Sub-£350 powerful laptops discussion

grumpycrab

QUICK. Pink or red ASUS i3-2310 for £332 (or less) PLUS 3 year warranty for £22 from OYYY
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/asus-a53e-sx329s-i3-2310m-sandybridge-4gb-500gb-red-blue-from-pcwold-332-99-322/1004650/

Red -> http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/asus-a53e-sx331s-15-6-laptop-red-10794857-pdt.html
Pink -> http://www.hotukdeals.com/visit?hukdm=6&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.currys.co.uk%2Fgbuk%2Fasus-a53esx296-15-6-laptop-pink-10849377-pdt.html

Use code LAPDESK5 for 5% off.

JDPower

grizzly1911 wrote: »

They are pretty much the same in terms of processor performance

Hate to disagree but I don't think they are, the 2nd gen i5 in the second is significantly better (though both will serve the posters needs)

EDIT: Just looked them up on CPU Benchmark and the AMD Phenom II X4 N930 scores 2447, the i5-2410M scores 3356. That's a significant difference IMO

Milly13

re "packard bell, TK87-GU-019 15.6" Laptop £329.00..."

Grizzly1911 - thanks for your response.

I think i'll keep looking,

Milly

InDebted2U_2

grumpycrab wrote: »

QUICK. Pink or red ASUS i3-2310 for £332 (or less) PLUS 3 year warranty for £22 from OYYY
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/asus-a53e-sx329s-i3-2310m-sandybridge-4gb-500gb-red-blue-from-pcwold-332-99-322/1004650/

Red -> http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/asus-a53e-sx331s-15-6-laptop-red-10794857-pdt.html
Pink -> http://www.hotukdeals.com/visit?hukdm=6&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.currys.co.uk%2Fgbuk%2Fasus-a53esx296-15-6-laptop-pink-10849377-pdt.html

Use code LAPDESK5 for 5% off.

This looks like a good deal for an Asus. Quite tempted myself but the fact it's already sporting it's maximum 4Gb RAM is a downer. Bit surprised it isn't expandable.

familyman1_2

Hi my daughter is after a laptop for uni, she will be doing business management so will need to do lots of presentations etc. As well as the usual facebook etc. This looked like a good deal for the spec can anyone shed any knowledge on this brand and whether it is a good deal.
Many thanks

ASUS X53E-SX399V15.6" LAPTOP

1Questions & 1Answers

• Screen size: 15.6 inches
• Storage (hard drive): 320 GB
• Memory (RAM): 3 GB
• Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium
• Processor: Intel Core i5
• £399

grumpycrab

familyman1 wrote: »

Hi my daughter is after a laptop for uni,...
ASUS X53E-SX399V15.6" LAPTOP

Why don't people at least scan the last page of suggestions? (Sorry).
Above you will see two bargain ASUS X53E laptops with a fantastic spec around £322. Unless your daughter dislikes red or pink?

familyman1_2

grumpycrab wrote: »

Why don't people at least scan the last page of suggestions? (Sorry).
Above you will see two bargain ASUS X53E laptops with a fantastic spec around £322. Unless your daughter dislikes red or pink?

I did read the posts but am unsure whether an i5 with 3gb is better than an i3 with 4gb for £70 extra. Sorry if I was not very clear.

grumpycrab

familyman1 wrote: »

I did read the posts but am unsure whether an i5 with 3gb is better than an i3 with 4gb for £70 extra. Sorry if I was not very clear.

No problem. Just comparing oomph, the i5 has a CPU benchmark of 3355 (higher is better).
The i3 has a score of 2550. So theoretically the i5 is 30% faster.
But the i3 laptop has more memory and has a bigger disk. I think the i3 will be good enough for presentations and facebook.
I strongly recommend an extended warranty of 3 years. e.g.
http://www.oyyy.co.uk/product.php/141710/asus-extended-laptop-2-year-warranty-3-years-in-total--?utm_source=affwin&utm_medium=aff&utm_campaign=General&awc=3136_1314630243_eb48e68ebb4b67e7501852de1f87497d&jssCart=f4f779bf00acc88a3d2ca5db141aa36

EDIT: the red one is still available (£322 for i3-2310M with 4GB memory and 500GB disk et al)

NEH

Ok I've looked through the last pages and tried the ones in John Lewis and the Sainsburys one all out of stock...

I have to buy a laptop by this evening, which will be used for some business use (word, Sage and excel) internet use and photos etc... 15.6 inch screen would be good as i find 17 inch too heavy.

Ideally we would like to get it under £350, absolute max £400. I'm not keen on the pink or red asus one.

I've had a Dell Laptop for the last 3 years and it's been a nightmare laptop and is now on it's second battery needing a 3rd so i know there is no hope of making my old one go faster or trying to get another new battery as frankly the thing is falling apart all over the shop and i'm surprised i've made it last this long! Though i think that's thanks to a four plug and sellotape! :rotfl:

Any suggestions?

cestlavie

poo! jlp have raised that tosh c660-21 price now so it's £399.