Advice on this laptop spec

[Dave11]

Hi

I am just wondering what people’s thoughts are on this gaming laptop.
My main game will be DayZ but I would like the option to play other games including triple A titles like COD for example if possible
I have to settle with a laptop due to space at home and having a baby.
Looking at financing this and looking at a maximum of £50 per month.

Thanks in advance for any time taken to answer my question.

Chassis & Display
Defiance Series: 16" Matte QHD+ 165Hz sRGB 100% LED Widescreen (2560 x 1600)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 16 Core Processor 14650HX (5.2GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
32GB PCS PRO SODIMM DDR5 5200MHz (1 x 32GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 5060 - 8GB GDDR7 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.2
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (3500 MB/R, 3200 MB/W)
AC Adaptor
1 x 180W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre Cloverleaf UK Power Cable
Battery
1 x Defiance Battery 54WH | 73WH (5070Ti Only)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Wireless Network Card
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6E AX211 + BT 5.3
USB/Thunderbolt Options
2 x USB 3.2 PORTS (Type C) + 2 x USB 3.2 PORTS
Keyboard Language
DEFIANCE MULTI COLOUR BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
Norton 360 inc. Game Optimizer - Free 90 Day License
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
Keyboard & Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MP FULL HD WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (6 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Chassis
V360SNNQ (8GB 5060, i7-14650HX, QHD+ 165Hz, AX211, Blank KB)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 4 to 6 working days

 

[steaky360]

Hi, just to save folk needing to figure it out, what does £50/month on finance make your budget look like?

Can you provide the cost for the above spec along with the configurable link (would have been on the same page you copied the spec from)

There's a load of handy typical questions here which will be good if you take a look: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/foru...posting-collaboration-of-helpful-hints.77691/

Couple of immediate thoughts from me would be to take the dead pixel guarantee warranty and up the standard warranty to Silver (£5) and remove Norton as its frankly detrimental these days.

 

[Dave11]

Hi,
so this build is £1200. I would say my budget would be around £1500. https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/defiance-II-16/ZK0BEbbNbc/

I’ll take a look at that link you provided. Thanks.
Ill look at the warranty also and take off the Norton.

 

[Martinr36]

With a laptop I'd add the dead pixel warranty as well

 

[Dave11]

I will definitely add that but in terms of the performance, is this a fairly decent spec setup?

 

[BlessedSquirrel]

I will definitely add that but in terms of the performance, is this a fairly decent spec setup?

So long as you’re aware of the limitations of the budget

Most gaming laptops these days are 1440p which is 2560 x 1440, in this case a slightly higher 2560 x1600

Laptop GPUs are entirely different silicon to desktop cards and theyre power limited and specs limited to be able to perform in such a small chassis. So it’s roughly 1 tier lower than desktop. So a 5060 desktop card is roughly a 5070 laptop card.

A 1440p screen would need a minimum of a 5070 to power it at what would be deemed acceptable levels (around 80fps in modern titles).

So really to comfortably run that screen you need a 5080 laptop GPU.

You could obviously make it work with a 5060 but you’d be reducing graphics pretty much all the way down to do so and even then on titles like Hogwarts Legacy or Wukong, Jedi Survivor that are VRAM intensive (as a lot of games now are), you may not be able to run them at all

 

[Dave11]

So long as you’re aware of the limitations of the budget

Most gaming laptops these days are 1440p which is 2560 x 1440, in this case a slightly higher 2560 x1600

Laptop GPUs are entirely different silicon to desktop cards and theyre power limited and specs limited to be able to perform in such a small chassis. So it’s roughly 1 tier lower than desktop. So a 5060 desktop card is roughly a 5070 laptop card.

A 1440p screen would need a minimum of a 5070 to power it at what would be deemed acceptable levels (around 80fps in modern titles).

So really to comfortably run that screen you need a 5080 laptop GPU.

You could obviously make it work with a 5060 but you’d be reducing graphics pretty much all the way down to do so and even then on titles like Hogwarts Legacy or Wukong, Jedi Survivor that are VRAM intensive (as a lot of games now are), you may not be able to run them at all

Ok thank you.

So for my budget of around £1500, what would you be selecting/changing then to get the best for my budget. I don’t have to have the defiance series, I am quite open to other models but a 16inch screen is an absolute minimum

 

[Ekans2011]

Ok thank you.

So for my budget of around £1500, what would you be selecting/changing then to get the best for my budget. I don’t have to have the defiance series, I am quite open to other models but a 16inch screen is an absolute minimum

If your primary objective is to play at an acceptable level by 2025 (which is subjective), I recommend spending a little bit extra to get a laptop for a decent gaming experience.

1) Recoil AMD

Chassis & Display
Recoil Series: 16" Matte QHD+ 300Hz, 500nits, sRGB 100% LED Widescreen (2560x1600)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen™ 9 9955HX3D 16 Core Processor (2.5GHz, 5.4GHz Turbo,)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair 5600MHz SODIMM DDR5 (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 5070Ti - 12GB GDDR7 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.2
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB CORSAIR ELITE MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 7000 MB/R, 6200 MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated SD Memory Card Reader
AC Adaptor
1 x 280W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Battery
Recoil Series Integrated 99WH Lithium Ion Battery
Thermal Paste
PHASE CHANGE THERMAL PAD COOLING (PTM7950)
Sound Card
Nahimic by SteelSeries 2 Channel HD Audio
Wireless Network Card
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS AMD Wi-Fi 6E AW-XB591N (2.4 Gbps) + BT 5.2
USB/Thunderbolt Options
2 x USB 3.2 PORTS (Type C) + 3 x USB 3.2 PORTS
Keyboard Language
RECOIL 16 SERIES RGB BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
Keyboard & Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED IR+FHD Hybrid Webcam
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Dead Pixel Guarantee
1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs
Chassis
AIstone X6FR57TY (12GB RTX-5070Ti, R9-9955HX3D, 300Hz QHD+ LED, AW-XB591N)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 4 to 6 working days
Price: £2,180.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/recoil-16-AMD/Aygumy8sgY/


If you choose to stay to your initial £50/month payment plan, this Defiance is the lowest I would go.

N.B. I would not recommend an Intel 14th Generation platform due to a well-known issue.

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2) Defiance

Chassis & Display
Defiance Series: 16" Matte QHD+ 240Hz sRGB 100% LED Widescreen (2560 x 1600)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 16 Core Processor 14650HX (5.2GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair 5600MHz SODIMM DDR5 (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 5070Ti - 12GB GDDR7 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.2
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB CORSAIR ELITE MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 7000 MB/R, 6200 MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W)
AC Adaptor
1 x 230W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre Cloverleaf UK Power Cable
Battery
1 x Defiance Battery 54WH | 73WH (5070Ti Only)
Thermal Paste
ID-COOLING FROST X45 THERMAL PASTE APPLICATION
Sound Card
2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Wireless Network Card
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6E AX211 + BT 5.3
USB/Thunderbolt Options
2 x USB 3.2 PORTS (Type C) + 2 x USB 3.2 PORTS
Keyboard Language
DEFIANCE MULTI COLOUR BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
Keyboard & Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MP FULL HD WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Dead Pixel Guarantee
1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs
Chassis
V360SNRQ (12GB 5070Ti, i7-14650HX, QHD+ 240Hz, AX211, Blank KB)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 4 to 6 working days
Price: £1,776.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/defiance-II-16/7kpW2BhFY7/

 

[Dave11]

@Ekans2011 thats great. Thanks for the time spent in answering. Definitely food for thought. 👍