Acer 5750 for £379

[RoboCod]

Looking for a replacement laptop for the GF and a certain highstreet is advertising this spec for just £379

Brand: ACER
Screen Size (inch): 15.6
Memory (RAM): 5 GB
Storage (hard drive): 750 GB
Processor: Intel Core i3
Processor Number: 370M
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

Am I likely to find anything even near as competitive at that price? I know some people say beware of Acer but I believe their build quality has imporved of recent.

 

[Davefran]

There are some with the Processor Number: I3-2310, which would be a better bet.
Or a Samsung with an Intel® Core™ i3-2330M processor at another store.

 

[RoboCod]

Thanks I'll look into it. How does the 380m compare to the 2310/2330? I'm completely out of the loop seeing as I havent purchased any hardware in a few years :\

 

[fendi]

What is the graphics card?

 

[RoboCod]

What is the graphics card?

It doesn't state so I assume on board :\

 

[fendi]

It doesn't state so I assume on board :\

One site shows it having this "Intel® HD Graphics 3000 integrated GPU". Some reviews say it does a good job with HD video, but not gaming (which I guess is pretty obvious). So unless she is wanting to crank up BF3 to high I guess it'll do the job. And the laptop has some positive reviews out so the price looks ok.

 

[Davefran]

Thanks I'll look into it. How does the 380m compare to the 2310/2330? I'm completely out of the loop seeing as I havent purchased any hardware in a few years :\

According to Passmark

Intel Core i3 370M @ 2.40GHz
Average CPU Mark 2220
CPU First Benchmarked: 2010-07-27
Overall Rank: 349


Intel Core i3 380M @ 2.53GHz
Average CPU Mark 2317
CPU First Benchmarked: 2010-11-07
Overall Rank: 332

Intel Core i3-2310M @ 2.10GHz
Average CPU Mark 2621
CPU First Benchmarked: 2011-03-25
Overall Rank: 293

Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.20GHz
Average CPU Mark 2765
CPU First Benchmarked: 2011-08-01
Overall Rank: 272