Time to buy a new laptop advice

stone

Hi after some advice my dad's finally decided to buy a new laptop hes currently using a MEDION AKOYA P7618 17.3" Laptop MD977 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Medion-Akoya-P7628-Notebook-Intel-Core/dp/B00KGZ482K

His budget is around £650 he just wants a better gpu so hes able to play some of the more up to date steam games are these any good?

Medion Erazer P7651 Core i5-8250U 8GB 1TB   128GB SSD GeForce GTX 1050 4GB 17.3 Inch Windows 10 Gaming Laptop - Laptops Direct

Medion Erazer P6689 Core i5-8250U 8GB 1TB & 128GB GeForce GTX 1050 15.6 Inch Windows 10 Gaming Laptop - Laptops Direct

Any recommendations?

techquest

Take a look at this it has a 512GB SSD

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Aspire-A515-54-15-6-inch-Laptop/dp/B07RV95GNZ/ref=asc_df_B07RV95GNZ/?tag=bingshoppinga-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid={creative}&hvpos={adposition}&hvnetw=o&hvrand={random}&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl={devicemodel}&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4583726544657957&psc=1

or
ASUS TUF FX705DY Gaming Laptop

or
ASUS TUF FX504GD Core i5 8GB 256GB SSD GTX 1050 Gaming Laptop

stone

Thinking about it he's used to a 17.3" screen so he'll most likely want to stick at 17"

techquest

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-Ideapad-320-17-Inch-Laptop/dp/B079Y4DHMP/ref=asc_df_B079Y4DHMP/?tag=bingshoppinga-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid={creative}&hvpos={adposition}&hvnetw=o&hvrand={random}&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl={devicemodel}&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4583657822589884&psc=1

stone

Only thing it's lacking is an ssd

techquest

Lenovo 1st choice Medion last choice, there's no comparison.

Check out the support feedback

Medion is rated "Bad" with 2.1 / 10 on Trustpilot

noiseboy72

SSD is a must. The difference is truly huge.

I've just updated daughter's Lenovo i5 laptop and it's gone from taking about 12 minutes to boot to 12 seconds! We did add another 8GB of memory as well, but it's the drive that had the biggest effect.

techquest

12 minutes to boot surely wasn't just an HD problem.

noiseboy72

All I did was clone the drive and fit the extra stick of ram - 4GB - 12GB single channel. No other changes have been made.

techquest

An SSD will speed up the boot etc but my guess is there must have been an issue with the original drive itself to take 12 minutes to boot.