Acer Laptops :are they crap ?

Polaris573 · Mar 12, 2009

Back on topic please. Enough of the ridiculous flaming and petty bickering.

Mr.Amateur · Mar 12, 2009

Thank you for saying what needs to be said Polaris

I personally have an Acer Tuba, and the first month I had it, well the thing completely died on me

Had to send it back to best buy (thank goodness I got it for free in a raffle), waited some 2 weeks, and everything was dandy; they updated the bios....

I always thought of acer as low quality, but the tuba is a centrino 2...

This extensa (za) looks like it's worth the money- really nice features like an sd card reader and stereo (kinda junk there..) But all in all, get it if it fits what you need in a non-benchmarking/gaming laptop.

gayan · Mar 13, 2009

Polaris573 said:
Back on topic please. Enough of the ridiculous flaming and petty bickering.

gayan · Jul 5, 2009

Thank you all for the Replies.. Finally I bought a Compaq Presario CQ60-203TX laptop, and I threw in another 2GB ram so now 3GB all together..

Specs:
T3400 @ 2.16GHz
PM45 Chipset
Unknown (to me.. lol) mobo : Wistron
3GB DDR2 667
GeForce 9200M GE 256DDR2 dedicted
250GB Seagate Momentus. 5400RPM, 8MB cache
16" 1366x768 Display

Everything is OK except HDD temps.. it tops at around 53C.. is that a big deal for a laptop HDD ?

h3llb3nd4 · Jul 5, 2009

gayan said:
Thank you all for the Replies.. Finally I bought a Compaq Presario CQ60-203TX laptop, and I threw in another 2GB ram so now 3GB all together..

Specs:
T3400 @ 2.16GHz
PM45 Chipset
Unknown (to me.. lol) mobo : Wistron
3GB DDR2 667
GeForce 9200M GE 256DDR2 dedicted
250GB Seagate Momentus. 5400RPM, 8MB cache
16" 1366x768 Display

Everything is OK except HDD temps.. it tops at around 53C.. is that a big deal for a laptop HDD ?

thats quite high!! you should invest in a ssd
i think the hdd has a increased death rate at that temp.

gayan · Jul 5, 2009

h3llb3nd4 said:
thats quite high!! you should invest in a ssd
i think the hdd has a increased death rate at that temp.

I even have the HDD ventilation grills unblocked all the time,, but... even the CPU/Chipset/Idle GPU doesn't heat up this much.. any solution other than an SSD ?
Thanks in advance

P.S: My Lappy is dead silent.. can't hear the noise even from 2 Feets away

FordGT90Concept · Jul 5, 2009

The only brand of laptops I trust are Systemax. They are generally more expensive for the hardware you get but they contain zero bloat, an OS CD to install the OS again if need be, and the support site only gives you content specific to your machine (down to the hardware) so no hunting for specifications.

I've worked on Lenovos, Dells, HPs, Gateways, Compaqs, and Toshibas--all have left me dissatisfied with the erase/install routine and/or in the bloat department.

Processor	LGA 775 Intel Q9550 2.8 Ghz
Motherboard	MSI P7N Diamond - 780i Chipset
Cooling	Arctic Freezer
Memory	6GB G.Skill DDRII 800 4-4-3-5
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD 7850 2 GB PCI-E
Storage	1 TB Seagate 32MB Cache, 250 GB Seagate 16MB Cache
Display(s)	Acer X203w
Case	Coolermaster Centurion 5
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music
Power Supply	OCZ StealthXStream 600 Watt
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64

System Name	Pretty Colors
Processor	Q9650 @ 4140 mhz
Motherboard	Gigabyte ep45-ud3p rev. 1.1 f9 bios
Cooling	Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme Black Edition
Memory	2x2gb OCZ Reapers pc2-1066
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Vapor X 5870 Rev. 2
Storage	Seagate 1500GB 7200 rpm
Display(s)	LG HDTV monitor 23" 1920x1080
Case	Coolermaster HAF 932
Audio Device(s)	Steelseries Siberia USB soundcard
Power Supply	OCZ ModXStream 700w
Software	W7 Ultimate x64
Benchmark Scores	I overclocked, that's achievement enough :D beat crysis.

System Name	Saviour
Processor	E6750 @ 3.2GHZ (400FSB x8)
Motherboard	Foxconn G33M
Cooling	Stock
Memory	4GB KVR667 @ 960MHz-5-6-6-15 ,1.85V
Video Card(s)	EVGA 9800GT : Core@695 Mem@1900
Storage	Samsung HD250HJ
Display(s)	Samsung Syncmaster 943NWX
Case	Foxconn TSAA 677
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC888 built-in
Power Supply	CodeGen 500W (Generic) 18A+16A on 12V rails

System Name	Saviour
Processor	E6750 @ 3.2GHZ (400FSB x8)
Motherboard	Foxconn G33M
Cooling	Stock
Memory	4GB KVR667 @ 960MHz-5-6-6-15 ,1.85V
Video Card(s)	EVGA 9800GT : Core@695 Mem@1900
Storage	Samsung HD250HJ
Display(s)	Samsung Syncmaster 943NWX
Case	Foxconn TSAA 677
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC888 built-in
Power Supply	CodeGen 500W (Generic) 18A+16A on 12V rails

System Name	My mobo is Laughing at me
Processor	E7400
Motherboard	P5KPL-E Bios flashed to 0601 (Piece of poo!!)
Cooling	Thermalright Ultra 120a
Memory	GENERIC 2 GB DDR2 800
Video Card(s)	NONE!! Beat that!!
Storage	500GB SAMSUNG SATAII, 250GB SAMSUNG SATAII and o'l crappy 4gb maxtor
Display(s)	ACER X223W Q
Case	AEROCOOL ZERODEGREE (planning to mod)
Audio Device(s)	REALTEK ONBOARD
Power Supply	GIGABYTE 460W
Software	Win 7 x86 build 7022
Benchmark Scores	Super Pi 1m 17.000 :(

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System Name	BY-2021
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (65w eco profile)
Motherboard	MSI B550 Gaming Plus
Cooling	Scythe Mugen (rev 5)
Memory	2 x Kingston HyperX DDR4-3200 32 GiB
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro, Seagate Exos X20 TB 7200 RPM
Display(s)	Nixeus NX-EDG274K (3840x2160@144 DP) + Samsung SyncMaster 906BW (1440x900@60 HDMI-DVI)
Case	Coolermaster HAF 932 w/ USB 3.0 5.25" bay + USB 3.2 (A+C) 3.5" bay
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC1150, Micca OriGen+
Power Supply	Enermax Platimax 850w
Mouse	Nixeus REVEL-X
Keyboard	Tesoro Excalibur
Software	Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	Faster than the tortoise; slower than the hare.