Laptop Clubhouse!

[kurosagi01]

New I went and got a republic of gamers j60jx 16'9 screen i5 430 that hits 2.577mhz lit keyboard eax sound 4 gigs ddr3 ram and 2 open slots sigle 500 gig hard drive hdmi 1080p but no blueray.Asus of coarse runs a 360 gts 1 gig gddr5. it throtles down great for stuff like this running nice and cool but when 3d kicks in the i5 and the video card step up all in win 7 64 bit smoothness.

wow that is a pretty nice specs,got any screenshot of some gameplay footage and some screenshot of the laptop itself??

 

[FreedomEclipse]

getting An Samsung R519 which is for doing course work etc on from OU course and maybe some game playing on the train.

Heres the specs:

Processor - Intel Pentium T3400 / 2.16 GHz (Dual-Core)
RAM - 3 GB DDR2 SDRAM - 800 MHz (1 x 1 GB + 1 x 2 GB)
Hard Drive - 320 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm
Screen - 15.6' TFT 1366 x 768 (WXGA)
Graphics - Intel GMA X4500

Limited gaming I might add...that X4500 wont do you any favours, even if it is the most recent chipset.

upgrade that ram to 4gb & swap out that Harddrive for something 7200rpm or a SSD if you can afford it. then it wouldnt be so bad - but as it stands...that processor on it is very old tech.

lastly Intel specs say that processor only supports 667mhz DDR2 ram so I dunno where you got the 800Mhz from so when you get the laptop - open up the panel at the bottom & have a look & see if it is 800Mhz cuz they could be rippin you off/trying to con you

.:EDIT:.

it is the T4200 processor that only supports 800Mhz DDR2

 

[strick94u]

wow that is a pretty nice specs,got any screenshot of some gameplay footage and some screenshot of the laptop itself??

soon I just got the junk off of it have not even put office on it yet'

 

[Cuzza]

Hey there you hardcore laptop layabouts.

After 2 months without a battery in my notebook I finally got sick of keeping it plugged in (kinda defies the purpose huh), so thanks to ebay, some dodgy battery dealer in Singapore and NZ$76 I'm back in full portable mode and it feels great.

Also, considering an upgrade to an Intel X25-V SSD. Just built a desktop for a mate and put one in that and Jebus did that thing scoot along! My current SSD was a great upgrade but that Intel one blows it away, and it's the slowest SSD Intel makes! OMG I can't imagine how good their good ones must be. Only issue is the X25-V is just 40gb, currently I'm using 38 of my 64 so that will be a very tight sqeeze... any thoughts?

 

[kurosagi01]

well if your going store lots of music or files or games to the 40GB then i wouldn't reconmend it,but if your just storing normal files and using it as an OS only then why not.

 

[Cuzza]

True, well maybe i need a new desktop anyway... good excuse to get one, and can use lappy just for work stuff tht doesn't need much space. Although rather than spend all that money maybe i could just buy a bigger SSD. decisions.....

 

[scoutingwraith]

Possibility of Joining in?

Have two laptops.

15.4 inch
Acer Aspire 5672
C2D T7200
ATI X1600
4GB
500GB
Win 7 x64
Battery: ~3.5 hours

11.6 inch
Alienware m11x
C2D SU7300
NV GT335 / Intel 4
2GB
320GB
Win 7 x64
Battery: ~7.5 hours

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Is there enough laptop members on TPU that might need LCDs and motherboards?

yes - the 14.1" screen on my laptop died over 3years ago. never got it replaced because the whole process would cost more then £100 if i was to fit a brand new screen - even on ebay prices for new screens aint cheap. I was quoted £80+ for a brandnew 14.1 'X-black' screen, that plus the £20 labour to have the thing installed...I could do it myself but im scared shitless if i break or accidently cut through something i shouldnt of & I no longer have the gentle hands of a surgeon.

 

[_JP_]

Room for one more?

