What u think about this laptob?

by mAhla • 10 Oct 2011, 11:13 • Journals
15,6" (Full HD, Non-Glare) -
Intel Core i7 2630QM 2.0GHz(Turbo up to 2.9GHz) -
nVidia GT 540M 2GB VRAM - 6144MB DDR3 1066 (2048+4096) -
750GB SATA HDD(5400 RPM) -
DVD Super Multi -
WLAN 802.11bgn -
Win 7 Home Premium 64bit -
BT 3.0 -
2.0M camera -
6 cell (5200) battery -
USB 3.0


if I would get SSD drive to that `?
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Panda 10 Oct 2011, 12:16
You should buy Austria beAsty's laptop he has for sale...

HERE

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beAsty 10 Oct 2011, 12:19
<3
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update 10 Oct 2011, 13:05
nice laptop but quite expensive :x
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beAsty 10 Oct 2011, 13:13
nah.. 399€ is pretty cheap. Similiar laptops without the SSD go for 400-600€.. the SSD is ~180€ new. Also asked in a forum and they told me what price range that laptop is in. Will see how much I get :)
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update 10 Oct 2011, 13:15
I'm saving money to repair my gaming laptop, if I could effort the money I'd but yours but too bad I'm a poor fuck. lol
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TosspoT 10 Oct 2011, 12:24
Your battery is gonna let you down there but I guess you dont have a great deal of choice. However, throw in an SSD and you've got a beast of a laptop!
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beAsty 10 Oct 2011, 12:27
depends on what you expect from the battery.. I feel fine enough with 2 hours of battery live and thats smth he should be able to get without problems. Turning down everything for power saving + only doing some browsing/word/excel stuff should give him even more time.
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TosspoT 10 Oct 2011, 12:30
6 cell battery + Dedicated Graphics + 7200 RPM drive = -60 Minutes battery life
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beAsty 10 Oct 2011, 12:36
the Sager NP5160 has pretty much the same specs and many (user) reviews state that 2-3 hours are what you can get with its 6 cell battery.
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beAsty 10 Oct 2011, 12:30
What laptops is it, where do u buy it, how much do you pay?

be sure to check out xoticpc.com & malibal.com

they have very good offers.

For the SSD: I dont know how much money you want to spend but I would/will go for the Intel 510 120GB. If you want smth cheaper (but also slower in "real-world" situations" ) get the crucial m4.
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rsp 10 Oct 2011, 12:42
He should rather invest on a SSD equipped with the latest sandforce controller hence e.g. the OCZ Vertex 3 120 Gb costs over 70 euro less here in Finland and it's also faster.
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beAsty 10 Oct 2011, 12:45
sandforce controller = no thanks (too unreliable)

if you want some cheap but fast & reliable SSD, get the crucial m4
if you want smth even faster & much more balanced & reliable, get the intel 510
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rsp 10 Oct 2011, 12:30
What's the price?
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urtier 10 Oct 2011, 12:32
No need for the i7 unless you plan to do crazy stuff with it.
In games you won't notice any difference to an i5. So if there's a cheaper i5 version of the laptop, you could easily go for this one instead.
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Frop 10 Oct 2011, 12:33
SSD isn't worth the extra investment either right now.
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beAsty 10 Oct 2011, 12:36
and why is that?
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Frop 10 Oct 2011, 12:40
I got one myself, but I don't think the occasional performance boost (based on average use of a computer) justifies the price. It's luxury at this point in time.
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beAsty 10 Oct 2011, 12:44
Which one did you get? Following some benchmark comparisons and buying the cheapest & best benchmark score SSD won't bring you much performance in "real-world" working. And there are many SSD's which aren't any better than HDD's but have awesome benchmark results. I bought the Intel Postville X25 M G2 when it came out and starting programs / working in windows 7 was much much faster. These days there are already faster SSD's like the Intel 510 series.
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Frop 10 Oct 2011, 12:47
I have one of the newer Intel 510s. Sure, it's nice it boots really fast and that I'm the first one on the server, but like I said that's just the occasional performance boost. Unless you're CAD/CAMming, rendering or doing any other heavy multimedia bullshit 24/7 I really don't see any reasons to get one (yet). I've slapped a WD 1TB SATA-III in there too and I'm pretty confident it's fast enough for most people.
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beAsty 10 Oct 2011, 12:54
Don't have any experience with that kind of working on a SSD so I could only tell what reviews say (which is that SSD's are better than HDD'S ;D). I guess you know about the Intel SSD Toolbox. If not then you should download it. It changes some settings in windows 7 to optimize the speeds + TRIM's automatically (which gives a nice improvement again).

