asus G73SW-A1 i7-2630QM 8GB 1TB SSD

silverback · 12 May 2011 at 12:33

For £1449 delivered. Worth it ??

At the moment ive got a dell 15.6in screen i7 720 with 320gb 5400rpm drive+ newly upgraded gskill 8gb ram, yet still slow when converting video formats(wv-avi) and other stuff.
So I'm looking for new faster laptop or fast small desktop setup to go next to couch i living room.

Note,
I dont play games on it.

ninja2000 · 12 May 2011 at 13:47

Thats a great price for the laptop but why spend that much if you dont game?
You can get a much cheaper SB laptop with better battery and more portable for much less

area512003 · 12 May 2011 at 14:24

ninja2000 said:
Thats a great price for the laptop but why spend that much if you dont game?
You can get a much cheaper SB laptop with better battery and more portable for much less

+1

silverback · 12 May 2011 at 15:09

True guys.

What can you recommend?

I would like atleast
1x sd/hd 500gb xt highbrid and 8gb ram,
17 in screen and backlit keyboard,
hdmi output that actually works (unlike my dells hdmi output),
usb 3

Also,
Is it possible to have a fast, quite and cool running mini tower setup?

sja360 · 12 May 2011 at 15:26

its far cheaper to try to put together a small desktop setup for what your needing. you could get a 6 core phenom 2 for cheap plus a m-atx board, graphics could be integrated and away you go. probably costs you under £500 instead of buying a laptop, also laptop cpu's aren't as fast as desktop. i mean if you had a 2ghz mobile cpu and a 2ghz desktop cpu, the desktop generally is faster as it doesnt require as much power saving.

ninja2000 · 12 May 2011 at 15:45

I have an ITX lan rig which consists of:

SG05 ITX case (tiny, easy to work on and quiet)
Foxconn H67S SB ITX motherboard
Intel 2400 quad core SB CPU
ATI 5850 (OCUK special offer £107 card)
120gb SSD
4gb ram

The system cost me less than £500, quiet enough to leave it on a desk beside me and powerful enough to encode movies in no time or play some hardcore games.
You could build something similar and drop the GPU if you dont game

sja360 · 12 May 2011 at 21:38

exactly the idea i thought he should go with. really nice setup btw ninja

silverback · 12 May 2011 at 22:42

ninja2000 said:
I have an ITX lan rig which consists of:

SG05 ITX case (tiny, easy to work on and quiet)
Foxconn H67S SB ITX motherboard
Intel 2400 quad core SB CPU
ATI 5850 (OCUK special offer £107 card)
120gb SSD
4gb ram

The system cost me less than £500, quiet enough to leave it on a desk beside me and powerful enough to encode movies in no time or play some hardcore games.
You could build something similar and drop the GPU if you dont game

Interesting.
Thanks for the advice guys.