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    Need Advice

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by dkwon91, Aug 24, 2012.

  1. dkwon91

    dkwon91 Newbie

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    Hi, I am trying to purchase a laptop (as my old one is completely dead).
    As such, I stumbled upon two similar but different laptops:

    1. Samsung 14" AMD A10-4600M $599.99
    GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7660G + HD7670M dual graphics with 1GB dedicated graphics memory
    Quad Core
    HDD 750 GB
    5400 RPM
    6GB RAM
    DDR3 SDRAM
    Processor Speed: 2.30 GHz
    Processor Cache: 4 MB L2

    2. Samsung Series 3 15.6" 3rd Gen Intel Core i5 3210M Laptop $649.99
    GPU: Intel HD 4000 + AMD Radeon HD 7670M with 1GB dedicated graphics memory
    Dual Core
    HDD 1TB
    5400 RPM
    8GB RAM
    DDR3 SDRAM
    Processor Speed 2.50 GHz
    Processor Cache 3 MB L3

    My main computer uses: student-work-related purposes, playing games on the side (main usage being League of Legends, however, this is subject to change if I find more interesting games), watching 720P videos.

    I would really appreciate answers with justifications. I look forward to your opinions in terms of performance (speed, power, etc), durability, stability, longer laptop life span, battery life, and all the goods.

    On a side note, I tried both of these laptops out and the AMD A10 gave me a bluescreen on the first day (it may be that I was downloading a landslide of softwares and upgrading Windows 7 simultaneously). But still... a BSOD made me a bit of a skeptic about A10s.

    Also, why is it that the Intel one is $50 more expensive? Is it the brand or because i5 is better?

    Thank you all!
     
    dkwon91, Aug 24, 2012
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    To compare two or more notebooks I make a table in Excel and list all the features. This helps highlight the differences.

    I would be a little wary of the cooling of powerful hardware in a 14" chassis unless it's quite thick. Your BSOD may be the result of AMD drivers being less mature.

    The 14" model has a smaller HDD and less RAM which contribute towards the price difference.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Aug 24, 2012
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