advice on best spec laptop

any computer hardware boffins happen to know what would currently be the best spec laptop for under 400 quid.

cheers

There are so many laptops and so many retailers it'd take hours, but on ebuyer.com you tend to get what you pay for. pick a bunch of £399 ones and compare the spec.

Yea...do your own ****ing leg work....

If its purely specs you are after then acer would probably be your best bet.
 
I picked up an i5 with 8 gig of ram before xmas for £500. Keyboard is a bit nasty but other than that its pretty good.

What about Ebay? as long as you can go to the sellers house and see its working Id do that-Alienware is Im sure the highest gaming laptop spec you can buy if thats any interest.New theyre over £1000 but Im sure even for £400 it would be better specced than a new one?
 
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Thanks for the suggestions, already checked out ebuyer some decent looking ones on there.
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As above though, you should be getting an i5 with about 6gb ram and 500+GB space on your hard drive.

Can see plenty of I5 laptops for £399 with 4gb/500gb
 
Ebay items; 270896228337 or 270899243033 or 120848945722
 
Not sure you'll get much better than that for the money. Depends on how much you want to shop around and snag a bargain if it comes up. Check the dell outlet, keep scouring ebay, HotUKDeals.
 
£4Gb ram is 15-20 quid. If you see a deal with a bigger say 750gb drive but 4gb ram vs 320/500gb drive and 8gb ram i'd go for the bigger drive if you need the space. Cheap to upgrade the ram, HDD prices are currently through the roof

Touch over budget but 6Gb ram & 640Gb hard drive with a 2 year warranty here;
 
http://www.johnlewis.com/231395890/Product.aspx#BVRRWidgetID
 
Compared to the ones i linked on eBay, or say the following;
 
http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/shop/technology/computing_and_gaming/laptops_and_netbooks/121673228_medion_akoya_e6221_intel_core_i52410m_processor_4gb640gb_156_black_laptop.html?hnav=4294935766
 
You're that much better off with the Toshiba from John Lewis. The extra £30 doubles your warranty, gives you more ram and a bigger HDD, but i think no HDMI on this model