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ASUS Vivobook Flip 2-in-1 Laptop: Ryzen 5 5500U, 14" IPS, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD

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Walmart has ASUS Vivobook 14 Flip 2-in-1 Laptop (TM420UA-WS51T, Bespoke Black) on sale for $529. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Suryasis for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 2.1GHz 6-Core Processor
  • 14" 1920x1080 IPS-Level 250-nit Touchscreen Display
  • 8GB DDR4 Memory (16GB Max Memory)
  • 256GB NVMe PCIe Solid State Drive
  • AMD Radeon Integrated Graphics
  • Backlit Keyboard w/ Illuminated Number Pan in Touchpad
  • Fingerprint Reader
  • 802.11ac WiFi + Bluetooth
  • Windows 10 Home
  • Ports:
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2
    • 1x USB 2.0
    • 1x HDMI
    • 1x Audio Combo Jack
  • Weight: 3.31 lbs
  • 3-Cell 42WHrs Battery

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  • About this deal:
    • This price is $70 lower (12% savings) than the list price of $599
    • This price matches this recent Frontpage deal.
  • About this product:
    • This laptop has received an average rating of 4.9 stars out of 5 based on 28 Walmart customer reviews.
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Walmart has ASUS Vivobook 14 Flip 2-in-1 Laptop (TM420UA-WS51T, Bespoke Black) on sale for $529. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Suryasis for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 2.1GHz 6-Core Processor
  • 14" 1920x1080 IPS-Level 250-nit Touchscreen Display
  • 8GB DDR4 Memory (16GB Max Memory)
  • 256GB NVMe PCIe Solid State Drive
  • AMD Radeon Integrated Graphics
  • Backlit Keyboard w/ Illuminated Number Pan in Touchpad
  • Fingerprint Reader
  • 802.11ac WiFi + Bluetooth
  • Windows 10 Home
  • Ports:
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2
    • 1x USB 2.0
    • 1x HDMI
    • 1x Audio Combo Jack
  • Weight: 3.31 lbs
  • 3-Cell 42WHrs Battery

Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price is $70 lower (12% savings) than the list price of $599
    • This price matches this recent Frontpage deal.
  • About this product:
    • This laptop has received an average rating of 4.9 stars out of 5 based on 28 Walmart customer reviews.
  • About this store:

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Quote from Solandri View quoted comment :
Most LCD panels are made by LG, Samsung, or AUO. IPS is a patented and trademarked LG technology. The Samsung equivalent is PLS. The AUO equivalent is VA. They all do pretty much the same thing, just slightly differently to avoid infringing on each others' patents. (Chi Mei is the other big LCD manufacturer. I dunno if they have something similar.)

To avoid confusing buyers, stores and review sites call them all "IPS". But the official specs from the manufacturer can't call it IPS if the screen isn't made by LG. So more than likely this has a Samsung or AUO screen in it. It's as good as IPS (better I would say ever since LG created its cheap version of IPS about 7 years ago). But because it's not an LG screen they can't call it IPS in the official specs.

(The cheap version of IPS has very poor contrast when viewed at 45 degree diagonals. So if you display a black image on the screen and tilt it so a corner is pointed at you, it becomes almost white. It's more an issue on phones and tablets than on monitors, but still...)


Surprisingly, yes. According to Asus' tech specs, the 8 GB model comes with 4 GB soldered, 4 GB in a SO-DIMM. So you could replace the SO-DIMM with a larger module, although that would result in losing dual channel on the memory above 8 GB.

Only downsides seem to be the screen is 45% NTSC (which is about 60%-70% sRGB), has one USB-C port but it's not Thunderbolt or Power Delivery capable, and one of the two USB-A ports is USB 2.0. Annoyingly that USB 2.0 port is on the left side, which isn't ideal if you're right handed and you plug a mouse into it. All the other ports (including power) are on the right, so the cables will get in the way of your mouse if you plug other devices into the other ports.

