sushovan
In the zone
Which model?
All laptop related queries here!!!
Which model?
kg11sgbg
Indian Railways - The Vibrant and Moving INDIA
1). ASUS F202E-CT148H VivoBook(Though this is a 11.6 inc. screen,an ultrabook)
2).ASUS X550CA-XX110D
3).ASUS S56CA-XX030R Ultrabook
All the above has 3rd Gen. Intel core i arch.(IvyBridge); no. 2) having core-i5.
All are priced =< Rs.40k
Visit : VEDANT*,MD*,Computerian,Alco Infotech,GALAXY Computech*,BALAJI,LALANI Infotech*,etc. mostly all shops along Princep St./G.C. avenue/R.N. Mukherjee Road...(within and around Chandni Chowk region)
You may visit SUPREME-The I.T. Mall(but prices seems to be a bit higher).
VEDANT,GALAXY Infotech and LALANI are the best shops to consider(where you will get your choice + budget...)
2).ASUS X550CA-XX110D
3).ASUS S56CA-XX030R Ultrabook
All the above has 3rd Gen. Intel core i arch.(IvyBridge); no. 2) having core-i5.
All are priced =< Rs.40k
Visit : VEDANT*,MD*,Computerian,Alco Infotech,GALAXY Computech*,BALAJI,LALANI Infotech*,etc. mostly all shops along Princep St./G.C. avenue/R.N. Mukherjee Road...(within and around Chandni Chowk region)
You may visit SUPREME-The I.T. Mall(but prices seems to be a bit higher).
VEDANT,GALAXY Infotech and LALANI are the best shops to consider(where you will get your choice + budget...)
mastercool8695
Cyborg Agent
it looked good but read the reviews on flipkart and that made me change my mind.
and i was also thinking
how about i buy the lappy after some haswell laptops are launched
as that would decrease the price of ivy bridge laptops and i might be buying a better spec-ed one at the same price
i wont be needing the lappy so much before the 2nd sem starts
so please suggest.
anyway, i will actually use the laptop after december cuz i will go to home in dec 3rd week
and i'm buying the laptop to my home in kolkata
so suggest me when should i be buying the laptop in diwali or in december
sorry for the messed up reply but i had no alternative as i'm on phone now.
thanks
CommanderShawnzer
Steam High Templar
How bad is a proccy idling at 60-65C?
Room temp ?
CommanderShawnzer
Steam High Templar
idk exactly.It seems pleasant
btw when i play a game temp shoots to 88C in 5 minutes upon which the laptop shuts down
I have a i3-380m/GT 540M config
Hmm your thermal paste has completely dried and may be accumulation of dust in at max in vents. Get it done asap.
88C is not an extreme temp to let the laptop shut down.
In an ambient temp of 30C, idle CPU temp should be max 50C.
Also, first gen are known to heat badly.
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siddhanthgupta
Broken In
I bought a Dell Inspiron 15R (N5521) laptop 2 days ago : i5 3337U proccy, 2GB DDR3 AMD 8730M graphics, 4GB RAM.
I'm having a query : My laptop took about 3.5 hours to charge from 5% to 100% (computer was kept on sleep mode the whole time. I just woke it at times to check the battery level). Is such a long charge time normal for this laptop? This is my first laptop, so I have no idea. Any help will be appreciated.
The laptop has a 6-cell battery. The AC adapter is a 90W adapter. Let me know if you guys need the ampere/voltage specs of the battery or the adapter.
Also, I didn't know if this warranted another thread, so I just posted here.
I'm having a query : My laptop took about 3.5 hours to charge from 5% to 100% (computer was kept on sleep mode the whole time. I just woke it at times to check the battery level). Is such a long charge time normal for this laptop? This is my first laptop, so I have no idea. Any help will be appreciated.
The laptop has a 6-cell battery. The AC adapter is a 90W adapter. Let me know if you guys need the ampere/voltage specs of the battery or the adapter.
Also, I didn't know if this warranted another thread, so I just posted here.
^It's fine. Initially the battery will take long times to fully charge, which eventually will lessen.
siddhanthgupta
Broken In
Lots of my friends claim their battery charges in around 1.5 hrs (one even says it takes his hp laptop about 30 minutes to charge from 10% to 100%). So, will the charge time reduce by that much over time?
Sorry if I seem like a noob. This is my first laptop (been a desktop guy forever), so I have absolutely no idea if 3.5 hours recharge time is normal for all laptops.
They're lying. No battery charges in 30mins. If it shows like that, then probably the charge indicator is wrong. Either the battery hasn't charged or is dead.
It will at least take 1.5hrs-2hrs to completely charge the battery. And charge will specially appear slow while going from 90-100. Be patient.
PS: No body is a noob rather everybody is a born noob.
mastercool8695
Cyborg Agent
yes.
its absolutely fine. waiting till december
so you also believe that ivybridge prices will go down
once haswell laptops are launched in bulk??
and if it doesnot happens so, should i expect a price drop at new year??
HauntedGuy
Broken In
So, I'm thinking of buying a new laptop for college work and some medium-core gaming sometime soon...And well, as you might agree, the choice and customizability available in the Indian market in the mid-high end gaming laptop sector is pathetic. 
