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    Anyone have experience of the Aspire 7551-N954G50?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Nuada, May 12, 2011.

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    Hi all,
    The video card on my vaio vgn-ar71m died recently and I'm looking for an inexpensive replacement capable of running Photoshop, In-Design, After Effects and cinema 4d with some gaming thrown in. I'm not too pushed on having games run on max settings but I'm looking towards Deus Ex 3 and Mass Effect 3. I found this this model and am wondering if anyone has any experience with it. How does the AMD Phenom 2 proc compare to the i5 and is the Radeon 6550 a decent mid-range card? Price is an issue so I'm really looking for best bang for buck. Ram is only 2gb I know but I intend on adding in the ram from the dead comp do that's not a problem.

    ACER Notebook Aspire 7551-N954G50Mnkk 17,3" (LX.RCD0C.001) : Prijenosna ra?unala- Ecos web shop

    Heat is also a bit of a worry for me as the last Aspire I had got so hot the chassis melted!

    Also... Are the proc and video card in this machine upgradable or replacable should anything go wrong?

    Thanks in advance....
     
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    No one?

    How about the Phenome ii N950 CPU and HD6650 GPU in general? I've searched all over the interweb but can't find any reviews for either...
     
    Nuada, May 14, 2011
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    You would be better with Intel + HD6550 even if that wasn't SandyBridge.
    Phenom is rarely faster than Core i5- it has to be a very specific task/game.
    In most cases it's slower (but also cheaper).
     
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    Ideally I'd like to go with an i5 but at the moment the only i5 systems I can find locally in the same price range as the acer I mentioned above have all got onboard video. I'm pretty limited on the budget too due to some other upcoming expenses so basically I'm looking for a system that'll get me through a year or so til I can get something better. Also I don't want to get one online. I know it would be cheaper but I'm living in Croatia at the minute and haven't been able to get anyone here to honour the worldwide warranties I had on my previous 2 laptops so I'm gonna play it safe in that regard and buy here. So basically, I know an i5 would be better but how would the CPU/GPU combo of this acer serve me for say the next 18 months. As I said, it'll mainly be used for web, Adobe apps and gaming....
     
    Nuada, May 15, 2011
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    It doesn't look like you have a choice. It's not a bad combo- just the Phenom may hold you back a little which you may notice in gaming but it's still a decent piece of hardware.
     
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