But it wasn't enough just to annoy right-handers. If you're left-handed and use a mouse, then the fan exhaust gets blown onto your mousing hand. They really should've swapped the locations of the two USB-A ports. Probably used the same USB 3.x controller for both ports on the right side, and went with a cheaper USB 2.0 controller on the left.
AUO Equivalent of IPS is AHVA, ot VA. VA is a altogether different tech than IPS.
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Quote from burticus View quoted comment :
Ram is 1 soldered 4GB + 1 sodimm slot (has a 4gb sodimm in it). So you either buy a 8GB stick for $50ish or 16GB for $100ish (probably better deals out there). This means not dual channel ram, which will hurt performance and igpu performance a lot. Plus 256gb nvme is a joke, that's basically windows 10 and 1 or 2 games. Not that anyone will be doing hardcore gaming on this, but it should do minecraft and other potato games ok.

By the time you upgrade, cost goes up a ton. So buy this for what it is, not for what you want it to be. Should be fine for kids home schooling or poor college students.

Just don't expect a "gaming" laptop
And that above post means that you don't know how dual channel Ram work. You can actually put a 32GB stick on that module, totaling 36GB. However, the 8GB memory (4GB soldered + 4GB portion of the 32GB) will still work in dual channel. And 16GB stick is not $100, it is around $70 to $75.

And you blabber too much and complain a lot. I mean you can definitely get 32GB dual Channel Ram, 8 Core CPU, 1TB PCIe SSD but don't come to a sub $550 Laptop thread and cry why it does not have RTX 3080, 2TB NVMe SSD and 32GB Ram. And nobody expecting this to be a gaming laptop.
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GogodeepJun 7, 2021 4:36 PM
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Good deal for the 5500U with touch screen. In for one for my kid. thanks OP.
Jun 7, 2021 5:01 PM
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hsong01Jun 7, 2021 5:01 PM
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank

I have this laptop. AMA

Wifi card is 8265, upgradable to whatever you want.
RAM is 4gb soldered + 4gb sodimm, 3200 cl22. I swapped in an 8gb 2666 cl19 I had lying around for 12gb total and it works. It'll run dual channel up to 8gb only.
SSD is Samsung mzvlq256hajd-00000. It's a budget nvme but sufficiently fast.
Dedicated VRAM is 512mb minimum, dynamically adjusts to however much it needs. Not configurable.
It can kinda run older games like CSGO on low (marginally better performance than the 4500u, so check out any video showing gaming on that processor). Not a buttery smooth or lag free experience but it's doable in a pinch.
CPU is a beast for the form factor, and the heat sink is pretty standard so it doesn't severely cripple the clocks. Turbo boost is disabled when unplugged, and max clocks can't be edited via regedit.
Battery life is pretty poor, does about 4-7 hours. If you use a CPU wattage limiter, you can get 7-10 hours. No USB C charging.
Screen is pretty washed out but it's forgivable for the price. Touch functionality works fine.
Plastic chassis and hinge seem sturdy enough. The plastic is a fingerprint magnet though.
Should be compatible with any MPP pen. I bought a generic MPP 2.0 pen on amazon and it works fine.

Overall verdict is that it's excellent bang for the buck and honestly nothing in its price range comes anywhere near. I would buy again if I had the choice.
Last edited by hsong01 June 9, 2021 at 08:05 PM.
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WillA1869Jun 7, 2021 6:01 PM
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Quote from hsong01 View quoted comment :
I have this laptop. AMA

Wifi card is 8265, upgradable to whatever you want.
RAM is 4gb soldered + 4gb sodimm, 3200 cl22. I swapped in an 8gb 2666 cl19 I had lying around for 12gb total and it works. It'll run dual channel up to 8gb only.
SSD is Samsung mzvlq256hajd-00000. It's a budget nvme but sufficiently fast.
Dedicated VRAM is 512mb minimum, dynamically adjusts to however much it needs. Not configurable.
It can kinda run older games like CSGO on low (marginally better performance than the 4500u, so check out any video showing gaming on that processor). Not a buttery smooth or lag free experience but it's doable in a pinch.
CPU is a beast for the form factor, and the heat sink is pretty standard so it doesn't severely cripple the clocks. Turbo boost is disabled when unplugged, and max clocks can't be edited via regedit.
Battery life is pretty poor, does about 4-7 hours. If you use a CPU wattage limiter, you can get 7-10 hours. No USB C charging.
Screen is pretty washed out but it's forgivable for the price. Touch functionality works fine.
Plastic chassis and hinge seem sturdy enough. The plastic is a fingerprint magnet though.