Here's my laptop:

Notebook: TOSHIBA Satellite A300-1M1
Brand: TOSHIBA
Specs: Intel C2D P8400 2.2GHz, 4GB RAM 800MHz, 250GB Fujitsu (The original was WD, but died), ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470
15.4" screen 1280x800, Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit (SP1)
battery 2.5hrs; weight 2.72kg
Accessories: Genuis SlimStar 310 Multimedia Keyboard; Logitech V220 Wireless Mouse; Cheap mousepad.

My other laptop:

Notebook: HP Pavilion dv6625ep Entertainment Notebook PC
Brand: hp
Specs: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-58 1.9GHz (Soon to be: TL-66 2.3GHz), 2GB RAM 667MHz (Soon to be 4GB 800MHz), 160GB Hitachi (Soon to be 250GB), nVidia GeForce 8400M GS
15.4" screen 1280x800, Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit (SP2)
battery 2.3hrs, weight 2.8kg
Accessories: A4Tech X7 XL-750BF, Microsoft USB keyboard, Cheap mousepad

I currently use the Toshiba for everything. The HP is on Standby because it needs to be upgraded.

Games I play on the Toshiba:
TrackMania United Forever (Medium Settings)
BF 1942, Vietnam, 2 (Maxed, Maxed, Medium)
Empire Earth + expansion (Maxed)
Test Drive Unlimited (Low)
Fallout 3 (Medium)
Euro Truck Simulator (Medium)
Rally Trophy (Medium-High)
Serious Sam 1st/2nd Encounter (Both maxed)

The HP also played this games, but one notch down, except for Fallout & TDU that was too much for the overheating 8400.

 

[kurosagi01]

Room for one more?

Here's my laptop:

Notebook: TOSHIBA Satellite A300-1M1
Brand: TOSHIBA
Specs: Intel C2D P8400 2.2GHz, 4GB RAM 800MHz, 250GB Fujitsu (The original was WD, but died), ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470
15.4" screen 1280x800, Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit (SP1)
battery 2.5hrs; weight 2.72kg
Accessories: Genuis SlimStar 310 Multimedia Keyboard; Logitech V220 Wireless Mouse; Cheap mousepad.

My other laptop:

Notebook: HP Pavilion dv6625ep Entertainment Notebook PC
Brand: hp
Specs: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-58 1.9GHz (Soon to be: TL-66 2.3GHz), 2GB RAM 667MHz (Soon to be 4GB 800MHz), 160GB Hitachi (Soon to be 250GB), nVidia GeForce 8400M GS
15.4" screen 1280x800, Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit (SP2)
battery 2.3hrs, weight 2.8kg
Accessories: A4Tech X7 XL-750BF, Microsoft USB keyboard, Cheap mousepad

I currently use the Toshiba for everything. The HP is on Standby because it needs to be upgraded.

Games I play on the Toshiba:
TrackMania United Forever (Medium Settings)
BF 1942, Vietnam, 2 (Maxed, Maxed, Medium)
Empire Earth + expansion (Maxed)
Test Drive Unlimited (Low)
Fallout 3 (Medium)
Euro Truck Simulator (Medium)
Rally Trophy (Medium-High)
Serious Sam 1st/2nd Encounter (Both maxed)

The HP also played this games, but one notch down, except for Fallout & TDU that was too much for the overheating 8400.

Sure have got room for more members damn thats pretty good for a laptop.

 

[(FIH) The Don]

i will be ordering this Lenovo within the next 2 weeks or so.
G560

the price is decent for a lappie here with those specs and being a lenovo i count on the quality.
its not gonne be used for gaming, mainly for studying as i start in school again in August.

and in August imma order a set of this linky and a used gtx-260/5850 or similar

 

[_JP_]

Thank you kurosagi.

OMG! That PCIe adapter is AWESOME!
Thank you so much of the link Don!

I have to get one of these myself!

