Staples has
Asus Vivobook 17X Laptop (K1703ZA-SB54) on sale for
$479.99.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member
delz4stelz for finding this deal.
Specs:- 17.3" 1920 x 1080 LED Backlit LCD Display
- Intel Core i5-12500H 2.5GHz 12-Core Processor
- 8GB DDR4 SDRAM
- 512GB Solid State Drive
- Intel Iris Xe Graphics
- Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) + Bluetooth 5.0
- Backlit Keyboard
- Windows 11 Home
- Ports:
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C
- 2x USB 2.0 Type-A
- 1x HDMI 1.4
- 1x 3.5mm combo audio jack
- 1x DC-in
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Ram used: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089W6WV3L
Decent build quality, body entirely made of polymer (injection molded) but feels quite durable. There is a nice "texture" to the screen bezel that breaks up the otherwise plain design. Decent screen in my opinion. Perfectly fine for streaming, general office work. Unclear on maximum brightness nits, but is usable outside on a sunny day. Have not had a chance to test the battery life yet.
Removal of the back panel is very simple, all screws are Philips and only two different sizes. Used a plastic guitar pick style wedge to remove the back panel, and it pops out with ease.
Does come preloaded with McAfee bloatware and some Asus tools but not much else. One thing that is interesting is their decision to "tilt" the NVME slot to compensate for the large fan.
https://imgur.com/a/7D75c6U
All in all, happy with this machine so far. This replaced my mother's Dell Inspiron 15.6 from 2015 that was having display issues. The "case" size is about the same as the old dell, but added ~1.7 inches of screen real-estate. As others have said, this is definitely overkill for my mother who is 63 and will primarily use this for streaming and light photo editing. That being said, she only gets a new computer once every decade or so, so I felt at this pricepoint this Asus was a good move.
Thanks for sharing this deal!
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I got my parents tablets and 4k tv. They just select the video on the tablet and send it to the TV.
Do let me know how your mom like the laptop. I was looking for a laptop for my parents too. Not sure if they want to lug a big laptop around. I was thinking about oled. or maybe a screen dock for the Samsung phone, because they are doing everything else on the phone anyway.
https://www.thunderbolt
https://www.intel.com/content/www...phics.htm
https://www.tomshardwar
Like you, i'm a little behind and not keeping up with the what these laptops are shipping with these days but let's assume USB 3.2 gen 2 (or 3.1 gen 2 or whatever it's called). That's a 10 Gbps pipe you have. According to Intel, QHD at 8-bit/60hz is 6.64 Gbps. Not much room for QHD and anything else, and even without anything else, seemingly not enough for 2x QHD. You might be ok if you back down to 24Hz
Maybe our savior is USB4 but again I don't know what laptops are shipping with this yet.
This was all assuming that y'all need to push the video through the docking station. If you use the displayport-over-USB of ___ laptop plus its dedicated video out plug for two monitors, this might negate any USB-C/3 bandwidth issues.
Regarding price, I haven't seen anything recently with TB that was less than like $700. 17" complicates things further
Please correct if I am wrong.
In my Mid 30s
The USB-C Port does not have a "power" symbol on the side, so i'm not sure if that matters but I'm pretty sure it doesn't allow charging through USB-C.
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I thought the whole system supports only 16gb ? So you can add only 8gb to extra slot ? So are you able to see 24gb as your ram after adding 16gb?
Yes, 24gb usable. I believe the chipset supports up to 128gb of ram, though I don't know that the chipset would necessarily be the limiting factor?
Either way, 24gb shows up and is usable.
Either way, 24gb shows up and is usable.
Wanting a larger screen I thought I'd try this out. Screen, hands down is better. My major complaint and hurdle is the USB port. On that cheap gateway, I was able to charge it using a USB-C Charger yay! so I assumed that would be common with a more expensive laptop, Nope couldn't get it to charge.
Then I tried connecting my extra mobile 15.6 USB monitor. This was plug-and-play on the gateway, but here I get an error. Yes, I could connect a USB cable and an HDMI cable, but one cable is just so much more convenient and cleaner.
Any recommendations on how to get my monitor to work or recommendations on another inexpensive 17" laptop??
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