Overall verdict is that it's excellent bang for the buck and honestly nothing in its price range comes anywhere near. I would buy again if I had the choice.
Does the USB-C do display out, and/or is it compatible with a dock to have 2 external displays?
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Quote from Suryasis View quoted comment :
AUO Equivalent of IPS is AHVA, ot VA. VA is a altogether different tech than IPS.
Whoops. Thanks for the correction. I hadn't touched on this topic in years. I'll correct the original. Thanks again.

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Does the USB-C do display out, and/or is it compatible with a dock to have 2 external displays?
USB-C cannot inherently do video-out. That's an alternate mode. Basically, both devices agree to use the USB-C cable's wires to carry signals other than USB. Displayport, HDMI, and Thunderbolt over USB-C are all alternate modes. (Thunderbolt is basically PCI Express over USB-C.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB...ifications

As there's nothing listed in the Asus website stating it has any support for video-out alternate modes, I would assume that it can't do it. Any external hubs with video-out typically need a Thunderbolt or Displayport-capable USB-C port (Displayport supports multiple monitors, HDMI only one).
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Quote from WillA1869 View quoted comment :
Does the USB-C do display out, and/or is it compatible with a dock to have 2 external displays?

Would suggest you do a "deep dive" in the "docks" and the newer USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port. Make sure to ask questions about PD (Power Delivery)
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SeikenDensetsuJun 7, 2021 6:22 PM
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The Radeon Vega 7 is the equivalent of a desktop Radeon HD 5770 if anyone is curious. The CPU looks to be doing most of the heavy lifting.
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Quote from Suryasis View quoted comment :
You can actually put a 32GB stick on that module, totaling 36GB. However, the 8GB memory (4GB soldered + 4GB portion of the 32GB) will still work in dual channel.
With regards to the additional 28GB of memory not in dual channel, what benefits, if any, could someone expect to see in day-to-day use compared to 8GB running in dual channel?
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essix8Jun 7, 2021 8:04 PM
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Zen 2, Vega IGP, one 4GB ram module soldered in leaving you only one free slot *which also means youre stuck with 3200mhz memory), 250 nit screen, 256gb storage.

You get what you pay for. Just because its on sale doesnt mean its an amazing deal.
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SalVes420Jun 7, 2021 8:52 PM
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Needed a work laptop for some podcasting and general tasks, and needed it soon. This fit the bill, thanks. FWIW it changed prices in my cart like 5 times today between $529 and $499. I snagged it at $499 though and picked up in store. Even the price tag on the box says $499.

Edit: Using it currently in tablet mode. This thing is awesome.
Last edited by SalVes420 June 7, 2021 at 08:14 PM.
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CoolBoundary919Jun 7, 2021 11:10 PM
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Can't order it: "We're having trouble with your request. Please wait a moment and then try again."
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Quote from CoolBoundary919 View quoted comment :
Can't order it: "We're having trouble with your request. Please wait a moment and then try again."
I got the same error on my phone when I placed the order, it finally worked after 15 minutes after trying serval times. Walmart app may have a bug here.
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Does the USB-C do display out, and/or is it compatible with a dock to have 2 external displays?
It's a data-only port.
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Quote from WillA1869 View quoted comment :
Does the USB-C do display out, and/or is it compatible with a dock to have 2 external displays?
The Lenovo IdeaPad 5 is about the same price and supports a USB-C dock and dual monitors
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