And very good choice on the lenovo! For a non-gaming laptop, it's a high end setup right there.
Those laptops can rarely preform in gaming, but on the other hand it's like getting a russian WW2 tank!
Unless you shoot a bazooka at it, it'll always work... (and even if you do shoot a bazooka at it, it'll take 4 shots until it's dead)
That's why I love those damn laptops...I used to have a IBM ThinkPad myself.

EDIT: That little adapter is just what the HP needs (and the A300 ). I would pair it with a GTS 250, since I see there are bandwidth issues when converting PCIe to ExpressCard (as expected). Seems like mid-range cards work better with that than high-end. I wonder if SLI is supported in the chipset...hmm...

 

[kurosagi01]

That Lenovo looks really good and the specs are pretty good,it be able to play some basic and fun games like left 4 dead,games which doesn't require a lot of graphics.
It could easily run COD on medium maybe aswell.

 

[A Cheese Danish]

i will be ordering this Lenovo within the next 2 weeks or so.
G560

the price is decent for a lappie here with those specs and being a lenovo i count on the quality.
its not gonne be used for gaming, mainly for studying as i start in school again in August.

and in August imma order a set of this linky and a used gtx-260/5850 or similar

Sweetness! Glad to see someone is getting a Lenovo Great laptops!
I use my Lenovo for school and it's perfect.

I'm about to get a MacBook Air. Probably going to sell it though.

 

[(FIH) The Don]

Thank you kurosagi.

OMG! That PCIe adapter is AWESOME!
Thank you so much of the link Don!

I have to get one of these myself!

And very good choice on the lenovo! For a non-gaming laptop, it's a high end setup right there.
Those laptops can rarely preform in gaming, but on the other hand it's like getting a russian WW2 tank!
Unless you shoot a bazooka at it, it'll always work... (and even if you do shoot a bazooka at it, it'll take 4 shots until it's dead)
That's why I love those damn laptops...I used to have a IBM ThinkPad myself.

EDIT: That little adapter is just what the HP needs (and the A300 ). I would pair it with a GTS 250, since I see there are bandwidth issues when converting PCIe to ExpressCard (as expected). Seems like mid-range cards work better with that than high-end. I wonder if SLI is supported in the chipset...hmm...

haha i know what you mean, ive had older t43's and t61's, and i mean, you can sit an poor a cup of coffee in it, flip it, let it dry for some hours, and its up and running again,
and since its mainly for studying, and stuff like that then its perfect with that wannabee QC in it, cant wait to see how that i5 performs in a lappie

yeah the adapter thingie looks awesome, but as you say its limited in bandwith, so i wont go higher than a used gtx-260/5770, but it will still be better than the onboard

That Lenovo looks really good and the specs are pretty good,it be able to play some basic and fun games like left 4 dead,games which doesn't require a lot of graphics.
It could easily run COD on medium maybe aswell.

as i said above, its mainly the stability and toughness of previous IBM/lenovos that made me choose it, i would have gotten the Thinkpad edge if they had put a decent gfx in it, but nononono, Intel gfx is goood, NOT!

Sweetness! Glad to see someone is getting a Lenovo Great laptops!
I use my Lenovo for school and it's perfect.

I'm about to get a MacBook Air. Probably going to sell it though.

those Airbooks are sweet, i would just be scared shitless if it was mine thinking about breaking the damn thing every time i lifted it haha

 

[(FIH) The Don]

gawd, i just fell in love

http://www.komplett.dk/k/ki.aspx?sku=597129

look at this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G36MiwZNWVA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGExHM0yr_Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlNd3I-6TcM
VERY nice imo

what a freakin nice lappy, its perfect for me,

 

[kurosagi01]

gawd, i just fell in love

http://www.komplett.dk/k/ki.aspx?sku=597129

look at this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G36MiwZNWVA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGExHM0yr_Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlNd3I-6TcM
VERY nice imo

what a freakin nice lappy, its perfect for me,

For an ACER laptop that looks quite good.

