Acer 3820TG North America Purchase Options

Give Eric a call ... with your luck he'll ship it right away.

 

Looks like everyone is getting their 3820tgs =] glad this thread helped in anyway =]

 

You are the man!

Bronsky

 

is the one from LU computers Bilingual or English keyboard?

I'm new to soldering stuff so I'm kinda edgy on the replace keyboard thing.

And do they take paypal?

 

It's bilingual.

Bronsky

 

Bronsky didn't you import one from Europe too?

 

Yup. First Northamerican 3820TG. The motherboard is in China being repaired.

Bronsky

 

why what happened?

 

I know what your thinking, its some story about how the motherboard just magically stopped working like in 99% of mobo related deaths. uhhhh oh,no no not even close, not this time. This story comes straight out of the writings from such authors like; steven king;Dean Koontz or other writers such as Victor Hugo, William Shakespeare and T S Eliot. I feel as I'm not proper enough writer to fully appreciate this unjust that was bestowed onto this 3820tg.

Caution: contents of this document contain things like foam,deionized, contaminated and chemical/solvent burns. If reading about abused 3820tg's is hazardous to your wellbeing, please look away.

In short, bronsky forgot to put a water resistant sleve on his lappy and some contaminated water summerged his laptop in the back of someones vehicle cause of an on-site job accident cause by an operator out of control from some peace of vehicular equipment that bumed into where bronskys lappy was residing in the trunk with the contaminated water from the job site. After this happened it had to be decontaminated so that ment spraying it and dousing it a second time with some liquid foam(....lol) sometimes life throws people a curve ball(.(period))

please excuse me bronsky if Im being to forward..

winks and smiles
After searching heres the full version.

 

Maybe it should be stickied.

Bronsky

 

Awesome service from Lu...

Ordered late Nov 2nd.
Shipped Nov 3rd.
Estimated delivery Nov 8th. (Damn weekend...)

 

alright just ordered one from Cendirect

I'd be pissed if they start releasing a US i5 version around the time of Black Friday

 

I don't think the US will see the 3820TG. Acer will continue to make minor changes to the model for the next few months but I would guess that a new version of the Timeline with a SandyBridge CPU and HD 6000 GPU will be anounced at CES in January and start shipping in Taiwan/China in March or April. The 3810TG never came to the US.

Acer is having a hard time keeping these models in stock anyway, I can't see the company trying to supply a new market ATM.

BTW, this I3 is a very nice little CPU. I am running it at 3.0ghz OC'd and it is stable as hell.

Bronsky

 

Hope you get one from the same batch I got, this clockgen OC's really well. The display is not quite as sharp as my original one, but I have known for months that the original display was exceptional.

Bronsky

 

Hey Bronsky, I got a 3820tg from Lu recently too. I'm trying to run clockgen but when it opens, there are no other options then clocks and options. There are no options for pll setup. Do you know why that is?

 

You downloaded the shareware verion and did not get a key yet - right? The registered version will give you the full functionality. You have to donate 500 yen (about $6).

Bronsky

 

sweet

thanks!

 

So I've been trying to OC my the GPU and CPU on a core i3 370m 2.4ghz model. It seems that when I overclock the CPU using setfsb, my frame rates decrease. Any suggestions as to why that is?

 

An OC'd CPU can not be used for gaming. It affectes the frame rates. It is only good for other uses that do not include 3D gaming. We have no idea why. What kind of OC speeds are you getting out of your 370M?

Bronsky

 

I'm not trying too much actually. I was just trying to get as much out of the gpu and cpu as I can. For the cpu I got it at least 2.8ghz.

 

From earlier, I just notice overclocking the cpu slows down the Resident Evil 5 benchmark test quite a bit.

 

I just got one of these little monsters from ncix.com for $739.99

Great machine.

AS3820TG-7360

I think they have it labeled wrong without the 'G' distinction. It's listed as the AS3820T-7360

 

Specs? Does NCIX ship to USA?

 

Hmm looks like ill pay a visit to a NCIX store when i go to canada next week.

 

I3-370
Hd5650
500gb
6 Cell
Etc

 

I'm planning to purchases the Acer 3820TG from Lu Computers and have it ship to the states. Has anyone used a credit card or paypal for that purchases? Were there any extra fees in doing so? What would be the cheapest option to purchases the Acer 3820TG right now?

 

So, where should I get it from? Any good deal right now? I am from Canada.

 

All of the active sites we know about are listed on the first page. If we've msised anyone let us know.

