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So I am about to buy this laptop this weekend or next weekend and i REALLY REALLY want to know all the downside of it before i make the final decision. Spending a lots of money on a brick because of all the advertisements has never been a wise choice to me.
Name: ASUS G53JW-A1 Price: $1299.99 (CND cash) + tax CPU: i7 740QM (is this sandy bridge?) RAM: 6GB GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M 1.5GB HDD: 750GB LCD: 15.6" FHD (1920x1080) LED
extra: win7, usb 3.0, webcam 2.0M, bluetooth and they mentioned smthing about free gaming mouse + backpack.... The laptop itself is a brick with 2 HUGE exausht fans and quite heavy but i guess it should be like that due to i7
i compare to other places price and see this is a pretty decent deal but still, im a student and really want to spend my money smart x(....
Please help!
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That's not a sandybridge processor. Sandybridge processors start with a 2. (ex. core i5 2xxx or core i7 2xxx). It's overpriced though.
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No it does not belong to the new Sandybridge look more towards the Core i7-2630qm for sandybridge. The sandybridge are usally 10-15% faster then Clarksdale processor.
Does not mean this is not a good CPU.
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the only laptops that has sandybridges in the market right now are 2 xplorer of Cyberpower and they only have intel integrated graphic card (aka. on board)... http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Xplorer_X6-9200_Notebook/
i think its better to hv an individual graphic card right?
also to skyR: u mean this ASUS or the sandybridges?
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Because you can get A pretty much identical laptop with coupon code NB6538 for 800 bucks. The GPU's a slight downgrade, but you get a better processor and save five hundred bucks and it will run anything you'll want to play on high settings.
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Wasn't sandy bridge integrated graphics good enough to run sc2 pretty smoothly above low settings?
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On March 10 2011 12:43 LorD_AreS wrote: No it does not belong to the new Sandybridge look more towards the Core i7-2630qm for sandybridge. The sandybridge are usally 10-15% faster then Clarksdale processor.
Does not mean this is not a good CPU.
It may only be a 10% difference per clock (of course the figure depends a lot of the workload), but the new processors have a more aggressive Turbo Boost combined with power savings from the reduced transistor feature size and architectural changes. So the clock speed for mobile Sandy Bridge in practice may be significantly above that of the previous generation.
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You can get an equivalent laptop in specs but with 8gb ram and a sandybridge processor for around the same price (in the US, not sure exactly what it comes to) but I'd definitely say that getting sandybridge is worth it- less power consumption (longer battery life) but far more power.
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strongly advise against HP laptops.. but sandy bridge is worth it
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If you're willing to spend that much money...might as well get a desktop? It doesn't sound very portable, and even if it were, I wouldn't be interested in just carrying something like that around x:
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On March 10 2011 13:00 nigritude wrote: strongly advise against HP laptops.. but sandy bridge is worth it
I'm really going with this AGAINST HP LAPTOP'S
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Yep I would wait a short amount of time and get a gaming laptop with a sandybridge processor. Games like SC2, bfbc2, are all very very cpu intensive and you're going to want the performance.
Check out some of the MSI G-series laptops though, apparently they have very nice cooling features (like a one press omfg ramp up fan speed button)
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On March 10 2011 12:52 Plutonium wrote:Because you can get A pretty much identical laptop with coupon code NB6538 for 800 bucks. The GPU's a slight downgrade, but you get a better processor and save five hundred bucks and it will run anything you'll want to play on high settings. wow, thats awesome but i have some problem:
i7 produce a TON of heat and so far i have never seen an HP laptop that has solved its cooling problem. If a 1st gen i7 need 2 giant fans, i cant imagine how hot a 2nd gen would be inside an HP laptop. Well i might not produce as much heat since it consuming less power but still, i doubt it.
i cant find this product on the canadian site and i have some trouble purchase stuff using credit card. As you see this Asus im paying by cash and even have a discount . Also since im having 0 computer right now, i cant wait for them to build 1 and ship me until the end of March!
