Today's Giveaway Prize
Specs
- AMD Quad-Core A8-3500M 1.5GHz
- 4GB DDR3
- 500GB Hard Drive
- 15.6" 1366x768 HD Widescreen CineCrystal LED-backlit Display
- AMD Radeon HD 6620G Graphics
- 8X DVD-Super Multi Double-Layer Drive
- WiFi N
- 6-cell Li-ion Battery
- Windows 7 Home Premium
Frontpage Deal
Acer AS5560-SB613 Laptop: AMD Quad-Core A8-3500M 1.5GHz, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, 15.6" 1366x768 LED, Radeon HD 6620G, WiFi N, 6-cell, Win 7 Prem $430 + Free Shipping (expired)
Amazon has Acer AS5560-SB613 Laptop for $430 with free shipping. Thanks tbarth
Specs
Specs
Original Post
Saw this AMD laptop while browsing Amazon for an AMD APU based laptop. It has the A8-3500M APU with around the same price we saw a lot of the Black Friday laptops (Best Buy, etc) with similar specs. Newegg has the same laptop for $529.99.
http://www.amazon.com/Acer-AS5560...379&sr=8-1
15.6" HD Widescreen CineCrystal™ LED-backlit Display (1366 x 768) resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio
AMD Quad-Core A8-3500M Accelerated Processor 1.5GHz with TurboCORE Technology up to 2.4GHz
Windows® 7 Home Premium
Microsoft® Office Starter 2010
500GB Hard Drive
4GB DDR3 Memory
AMD Radeon™ HD 6620G Graphicswith 512MB of dedicated system memory
Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader
802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™
10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet LAN
Built-in 1.3 Megapixel HD Webcam
8X DVD-Super Multi Double-Layer Drive
Dolby® Advanced Audio® v2 audio enhancement
High-Definition Audio Support
3- USB 2.0 Ports
1- HDMI™ Port with HDCP suport
Multi-Gesture Touchpad
Dedicated Numeric Keypad
Media Control Function Keys
6-cell Li-ion Battery
5.74 lbs.| 2.6 kg(system unit only)
http://www.amazon.com/Acer-AS5560...379&sr=8-1
15.6" HD Widescreen CineCrystal™ LED-backlit Display (1366 x 768) resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio
AMD Quad-Core A8-3500M Accelerated Processor 1.5GHz with TurboCORE Technology up to 2.4GHz
Windows® 7 Home Premium
Microsoft® Office Starter 2010
500GB Hard Drive
4GB DDR3 Memory
AMD Radeon™ HD 6620G Graphicswith 512MB of dedicated system memory
Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader
802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™
10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet LAN
Built-in 1.3 Megapixel HD Webcam
8X DVD-Super Multi Double-Layer Drive
Dolby® Advanced Audio® v2 audio enhancement
High-Definition Audio Support
3- USB 2.0 Ports
1- HDMI™ Port with HDCP suport
Multi-Gesture Touchpad
Dedicated Numeric Keypad
Media Control Function Keys
6-cell Li-ion Battery
5.74 lbs.| 2.6 kg(system unit only)
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*Note: This is a Quad Core, not a dual-core as stated in the OP
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium - 64-bit version
AMD Quad-Core A8-3500M Accelerated Processor 1.5GHz with TurboCORE technology up to 2.4GHz
4GB DDR3 1066 SDRAM
500GB hard drive
15.6" HD Widescreen CineCrystal™ LCD display (1366 x 768)
AMD Radeon™ HD 6620G Graphics - AMD A60M Fusion™ chipset
8X DVD±RW DL, webcam, multi-gesture touchpad
802.11b/g/n WLAN, gigabit LAN, HDMI, Multi-in-1 card reader
6-cell battery
1-year limited warranty
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Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium - 64-bit version
AMD Quad-Core A8-3500M Accelerated Processor 1.5GHz with TurboCORE technology up to 2.4GHz
4GB DDR3 1066 SDRAM
500GB hard drive
15.6" HD Widescreen CineCrystal™ LCD display (1366 x 768)
AMD Radeon™ HD 6620G Graphics - AMD A60M Fusion™ chipset
8X DVD±RW DL, webcam, multi-gesture touchpad
802.11b/g/n WLAN, gigabit LAN, HDMI, Multi-in-1 card reader
6-cell battery
1-year limited warranty
--AS5560-Sb613 [acer.com] -- Official Acer website
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So quad core, How's this compare to SB i5's if your not a gamer?
