        • CartoonPizza on 08/01/2019 - 01:28

          Might be doing some video editing.
          Wouldn't be anything too intensive though. Probably just placing clips together and putting minor effects on them.

          I'm thinking a GPU would be a good idea though, even just for PhotoShop.

  • CartoonPizza on 09/01/2019 - 15:23

    So, I'm thinking of getting the Lenovo ideapad 510-15lKB, which costs $399.
    It has the same specs as the one in the original post, except it has a nice 1080p screen.

    Then I should also get an SSD to put in the system.

    Should I go ahead and get it?

  • Understandable on 12/01/2019 - 00:10
    +1

    Once you experience an ssd you can’t ever go without one - from minutes of loading and boot times on a hdd to seconds with an ssd

  • greatlamp on 12/01/2019 - 15:17
    +1

    How much are you willing to spend?

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