 

I used a credit card for my LU purchase. There were no extra fees, and I actually got a good exchange rate. I can't remember exactly but I want to say my total was around 790 Canadian and 780 USD, and at the time the exchange rate was something like .98 so it was very close. Someone (Bronsky?) mentioned here that their bank did the exchange at like 1.02, so that's good (I'm with Bank of America using a Visa debit card).

HOWEVER, it was $38.50 for 3 day shipping, and I purchased the unit middle of the afternoon on the 31st (exactly one week ago), it didn't ship until Tuesday, and it's ETA is the 9th....this coming Tuesday, one week later. Someone in the other thread purchased it a day later and his ETA is Monday, so that's pretty awesome >.> Mine's coming to Southern California, if it matters.

I think this is the most annoying, taken from UPS's website right now:

HODGKINS, IL, US 11/04/2010 2:48 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
11/04/2010 3:38 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
DETROIT, MI, US 11/03/2010 8:15 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
11/03/2010 4:45 P.M. IMPORT SCAN
CONCORD, ON, CA 11/03/2010 6:55 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
CONCORD, ON, CA 11/02/2010 7:35 P.M. EXPORT SCAN
11/02/2010 7:35 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN
11/02/2010 5:58 P.M. PICKUP SCAN
CA 11/02/2010 5:59 P.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

If you'll notice, UPS hasn't seen the package since it left Illinois on Thursday afternoon! Maybe I'm crazy but it seems to me that if it hasn't been scanned for "Arrival" it's been moving the whole time (you know, it departs one place and arrives at another), but that just doesn't make sense. So really, great service from UPS and LU both, can't be happier with how this is going

 

Just got my 3820TG delivered .

Laptop's beautiful. Display is gorgeous. Sooo glad I ditched my 4820TG (never needed the ODD).

This should set me straight for 2-3 years.

 

NEW SUPPLIER IN CANADA
NCIX.COM

AS3820TG-7360

NCIX.com - Buy Acer Aspire AS3820T-7360 Intel Core i3 370M 4GB 500GB 13.3IN Radeon 5650 8HR WIN7 Prem Notebook - LX.PV102.288 In Canada.

Please add this to the first page.

 

Almost all credit card companies will dock you 1-3% fee on top of your order with a foreign transaction fee. You won't see this at the time of your order but you will see it on your credit card bill. It's not really a huge deal as you won't pay tax if your importing it into the US, but something to keep in mind.

Beware of credit card currency conversion fees

 

nvm 10char

 

Done. 10 char

 

I've dealt with them repeatedly in the past for individual components and to assemble entire computers for me.

Fantastic customer service and their price match system can't be beat.

 

Another NA supplier

Acer Aspire Timeline 3820TG-7360 w/ Core i3-370M, 4GB, 500GB, 13.3in HD, Radeon HD 5650, WIn 7 Home Premium 64-bit at Memory Express Computers

 

Do you know if they ship to the US?

 

They seem to - they have a US-specific website ( http://www.ncixus.com/) where goods are priced in US dollars (and I guess for the time being are therefore mroe expensive...)

 

I was asking about Memory Express. NCIX ships here but they sometimes don't make all of their products available in the US. They have a good reputation with business users.

Bronsky

 

Thanks for the reply! I'm going to look into a credit card with lower fees and wait for the exchange rate to be better.

 

LX.PV102.288 - Price comparison - Canada's Cheapest Prices



=)

 

Just picked mine up from Memory Express in Richmond for $712 before tax. Was $750 - 5% in store discount. But the 12% tax brings the total back to $799.

But since Im US citizen Im going to file for the tax exemption rebate.

 

I wonder if Canada will ever get an I5/HD5650 combo?

 

If i am ordering the computer from NCIX, the keyborad is going to be in what language?

 

The bilingual french english keyboard.

I ordered a US 3820tg keyboard on ebay for 30$ so i can replace it asap. I dont like this french style keyboard

 

I've used a french style keyboard for almost 4 years now and I dont have problems with it at all. However i remember missing the left-shift on the first week a lot

 

Im missng the left shift and the enter key alot unless im typing with the lights on and watching my fingers. hopefully the one i ordered will drop right in. it doesnt have the backlight like the people who are using from the 3810. it was listed as a 3820tg usa keyboard.

 

How do you plan to remove the old keyboard, and install the new one?
Is it simple?

 

7 small clips and rethreading the KB ribbon. You can do it in 15 minutes.

Bronsky

 

Can you provide use a link? It would be nice to post on the first page. Most people have been buying 3810T units.

Bronsky