Luckily, my cousin is in the UK at present and although its not as good as the US, i think the UK laptop market is much more developed than ours, so I'm considering requesting her to get me a laptop. I'm thinking of these two from PCSPECIALIST - Custom PCs, Custom Computers, Custom PC, Desktop PC, Custom Built Computers, Gaming PC:
PCSPECIALIST - SkyFireIII 14 Laptops, SkyFireIII 14 Gaming Laptops, Build Your Own SkyFireIII 14 Laptop
PCSPECIALIST - OptimusV 13 Laptops, OptimusV 13 Gaming Laptops, Build Your Own OptimusV 13 Laptop
The 14" SkyFire that i can get at about 55-58k is built using a MSI 1492 barebone and seems like the ideal one. The small screen at 1600x900 resolution should be sufficient for gaming and yet the laptop small and light enough to carry around everywhere with me. The only thing I'll sorely miss in this machine is a back-lit keyboard. It comes with a 2gb DDR5 GTX 760m and a offers a choice of 4th gen core i CPUs(more on this later). The only think I'm slightly worried about is heating issues- so much power packed into a tiny plastic body sounds like trouble. This setup will cost me approximately Rs. 55-57k
The optimus-13 sounds like an even sweeter deal for about 3-4k more. It comes with an even more powerful GTX 765m The back-lit keyboard and the design of this little beast make it quite the eye-candy. But I'm worried that the 1080p resolution is overkill for such a small screen size and not worth paying the extra money for. the 1080p screen might be a pain and make text harder to read and cause unnecessary strain on the 765m, resulting in worse performance than the 760m on a 1600x900 screen. This one built in a Clevo W230ST barebones. This setup costs me about Rs 58-60k.
So which one do you think should I pick? The skyfire also comes with an optical drive which the optimus is missing. Is the 1080p 13.3" screen, back-lit keyboard, and GTX765m MINUS the optical drive worth paying the extra money for?
Secondly, for the CPU choice for these machines, i was confused between the i3 4100m and the i5 4200m. Both are haswell chips and have the same 3mb cache, and same 2.5 GHz clock speed. The only apparent difference being that the i5 has a turbo-boost mode that goes upto 3.1 GHz. Is it worth paying 2k more for the turbo mode? Will that much power ever be required for gaming? Also, keeping heating issues in mind, would it be better to just get an i3 and stick to 2.5 GHz?
Lastly, has anybody ever brought in laptops from the UK? Any customs duties/taxes or other nuisances at airport that i need to be aware of?
Any other suggestions on local laptops are also welcome, though i doubt there's any laptop that you can get in India that matches that performance at that price. The only comparable system seems to be alienware 14 at Rs 121k
Thank you in advance
Luckily, my cousin is in the UK at present and although its not as good as the US, i think the UK laptop market is much more developed than ours, so I'm considering requesting her to get me a laptop. I'm thinking of these two from PCSPECIALIST - Custom PCs, Custom Computers, Custom PC, Desktop PC, Custom Built Computers, Gaming PC:
PCSPECIALIST - SkyFireIII 14 Laptops, SkyFireIII 14 Gaming Laptops, Build Your Own SkyFireIII 14 Laptop
PCSPECIALIST - OptimusV 13 Laptops, OptimusV 13 Gaming Laptops, Build Your Own OptimusV 13 Laptop
The 14" SkyFire that i can get at about 55-58k is built using a MSI 1492 barebone and seems like the ideal one. The small screen at 1600x900 resolution should be sufficient for gaming and yet the laptop small and light enough to carry around everywhere with me. The only thing I'll sorely miss in this machine is a back-lit keyboard. It comes with a 2gb DDR5 GTX 760m and a offers a choice of 4th gen core i CPUs(more on this later). The only think I'm slightly worried about is heating issues- so much power packed into a tiny plastic body sounds like trouble. This setup will cost me approximately Rs. 55-57k
The optimus-13 sounds like an even sweeter deal for about 3-4k more. It comes with an even more powerful GTX 765m The back-lit keyboard and the design of this little beast make it quite the eye-candy. But I'm worried that the 1080p resolution is overkill for such a small screen size and not worth paying the extra money for. the 1080p screen might be a pain and make text harder to read and cause unnecessary strain on the 765m, resulting in worse performance than the 760m on a 1600x900 screen. This one built in a Clevo W230ST barebones. This setup costs me about Rs 58-60k.
So which one do you think should I pick? The skyfire also comes with an optical drive which the optimus is missing. Is the 1080p 13.3" screen, back-lit keyboard, and GTX765m MINUS the optical drive worth paying the extra money for?
Secondly, for the CPU choice for these machines, i was confused between the i3 4100m and the i5 4200m. Both are haswell chips and have the same 3mb cache, and same 2.5 GHz clock speed. The only apparent difference being that the i5 has a turbo-boost mode that goes upto 3.1 GHz. Is it worth paying 2k more for the turbo mode? Will that much power ever be required for gaming? Also, keeping heating issues in mind, would it be better to just get an i3 and stick to 2.5 GHz?
Lastly, has anybody ever brought in laptops from the UK? Any customs duties/taxes or other nuisances at airport that i need to be aware of?
Any other suggestions on local laptops are also welcome, though i doubt there's any laptop that you can get in India that matches that performance at that price. The only comparable system seems to be alienware 14 at Rs 121k
Thank you in advance