For me the SSD is worht it just because of how much faster windows 7 and all the programs (that I use) work & react.
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Frop 10 Oct 2011, 13:18
True enough, but the loading time of an application is only a minute percentage of the time you're actually using it. The fact that (for example) my Windows 7 boots 30 seconds faster isn't going to make much of an impact on the long run.
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beAsty 10 Oct 2011, 13:29
I don't get all this hype of the booting times anyway.. my laptop goes to sleep/hibernation mode.. and maybe gets restarted every 2-4 weeks once :S And its not just about the startup process of programs (which ofc is only a minor time amount compared to the time you use the program) but also the program itself reacts faster. And you dont just start one program. Generally I start skype,mirc,msn,firefox,thunderbird,displayfusion pro,comodo internet security, mbam pro whenever I start my laptop. Then security programs will gain a lot of performance thanks to the fast ssd. In my opinion simply everything works way faster with the SSD.. even the click on the start button or browsing the C: drive (SSD). The indexing in windows 7 is working so much faster. And I use the indexing feature every time I run/open anything (win key -> panasonic -> enter key -> panasonic-manual.pdf opens.. takes 2 seconds).

I wouldn't need a 120GB ssd.. 64 gb are enough for me (win7 + the standard programs). Everything else goes on the 750GB HDD. And 64/80 GB SSD's aren't that expensive. However, on my new laptop I will get a 120GB Intel 510 (as it is also faster than the smaller one) and then I will also put the games on it :P (which will bring a few fps compared to running it on a HDD.. but thats not really the reason why I go for the bigger one.. its just the speed).
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Frop 10 Oct 2011, 14:00
My average Steam directory is already 60-80 GB, so that's why I got the 120 GB. I run my boot and games partitions on the SSD, everything else (data storage) on the WD 1TB. Games perform great and the loading times are awesome.

I haven't run a software antivirus/firewall solution since 2006 and I'm definitely not using the Windows Search/Index bullshit (one of the first things I disable after a clean Windows 7 install), so I can't really tell much about any performance boost in those departments.
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TosspoT 10 Oct 2011, 14:01
"I'm the first one on the server"

Is there any greater prize than this?
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Frop 10 Oct 2011, 15:21
After you've bought new "gaming" hardware? Nothing compares!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUiTQvT0W_0

And in the case of Battlefield 3 it's even better because you're able to spawn directly in a jet at the start of a round (now if only the jets were actually useful).
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mAhla 10 Oct 2011, 12:36
i could get this for 1k. + ssd. And its for work :D but indeed, bad point of it is the battery :s
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beAsty 10 Oct 2011, 12:39
what kind of work? cad? random office stuff? coding?

generally for working I would get 17"
The gfx card is a bit overpowered for working only? :P
Willl you really need the 750gb or would an 120gb ssd + 250gb hdd be enough ?
You should check out some reviews of this laptop & its battery life.
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mAhla 10 Oct 2011, 13:45
its for random office work. But mostly I dont have to move it, so I can keep it in recharge. And yeah that screen is small, but we orderd external screen for it also. Hehe, maybe a bit over power tho :p But I can get this machine to home after work xD
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beAsty 10 Oct 2011, 13:46
alright nice :) which SSD did u go for?
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mAhla 10 Oct 2011, 13:52
I dont remember specific specs of it anymore, lol :D It was from Kingston :p I'll let u know later :)
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beAsty 10 Oct 2011, 13:55
Kingston HyperX? Great speed but sandforce controller which isn't that reliable yet :/
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