turboboost/turbocore is not the same as over clocking.
from what i understand, they shut off 2 of the four cores and let the other two run at full speed.
this is sadly slower than i5/i7's if you care about processor speed alone but the bottleneck, like in most computers is going to be the Hard drive
If you upgrade the display, you'd have a 1080p gaming laptop with blu ray for $650. Can't touch that with a 20' pole (assuming each foot represents $10) with anything else (although anything else is usually new).
from what i understand, they shut off 2 of the four cores and let the other two run at full speed.
this is sadly slower than i5/i7's if you care about processor speed alone but the bottleneck, like in most computers is going to be the Hard drive
No question i5's beat this. But I figure anyone on this thread should only be here looking for a budget gaming laptop.
It's right behind the i5 2410m. But a new i5 is going to be near $500.
The 1080p upgrade is meant for HD such as the BD drive. And you can lower the resolution for gaming anyway. The 6750m should be capable of 1080p on most new titles (people even playing BF3 at 1080p).
Let's all shift our whole body to the left of the laptop...
If you upgrade the display, you'd have a 1080p gaming laptop with blu ray for $650. Can't touch that with a 20' pole (assuming each foot represents $10) with anything else (although anything else is usually new).
and given that acers have legendary reliability and AMAZING customer service, i'd say a refurb HP and new acer are about neck and neck in terms of reliability
(sarcasm and puns intended)
That this cpu overclocked will patch a sb i7.
couldn't have said it better myself. all the new llano AMD have better all round performance when compared to their same price range intel counterparts. There are under and overachievers on both sides. This AMD quad core is definitely an overachiever. It steps out of its price range and competes with a higher i5 vs the i3 you'd normally see at this price.
And with some tweaking, OC, and firmware updates, a lot of power can be had from these rigs.
Like the post above with the screen not coming on so maybe there is a faulty connection somewhere. The power jacks also wear out over time and can completely junk a laptop for some people unless you know how to fix it yourself. Still it can be a pain to replace this part even if you know what your doing. Keyboards seem to have a lot of issues over time as well and don't dare spill anything on it.
I think I would take a tablet over a laptop after all the problems I read about and have been stuck fixing for other people.
http://www.circuitcity.com/applic...CatId=4938
Let's all shift our whole body to the left of the laptop...
It's right behind the i5 2410m. But a new i5 is going to be near $500.
The 1080p upgrade is meant for HD such as the BD drive. And you can lower the resolution for gaming anyway. The 6750m should be capable of 1080p on most new titles (people even playing BF3 at 1080p).
That benchmark wasn't hand picked to make it look good either. Go ahead and thumb through the pages of that review or read any other. If you want to complete a task, it'll go faster with a 2nd Gen i3 most of the time--and always faster with a 2nd Gen i5.
This laptop is useful if you game on the side (or other things that use the graphics card intensively)--otherwise you should go with Intel's offerings right now.
That benchmark wasn't hand picked to make it look good either. Go ahead and thumb through the pages of that review or read any other. If you want to complete a task, it'll go faster with a 2nd Gen i3 most of the time--and always faster with a 2nd Gen i5.
This laptop is useful if you game on the side (or other things that use the graphics card intensively)--otherwise you should go with Intel's offerings right now.
I love AMD--but I'll give credit where it's due. And AMD is only the best choice where you'll use it's graphical capabilities or it's cheaper. That is, unfortunately, the truth.
In your benchmark example, zipping a 300 MB folder takes 6 minutes on A8 but only 3 minutes with a i5; Handbrake converting a video to MP4 format takes 7 minutes on A8 but only 5 with a i5. Other benchmarks show consistently i5 is 50~100% faster than A8, which are basically running bunch of these applications and count how long it took them to finish. These are real world scenarios that I do on a daily basis and the gap is pretty obvious. An average user will for sure notice that i5 is faster outside of gaming.