a laptop for 30k-35k

[rijinpk1]

this laptop is for my friend. the answers for the questionnaire is given below

1) What is your budget? (INR or USD)
30k-35k. not a penny more

2) What size & weight consideration (if any) would you prefer?

15-16". no problem with 14" too.


3) What are the primary tasks will you be performing with this notebook?
web browsing, video playback, microsoft office, small programming(nothing heavy!). games like fifa 13/nfs mw2 /nfs run and other racing games. not going run very high end games like crysis 3 or BF4.

5) Any typical configuration in your mind you're eying for ?

nothing special. i dont like ULV CPUs.

4) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?
a. Like:hp ,samsung,lenovo
b. Dislike:dell


6) Anything else you would like to say?

Screen resolution ( 768p (HD) / 900p / 1080p (Full HD) ) - preferred 900p. but i guess most laptops will be just 768p.
Battery back up ( normal (3-4hrs) / extended (5-7hrs) ) - normal backup
Purchase place ( Online (eg - flipkart, infibeam) / Local / Abroad (do mention the country) ) - flipkart( from wsretail only),or locally

 

[SaiyanGoku]

how about Lenovo G510

 

[rijinpk1]

did you mean this one?
Lenovo Essential G510 (59-398411) Laptop (4th Gen Ci3/ 2GB/ 500GB/ DOS/ 2GB Graph) Rs.33299 Price in India - Buy Lenovo Essential G510 (59-398411) Laptop (4th Gen Ci3/ 2GB/ 500GB/ DOS/ 2GB Graph) Black Online - Lenovo : Flipkart.com
there are several variants!

 

[SaiyanGoku]

I'd say try to get the i5 version locally, bargain hard!

 

[rijinpk1]

let us see what happens!
anyway any other models in that range?

 

[SaiyanGoku]

^other OEM's have ULV cpus. even the Lenovo G50 has a ULV i3.

 

[rijinpk1]

^other OEM's have ULV cpus. even the Lenovo G50 has a ULV i3.

that is what the problem!
how is this one?
HP Compaq 15-s006TU Notebook (4th Gen Ci5/ 4GB/ 500GB/ Free DOS) (J8B65PA) Rs.34451 Price in India - Buy HP Compaq 15-s006TU Notebook (4th Gen Ci5/ 4GB/ 500GB/ Free DOS) (J8B65PA) Black Online - HP : Flipkart.com

 

[seamon]

that is what the problem!
how is this one?
HP Compaq 15-s006TU Notebook (4th Gen Ci5/ 4GB/ 500GB/ Free DOS) (J8B65PA) Rs.34451 Price in India - Buy HP Compaq 15-s006TU Notebook (4th Gen Ci5/ 4GB/ 500GB/ Free DOS) (J8B65PA) Black Online - HP : Flipkart.com

It clearly has a U CPU -.-
+1 to G510s

 

[rijinpk1]

It clearly has a U CPU -.-
+1 to G510s

yep. it has a U cpu. the thing is that the seller in flipkart is not delivering to his location. he may inquire about g510s in local shops in few days.otherwise it may be difficult to get it.

 

[vidhubhushan]

It clearly has a U CPU -.-
+1 to G510s

any specific problem with U CPU?

 

[seamon]

any specific problem with U CPU?

The main difference is the frequency. A 900Mhz difference in the normal clock frequency and 500 Mhz difference in the boost clock frequency. Haswell essentially shifts to normal clock frequency after a little bit of gaming due to heat as the boost sometimes stops at temps as low as 70 degrees celsius.
This makes playing Crysis 3 a problem as the game requires the clock(of as many available threads upto 8) to be at 2.6Ghz+ for optimal performance.

This can however be countered by using a software called Throttlestop but a difference of 500Mhz still remains and not every user will use that software. Most even don't know what that is.

 

[vidhubhushan]

The main difference is the frequency. A 900Mhz difference in the normal clock frequency and 500 Mhz difference in the boost clock frequency. Haswell essentially shifts to normal clock frequency after a little bit of gaming due to heat as the boost sometimes stops at temps as low as 70 degrees celsius.
This makes playing Crysis 3 a problem as the game requires the clock(of as many available threads upto 8) to be at 2.6Ghz+ for optimal performance.

This can however be countered by using a software called Throttlestop but a difference of 500Mhz still remains and not every user will use that software. Most even don't know what that is.

so that is a problem for games only. no problems with watching full hd videos and some occasional video encoding! right?

 

[seamon]

so that is a problem for games only. no problems with watching full hd videos and some occasional video encoding! right?

Video encoding requires a powerful CPU too. I have seen my quad core i7 stretched to 60% usage which is a lot.
Although there won't be any problems as far as FHD videos are concerned.