Asus A53Z-NS61 Quad Core Laptop: A6-3420M 1.5GHz, 3GB DDR3, 320GB HDD, 15.6" 1366x768 LED, Radeon HD 6520G, USB 3.0, 6 Cell, Win 7 Prem $360 + Free Shipping

how much is it total for it to be shipped to california?

Use K10Stat to overclock and undervolt these Llano CPUs. I can't stress the importance enough.

Quote from richierich1212 : Use K10Stat to overclock and undervolt these Llano CPUs. I can't stress the importance enough.

Whats the average voltage and overclock for this CPU when making adjustments? I'm not familiar with messing with voltages or overclocking AMD chips.

Well on my Lenovo Z575 with A6-3420M I'm running 2.1GHz 1.0325v at full load and idles at 800MHz .725v. Turbo clocks at 2.8GHz with 1.2875v. Stock voltage is 1.325v.

did anyone see my comment on the first page about cowboom or 1saleaday and the A8 17" toshibas?
anyone else see those all the time? prob like 3x a month?

Quote from tdbone1 : did anyone see my comment on the first page about cowboom or 1saleaday and the A8 17" toshibas? anyone else see those all the time? prob like 3x a month?

Cowboom = used.
1saleaday = refurb mostly.

Looks like a decent budget gaming laptop. These AMD Llano chips just beat the pants off the low end Intels when it comes to graphics for games.

I did find it a LITTLE disconcerting when I cannot find the A53 series ANYWHERE on the Asus website. It's like these are discontinued (which they probably are, with new AMD chips rolling out) and never existed.

A little note about overclocking with K10stat. Yes these will clock up like crazy. I have an A8 Gateway/Acer laptop and it goes to 2.8ghz easy. But I have also had 2 AC adapters fail for no good reason. The stupid little adapters only put out 65w, it may not be enough for big time overclocking. I won't be pushing mine hard anymore.

These specs (specifically processor) allow for some decent gaming. My laptop pretty much has these specs except for a slightly bigger hard drive (640GB). That said, this price point for these specs were had in the fall of last year, especially when I got mine in November. We're almost in July!

in all seriousness if i am not gaming at all, is this machine real fast? i am mostly browsing and streaming movies, and downloading some vids. thanks

Must. Resist.

Must.

Resist.

anyone know if i can play diablo 3 with this... d3 doesnt seem to require a ton of power when itt comes to graphics cards but im not sure about laptops

Quote from darkcloudinc : Must. Resist. Must. Resist.

so this is a slick deal?

anyone know of a 17inch with dedicated graphics that can run diablo3? whats the cheapest?

Quote from MJB201011 : Cowboom = used. 1saleaday = refurb mostly.

Quote from yarnim : idk about you but i honestly cant and wont deal with that slow speed of c2d not to mention the horrid graphics + the heat and massive power it consumes. if thats what people like you enjoy, help yourself

good thing you didn't have to use computers in the 90's.