Notebook help

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Hello, I have recently built my desktop and there are no much money left. I am mainly using the PC for gaming etc, but it happens, that on some days we need to bring our notebooks to college and I am not at home like 2-3 days.

I need it within 1 week so I cannot wait anymore, I have like 450€/580$ left. Sure, I am not excepting mega ultra high gaming, I am mainly playing WoW. I am not a fan of ultra settings, even with my gaming PC I am playing at good.

I need this notebook to be able to run WoW on low/medium and to be able to handle some programming in netbeans and microsoft visual studio, etc...

I am using Windows 7 as I bought it before with my PC.

I found few interesting notebooks so I would love to know your opinion.

Asus K53TK-SX021V

Processor: AMD A6-3420
RAM: 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz
Display: 15,6 "TFT LCD
Resolution:1366 x 768 bodov
Graphic card: AMD Radeon HD7670M s 1 GB vlastnej pamäte GDDR3 & AMD Radeon Mobility HD6720G2
HDD: 750 GB 5400 RPM Serial ATA

ASUS N55 GT555 1GB

Processor: Intel Core i3-2310M, 2.1 GHz
RAM: DDR3 1333 4GB
Display: 15.6"" LED-backlit TFT LCD Display
Resolution: HD 1366x768 / 16:9
Graphic card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M 1GB
HDD: 2.5" SATA 500GB 5400rpm

ASUS-K75VJ-SX060D

Processor: Intel B980
Display: 17.3" 1600x900 (HD+)
Chipset: Intel HM65
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz
HDD: 750GB SATA, otáčky 5400rpm
Graphic card: NVIDIA GeForce GT635M 2GB

ASUS-X55VD-SX002

Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-3110M
Displej: 15.6" HD (1366x768) lesklý
Chipset: Intel Chief River Chipset HM76
RAM: 4GB DDR3 1333 MHz on board
HDD: 500GB otáčky 5400 rpm
Graphic card: NVIDIA GeForce 610M 1GB DDR3

Thats all I have found in my local shop. Feel free to post anything you think that is better/similar.
Oh, the first 2 notebooks are already used by sold by local Asus shop. The other are new.

NEW

ASUS-K55VJ-SX031D

Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3210M
Displej: 15.6" HD (1366x768)
Chipset: Intel Chief River Chipset HM76
RAM: 4GB DDR3 1600 MHz
HDD: 750GB 5400 rpm
Graphic card: NVIDIA GeForce 635M 2GB DDR3

ASUS-K56CM-XX203

Processor: Intel® Core i5-3317U
Displej: 15.6" HD (1366x768)
Chipset: Intel Chief River Chipset HM76
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz
HDD: 1TB 5400 rpm
Graphic card: NVIDIA GeForce 635M 2GB DDR3

ASUS-K55VD-SX571

Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3210M
Displej: 15.6" HD (1366x768)
Chipset: Intel Chief River Chipset HM76
RAM: 6GB DDR3 1600 MHz
HDD: 750GB 5400 rpm
Graphic card: NVIDIA GeForce 610M 2GB DDR3

ASUS-K55VJ-SX031H8G

Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3210M
Displej: 15.6" HD (1366x768)
Chipset: Intel Chief River Chipset HM76
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz
HDD: 750GB 5400 rpm
Graphic card: NVIDIA GeForce 635M 2GB DDR3

[anyaka21]

Honestly, if the need isn't desperate, I'd wait. The Haswell chip is only a couple of months out. Continue to save some money and by the time September rolls around and a new year of classes start, you'd be able to get a much better laptop. It would do well on graphics. You'd most likely be able to have an SSD drive in there as well.

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Well, I dont know if you have read the whole post but yeah. I do need it. The Haswell chip ... it will be expensive in my opinion, I would do well on graphics but I am not willing to buy NB with integrated graphics only, thats why I posted those with dedicated.

Thanks for reply. I will have to think about it but anyway, I would like to know opinion about these notebooks.

[yurano]

Well, I dont know if you have read the whole post but yeah. I do need it. The Haswell chip ... it will be expensive in my opinion, I would do well on graphics but I am not willing to buy NB with integrated graphics only, thats why I posted those with dedicated.

I'm pretty sure mobile Intel HD 4000 is able to play WoW on lowest at 1080p. I know desktop Intel HD 4000 is capable of low at 1080p. At $450, you're not going to get much better than integrated. Plus, there's no way you can fit a good dedicated card, a good CPU and 1080p into a $450 budget anyways.

Haswell (without a dedicated GPU) won't be any more expensive than current Ivy. If anything, the prices of old laptops will drop slightly to compensate.

The Intel HD 4600 GT3 that comes with Haswell is expected to be roughly 2.5 times as fast as current HD 4000. I expect it to be on par with the current 630M/640M.

For WoW, the A6 is a terrible choice. The B980 is dual core which is bad for WoW as well. Of the two remaining CPUs, the i3-3110M is the best choice due to its higher clock and the fact that its Ivy. But the problem is that the i3-3110M comes with a 610M.

If a decision must be made between these options, I'd go with the ASUS N55 GT555 1GB because its the most balanced CPU/GPU selection with low resolution (which helps with frame rates).

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Thank you for your reply and for clarifying things to me !

Well it does not have to be this exactly, I am not looking for 1080p and I said 450€ which is like 580$. If you know better, feel free to post them, can be US site, I will find it here in a local shop.

Do you think 4GB ram is enough for Windows 7 64bit ? Oh and can you look at the new notebooks I posted ? Its just few bucks more than I excepted.

[yurano]

1. ASUS-K55VJ-SX031H8G
2. ASUS-K55VJ-SX031D
3. ASUS-K56CM-XX203
4. ASUS N55 GT555 1GB

4GB is fine, but you might hit the limit every so often. Hitting the RAM limit of 4GB isn't all that common if you keep your computer clean, but hitting the limit brutally slows down your computer.

On the other hand, you can always upgrade the RAM on your computer later. A 2x4GB set of laptop RAM costs roughly $50. They used to be $35, but RAM prices have shot up over the last few months.

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That ASUS-K55VJ-SX031H8G seems to me the best choice. Do you think I will be able to run WoW on this? at least on good settings I hope