Looking for a laptop with a GT640M GPU for about £500?

[Craig Freeman]

Looking for a budget gaming laptop as im going to uni and I wont want to take a desktop and all the peripherals on several trains a year.

Dont care about ultra settings, as long as I get medium with 30+ FPS. but I see the GT640m is supposedly a big step up from the GT635m and only 8% worse than the GT645m.

So im currently looking for a system for around £500 with an i5 and a 640m, if possible a 645m, can anyone help please?

I was looking at this but its only a GT635m.

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_Z580_1336881.html

 

[Flightsimluke]

It seems that a GT640M and i5 on a laptop is pretty hopeful. Unless you don't mind a refurbished laptop, it's £600 minimums from what I've seen. The GT635M would be okay on a 1366x768 display, but I can't guarantee over 30 fps, depending on what you play on it. Medium on 30fps SHOULD be achievable, but I cannot say for definite.

Best Regards
Luke

 

[Craig Freeman]

Well I might be able to push it to £600

 

[Flightsimluke]

I've found a refurbished laptop for £550. Yes, it's refurbished but it does have 8GB of RAM, an i7-3630QM and a 2GB GT640M, as well as a 1TB hard drive. For light gaming, that'd be a pretty decent system.
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/laptops/refurbished-laptops/toshiba-satellite-p850-31l-refurbished-15-6-laptop-silver-19572123-pdt.html?srcid=198&cmpid=ppc~gg~Laptops+%26+Netbooks~19572123&istCompanyId=9a35962d-802d-4e67-9721-0a3328ca1f02&istItemId=xxmwrtqwx&istBid=t

Best Regards
Luke