On March 10 2011 13:11 JerKy wrote: If you're willing to spend that much money...might as well get a desktop? It doesn't sound very portable, and even if it were, I wouldn't be interested in just carrying something like that around x: i did consider the option having a laptop + a netbook but im an international students and my travel plan is very abnormal (currently im moving to a new place once every 3~4 months now) so it wont help. also most of the netbooks on market is low quality anyway (well i could use linux but still)
On March 10 2011 13:15 Phayze wrote: Yep I would wait a short amount of time and get a gaming laptop with a sandybridge processor. Games like SC2, bfbc2, are all very very cpu intensive and you're going to want the performance. no, my old core 2 DUO laptop run sc2 just fine in low graphic. Im into competitive so i never run anything above medium graphic in sc2. The main reason im getting a powerful one is bc im looking foward for some graphic/video related work in the future
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On March 10 2011 12:51 NB wrote:the only laptops that has sandybridges in the market right now are 2 xplorer of Cyberpower and they only have intel integrated graphic card (aka. on board)... http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Xplorer_X6-9200_Notebook/i think its better to hv an individual graphic card right? also to skyR: u mean this ASUS or the sandybridges?
The laptop is overpriced.
The new Dell XPS also has Sandybridge. There's alot of Sandybridge laptops out on the market actually... Alienware is expected to refresh their lineup soon with Sandybridge I heard.
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On March 10 2011 13:34 skyR wrote:The laptop is overpriced. The new Dell XPS also has Sandybridge. There's alot of Sandybridge laptops out on the market actually... Alienware is expected to refresh their lineup soon with Sandybridge I heard. how does dell laptop deal with the cooling for i7? the price are great as what im seeing right now. Is there a Dell shop somewhere in Ontario? I really dont wana buy stuff online =__=
edit: I mean i CANT buy stuff online...
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online is the way to go man. You can save $100-$200, especially on laptops.
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Pretty much with everyone here that says they're against HP, especially that series (dv6 series stuff) has a history of overheating from what I've heard, I've known a lot of people who turned down the HP in favor of another laptop even if its lower specs on paper.
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the battery time is pretty low, about 3 hours browsing, 1 hour gaming.
if portability is not a issue, then this laptop should be fine.
The best gaming + portability laptop that I can think of is 1700$
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SYCTOProcess?storeId=10151&catalogId=10551&langId=-1&orderItemId=120375615&mode=edit&LBomId=8198552921666304162&engrave=1
This laptop is light, extremely powerful, and long battery. (Its brand new)
Windows 7 Intel® Core™ i7-2620M processor (2.70GHz) with Turbo Boost up to 3.40GHz (sandy bridge) AMD Radeon™ 6630M GPU (1GB VRAM) (similar performance to Radeon HD 5650 according to Notebook Check) 8 GB DDR memory 500GB Hard Drive (7200rpm) Large Capacity Sheet Battery Nice Design
-the purpose of this laptop is portability and power and this laptop exceeds in this category more than any other laptop. 13.3' isn't as small as you think but it is a very good size for portability.
If you only have 1.3k to spend, then you can get it with these settings -Intel® Core™ i5-2410M processor (2.30GHz) with Turbo Boost up to 2.90GHz (sandy Bridge) (50$ more and you can get a Intel® Core™ i5 2520M processor (2.50GHz) with Turbo Boost up to 3.20GHz [add $50.00]) Windows 7 -6 GB DDR AMD Radeon™ 6470M GPU (512MB VRAM) (Plays SC2 at about 100 fps on low) -500GB Hard Drive (7200rpm) Large Capacity Sheet Battery
If you only have 1.3k to spend and you prefer performance over portability then your laptop is great. If you expect to carry your laptop around alot, you might want to look into this decision. According to me, a laptop is supposed to be portable and if I want power, I get a desktop.
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Battery life Cost Weight Not Sandy Bridge
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I don't see the reason for buying this as for SC2, you'd be better off in your wallet and performance with a desktop. For portable use, then it really isn't viable either considering the power hungry components.
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