 

[(FIH) The Don]

yeah i know its acer, but they gotten ALOT better from like 2 years ago imo

and besides, its got alot of aluminium, an i5, a 5650, 13.3", 4gbmem and 320gb hd,

so in august i will have enough money to get a decent ssd for it

and idc if it doesnt have a dvd drive, i have some external homemade thingie

 

[Tartaros]

A laptop clubhouse xD I would like to participate in it, I have been with laptops some years now.

Brand: Asus
Model: N61Vn
Screen: 16" led
CPU: Core 2 Quad Q9000
Ram: 4gb ddr3 1066mhz
GPU: Geforce GT240M 1gb
HDD: 500gb WD
OS: Win7 home premium x64, fedora 13 x64, want to try hackintosh

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=8Hn0sCCBl2mPbhiE

My actual one. I use it mainly for support system when I repair computers at my friends house, replacement of the big one if it is screwed, or playing when I go to uk to see my parents. Can play all of my games at max (haven't tried crysis though xD)

Former laptop

Brand: HP
Model: Compaq NC8000
Screen: 15,4"
CPU: Pentium M 1,5ghz -> Pentium M 755 2Ghz
Ram: 512mb ddr 400mhz -> 2gb
OS: WinXP, ubuntu, fedora, mandriva... I tried almost everything xD
HDD: 40gb fujitsu ide -> 120gb fujitsu
GPU: ati mobility 9600pro 64 mb (could run hl2 at medium smoothly )

I played mostly world of warcraft, warcraft 3, dawn of war, counter strike source, heroes of might and magic from 2 to 5, diablo 2..

I sold it some months ago. Has lasted 6 years and still rocks

Former of former laptop

Brand: Fujitsu
Model: don't remember xD
Screen: 15,4"
CPU: Pentium mmx 166mhz
Ram: 32 mb
HDD: 2gb
OS: Win98 SE
GPU: Trident trio v2 1,5mb (no 3d acceleration, but could run hl1 in software mode in a very tiny unscaled screen )

My very first computer, my uncle gave me as a present. With this one I began to like computers and make my first discovers about computing, some really interesting things like what happens if you disable graphic adapter in hardware admisitrator xD. I spent countless hours playing heroes of might and magic 2 and 3, starcraft, doom, monkey island saga, warcraft 2...

I still have have it and still works, though screen is broken and battery dried years ago. Maybe someday I'll put it in order and use it for very old games. For what I saw in a stickier below it, it was made on 1997, so that makes 13 years for this little grandpa xD

 

[kurosagi01]

A laptop clubhouse xD I would like to participate in it, I have been with laptops some years now.

Brand: Asus
Model: N61Vn
Screen: 16" led
CPU: Core 2 Quad Q9000
Ram: 4gb ddr3 1066mhz
GPU: Geforce GT240M 1gb
HDD: 500gb WD
OS: Win7 home premium x64, fedora 13 x64, want to try hackintosh

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=8Hn0sCCBl2mPbhiE

My actual one. I use it mainly for support system when I repair computers at my friends house, replacement of the big one if it is screwed, or playing when I go to uk to see my parents. Can play all of my games at max (haven't tried crysis though xD)

Former laptop

Brand: HP
Model: Compaq NC8000
Screen: 15,4"
CPU: Pentium M 1,5ghz -> Pentium M 755 2Ghz
Ram: 512mb ddr 400mhz -> 2gb
OS: WinXP, ubuntu, fedora, mandriva... I tried almost everything xD
HDD: 40gb fujitsu ide -> 120gb fujitsu
GPU: ati mobility 9600pro 64 mb (could run hl2 at medium smoothly )

I played mostly world of warcraft, warcraft 3, dawn of war, counter strike source, heroes of might and magic from 2 to 5, diablo 2..

