Is this a good Laptop ASUS X52F-EX894V

adwozere

http://www.simplyasus.com/ASUS_X52F-EX894V_1073239.html

I need a bit of advice
My wife needs a need laptop and has £300 to £350 to spend and we were looking at this one.
She uses it for word / facebook /games

Anyone in the know? what do you think please

CoolHotCold

Asus's are one of the best consumer laptops (and come with a 24 month guarentee)

UncleZen

That looks like a good price to me for the spec.
Asus = very good, I have ony myself, though not as higher spec as that one!

adwozere

CoolHotCold wrote: »

Asus's are one of the best consumer laptops (and come with a 24 month guarentee)

Only one year I think

grumpycrab

adwozere wrote: »

...She uses it for word / facebook /games...

If that's your budget then fine (good CPU) but there's also this ASUS for £280 which should be able to handle Word et al.
http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/ASUS_K52F-EX546V_1008171.html

EDIT: Or this one with a 500GB disk for £300. http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/ASUS_K52F-EX426_1008169.html

grumpycrab

Or this X52F for £300 (sorry haven't compared specs) http://www.ebuyer.com/product/253582
EDIT: only 2GB RAM. Could add 2GB for approx £20 though. Descisions, decisions...

Apart from the memory its the same laptop. You could assume the Ebuyer one has a 2GB stick in it. When you get it run the Crucial memory checker and buy either
http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=27BBF632A5CA7304
or
http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=3328FC30A5CA7304
for £15.69 (not sure about P&P)

adwozere

grumpycrab wrote: »

Or this X52F for £300 (sorry haven't compared specs) http://www.ebuyer.com/product/253582
EDIT: only 2GB RAM. Could add 2GB for approx £20 though. Descisions, decisions...

Apart from the memory its the same laptop. You could assume the Ebuyer one has a 2GB stick in it. When you get it run the Crucial memory checker and buy either
http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=27BBF632A5CA7304
or
http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=3328FC30A5CA7304
for £15.69 (not sure about P&P)

Is that the same as the one I posted to start with but it has 4GB already

grumpycrab

adwozere wrote: »

Is that the same as the one I posted to start with but it has 4GB already

Yep, same model number X52F-EX894V

adwozere

grumpycrab wrote: »

Or this X52F for £300 (sorry haven't compared specs) http://www.ebuyer.com/product/253582
EDIT: only 2GB RAM. Could add 2GB for approx £20 though. Descisions, decisions...

Apart from the memory its the same laptop. You could assume the Ebuyer one has a 2GB stick in it. When you get it run the Crucial memory checker and buy either
http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=27BBF632A5CA7304
or
http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=3328FC30A5CA7304
for £15.69 (not sure about P&P)

Thanks Im going to order this one and get the 2GB from crucial (free delivery) saves me £35

grumpycrab

adwozere wrote: »

Thanks Im going to order this one and get the 2GB from crucial (free delivery) saves me £35

I'd wait until you get the laptop before buying the memory.
1. check its only got 1 x2GB stick in it (95% sure !?)
2. you should be able to work out (Crucial memory checker or CPU-Z) will tell you what spec the current memory is (best to get exactly matching memory)