Computer advice

by YourMother • 15 Oct 2011, 19:51 • Journals
Hi crossies,
I'd like to buy a new cheap (~700$) desktop or laptop. Need it for editing HD videos, school and maybe casual gaming (ET :D).

I found ASUS K53SV-SX786:
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Has ok CPU (Intel Core i5 2410M Sandy Bridge) and enough RAM but graphic card is pretty shit (NVIDIA GeForce GT540M 2GB). All for 800$.

Any suggestion? Any better/cheaper computer?
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OfficerCohen 15 Oct 2011, 20:55
buy a mac
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YourMother 15 Oct 2011, 20:57
I hate mac :<
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OfficerCohen 15 Oct 2011, 20:58
AND HE HATE YOU!!!
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YourMother 15 Oct 2011, 21:01
That's ok. I have Linux on my side :D
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OfficerCohen 15 Oct 2011, 21:02
cheater :A:SD:A:D::A:SD:A:S:A:SD
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AlienWare 15 Oct 2011, 20:57
540M isnt shit

dont get ATI for laptop
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YourMother 15 Oct 2011, 20:59
Yea, isn't that bad but 2GB for this card is a bit useless and pretty much waste of money.
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FiLuS 15 Oct 2011, 21:57
if you are going to edit HD footage then you will welcome every extra mb of video memory. Anyway, if you are planning to conviniently work with HD video on daily basis, have fun on that with laptop. I am not sure what exactly you need to do in school, but if you dont have to carry laptop to school every day, desktop would be smarter choice for you considering you want to edit video and play games.
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laNgo 15 Oct 2011, 21:03
stop talking shit

1st ATI = AMD
2nd lowbudget/midbudget AMDm GPUs are obviously better than lows*** Nvidia

maybe Nvidia is only a bit better at highend section..

:)
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AlienWare 16 Oct 2011, 10:06
nVidia owns ATI all most in evry test ?

had Ati 6990m at my laptop and changed it to nvidia 460m cause 6990m SUCKS hard + ati sucks
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fuckthegovernment 16 Oct 2011, 12:08
Ignore him, he is known for telling he has this and that while in the reality he browse cf from a cybercafé cus he can't afford a pc and an internet connection.
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FoaMeA 15 Oct 2011, 21:10
I got the same laptop and I must tell you that there's a little problem at it. The GT540M has some bugs at installing and it won't work at first. I had a lot of trouble at making the dedicated card working.

Overall, the laptop is very awesome!!! I, myself, like it. ;)
And it's pretty good for gayming and all the stuff you said above.
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laNgo 15 Oct 2011, 21:17
if you alrdy have a decent screen and keyboard/mouse stuff i would better buy a pc if you need it for graphics and video editing ;)

if you can build a pc by your own i would suggest something like this (sry german site/price, dont know the prices at czechia?!):

http://compare.eu/580328
http://compare.eu/642673
http://compare.eu/563816
http://compare.eu/620932
http://compare.eu/601652
http://compare.eu/610611
http://compare.eu/534860
http://compare.eu/434592
http://compare.eu/584944

this is a decent setup for around 700€ !
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YourMother 15 Oct 2011, 21:24
Well I don't want to build my own pc since one of my friend had hard time to download and set all drivers and stuff. But thx for advice (:
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Thomm 15 Oct 2011, 21:26
I guess you get w7 for your OS, so drivers need just update (not everytime) since they are installed automatically.
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laNgo 15 Oct 2011, 21:26
he must be a lowbob ;]
but nvm not everyone is able to handle this :)
if you want my advice for a laptop/manufactured pc system -> just tell me :D
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laNgo 15 Oct 2011, 21:39
http://geizhals.at/deutschland/675900 this for example much more better than the asus laptop
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YourMother 15 Oct 2011, 22:54
looks good, will consider :)
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Thomm 15 Oct 2011, 21:24
+1 for that.

If you need a good computer, get a PC, not a laptop. Everything gets overpriced and you are normally using it at home / office, not carrying it around the coffee-stores anyway. Minibook / phone will handle the mobility, leave the rest of the stuff to PC.
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ipod 15 Oct 2011, 21:45
Ask my mother.
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Kenzi 15 Oct 2011, 21:51
mp3?
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ipod 15 Oct 2011, 22:29
No you fucking imbecile! Steve Jobs's wife!
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Kenzi 15 Oct 2011, 22:32
Nerds have no wifes, don't lie lol
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Hampuusi 15 Oct 2011, 21:53
heres and advise... dont.
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