I sold it some months ago. Has lasted 6 years and still rocks

Former of former laptop

Brand: Fujitsu
Model: don't remember xD
Screen: 15,4"
CPU: Pentium mmx 166mhz
Ram: 32 mb
HDD: 2gb
OS: Win98 SE
GPU: Trident trio v2 1,5mb (no 3d acceleration, but could run hl1 in software mode in a very tiny unscaled screen )

My very first computer, my uncle gave me as a present. With this one I began to like computers and make my first discovers about computing, some really interesting things like what happens if you disable graphic adapter in hardware admisitrator xD. I spent countless hours playing heroes of might and magic 2 and 3, starcraft, doom, monkey island saga, warcraft 2...

I still have have it and still works, though screen is broken and battery dried years ago. Maybe someday I'll put it in order and use it for very old games. For what I saw in a stickier below it, it was made on 1997, so that makes 13 years for this little grandpa xD

Damn thats a lot of laptop but your in dude

Well anyways can someone help me look for a laptop at price range of £550 max including VAT,my brothers laptop just died of having white screen each time he tries to turn it on,won't go into bios either so might be calling its quits.
Well anyways the type of laptop he needs is a 15-15.6" laptop size with decent enough performance to play games like Left 4 dead 2 at good settings.

 

[(FIH) The Don]

i have no idea what places are good in the uk

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/156-...13GHz-4GB-DDR3-1066MHz-320GB-HDD-Windows-7-HP

i know its over the budget http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5740G_Laptop_LX.PMB02.001/version.asp

 

[Tartaros]

Damn thats a lot of laptop but your in dude

yeah xD also i have right now also a sony core 2 based laptop a friend found in the bin with no cpu, ram or whatsoever. Someday i'll try to fix and add it to my list

 

[_JP_]

I bet you're now thinking twice about that Lenovo, right Don?
That's a kickarse Acer laptop. Can't seem to find that one here to see if the price is alright, but by direct conversion it seems a little expensive, at least for my wallet (872€).
Have you checked if the GPU is an MXM type?
Acer has been using MXM for a while, but I don't know if they use it for smaller screen models, below 15.4''. It would be a neat future, if not only for future-proof reasons.
All-in-all very good laptop for an Acer.

Kurosagi, I don't know about prices in the UK, but here for that price (converted to euro, ofc) the best bang for buck is the Toshiba L500/L500D and the L550 laptops. They come with decent hardware for the price, some of them can be compared to my A300 (expect for the CPU that is always slower), and if you can get passed how they look, they seem very robust to me.

P.S.: I found the most expensive laptop in the World!! Here!. (It's in Portuguese, but it's the price that matters, not the rest I guess) I know it's a typo, but I really went when I saw it in the list.

 

[(FIH) The Don]

more about the acer http://www.acer.dk/acer/product.do?...8e.c2att101=-1&CRC=2759084358#wrAjaxHistory=0

but yes it IS expensive, but i have a 1000€ limit, and for under 1000€ that seems to be the best i can get, i could get better, but then they grow VERy much in size imo, over 15", and i dont want that

i have a few requirements for the new laptop,
i5
4gb mem
hd, dont matter
gfx, just something decent that can play mw1-2, l4d+2
under 15.6"
under 3kg
black'ish color
MUST be bought in Denmark, no outside companys for me, that mainly due to RMA'ing time etc
so the acer is pretty much perfect for me, and i dont want a macbook i hate'em
i havent checked what type it is, but isnt there only 1 type of 5650 ?

 

[_JP_]

I've only seen the MXM type for sale (of the HD 5000 series), but I know some manufacturers (HP, Toshiba and Sony for example) use their own versions of the GPU and solder it to the board, to reduce space and simplify the cooling.
I'm wondering, since it that is a small laptop, if that's the case.

I would be quite a feat, though, to be able to fit a MXM into such a small and cramped laptop.