Hello Everybody, I have got my first laptop(i'm a programmer/designer used dual core desktop b4
) NP550P5C-S04IN 2 days back in silver for 54.4k from samsungestoreindia.com with Win8 preinstalled after a long search and wait. I'm
to get at this price, that the price has been increased after a day i have registered(Currently it cost 56.4k in samsungestoreindia and 58.6k in flipkart). Also i have noticed laptop prices of all brands are going up from this week from 2-3k in all online stores. About the lappy it is looking cool on except lil bit plasticky on bottom. Overall look is good and the best thing in this laptop is the SPEAKERS and AMAZING SOUND
also to mention the brightness and anti-reflection display(1600x900)
of its matty screen. Backlit keyboard would make it excellent
My Choices:
All i needed is 15.6 screen, above i5, atleast 4GB RAM, 1GB GPU.
1. I have been waited for
Lenovo Z500 which is listed in flipkart recently and it went discontinued without launching it india. It offered all things except a good battery life.
2. Another choice i have looked is
HP Pavilion M6. It also got everything except a good display. (Not to mention it has great battery life and a moderate GPU). Bit overpriced.
3. This is the ONE i have actually looked at but don't know when it will be launched in india. It's
Samsung Series 7 Chronos
And finally i have decided to go with
Samsung Series 5 NP550P5C-S04IN which almost matched series 7 chronos(with moderate battery, no backlit keyboard and 0.4mm thicker).
In the box there is no Win8 Installation media(DVD). Got only AC adapter with lap. It gives me 4-4:30 hrs during my work hours and i am pretty Ok with it.
Gaming on it:
I'm not a hardcore gamer, but sometimes i do game for long hours. During the search i had found lots of throttling issue posts on this laptop and i went to buy this hence it is fixable. I had to checked this issue on my lap after undergoing complete update of Windows 8 and Samsung Update. Installed RealTemp and TechPowerUp tools to check. Installed Assasins Creed III(haven't played before) and started the game with high settings (1600x900) and played for
7 hours continuously with AC plugged(It is known it will throttle while plugging in power). I had felt the keys are getting hot and the lappy started to smoke the heat on it side vents. But i haven't seen any lagging or throttle during the gameplay and continued to play the game and reached the sequence 3. I have really amazed at the visuals and clarity of this game. Once i got bored at mid of sequence 3 i exited the game and went on to see the temps. It has reached a
maximum of 84 C. A little bit high but it is bearable for 7 hours of gameplay.
Desktop Graphics scored 5.5 and the
Gaming Graphics scored 6.6 on Windows Experience Index(WEI).
Performance:
About the Processor performance i felt it is a bit slow on loading applications and even lag for some times. To match this, the
processor got to score only 4.9(very low than i expected) on WEI. I made a mistake that i should have gone for i7 instead of i5 and it costs 5k more, but it is worthy. After uninstallation of IntelliMemory the
RAM is used wise and it got 7.0(WEI).
Disk Transfer scored a good 5.9(WEI). Any improvements on this regard is most welcome.
The keys are good to type and trackpad is nice and responsive though. Bit weighs but got good looks on it. A very good multimedia laptop.
its actually a 120 w adapter !
