Lafite II for a portable laptop, to play old games?

[Pl8]

Hi,

I'm trying to find a laptop to take with me while travelling on trains, so it needs to be light and compact; I'm looking to spend as little as possible, ideally under £500.

The laptop will be used for Netflix and playing some old games - I typically play Transport Tycoon, Zeus, old Maxis games like Theme Hospital etc. I play a few newer games but they're still relatively basic, like Papers, Please.

I'm struggling to find anything smaller than 15.6", but I've now seen the 13" Lafite. I could afford to increase the RAM to 4 or 8gb, and maybe upgrade the CPU to i3 if needed.

Does this sound like it would be sufficient for my needs, and if so what CPU/RAM should I go for? I love my PC Specialist desktop, so it would be great to get my laptop here too.

Cheers!

Edited to add: I'd also be tempted to replace the 500gb hard drive with a 240gb SSD. I have an external hard drive for storing documents etc, so it would just be the games mentioned above that would be on the computer itself. Thoughts on this would be appreciated too!

 

[Oussebon]

Until very recently, I would have suggested the kitguru.net Review Spec of the Lafite from this page: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/reviews/ with its i3 and 240gb SSD for £519. Unfortunately that deal has come to and end and there isn't at the current time anything else in the same ballpark. A lafite manually specced up with an SSD, i3 and 8gb RAM would cost ~£550+. And I wouldn't recommend any less than an i3 and 8gb RAM if you're going to be browsing, streaming or playing music or videos, office work, that kind of thing as a weaker CPU or less RAM the PC might start to feel old and slow much sooner.

One spec might be:


Chassis & Display
Lafité Silver Aluminium Chassis: 13.3" Matte Full HD IPS LED (1920 x 1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i3 Dual Core Processor i3-6100U (2.30GHz) 3MB Cache
Memory (RAM)
8GB Kingston SODIMM DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
INTEL® HD GRAPHICS 510 [Pentium] | INTEL® HD GRAPHICS 520 [Core™]
Memory - Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON UV400 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (550MB/R, 490MB/W)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 2 in 1 Memory Card Reader (SD, MMC)
AC Adaptor
1 x 40W AC Adapter
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre Cloverleaf UK Power Cable
Sound Card
Realtek 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless
WIRELESS INTEL® AC-3160 M.2 (433Mbps, 802.11AC) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options
1 x USB 3.0 PORT, 1 x USB 3.1 PORT + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Battery
Lafité Series 4 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (6,300mAh)
Keyboard Language
LAFITÉ SERIES BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£89)
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 720P 30 FPS HD WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £558.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/lafiteII/7KQrJ29Nzc/