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    A7K-A1 or A7Sv-A1?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Limber, Nov 4, 2007.

  1. Limber

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    A friend of mine will be purchasing a notebook soon, and his upper-limit is $1500. He's not into gaming, thankfully, but I do want to ensure that he gets up-to-date features like eSATA, SPDIF, HDMI, a good display and hardware acceleration of HD video, so these two current models make the grade. Both machines come with Vista and 2GB. I can get the A7K for $1200, and the A7Sv for $1450. Which is the better buy?

    A7K-A1:
    AMD Turion™ 64 X2 TL60 2.0GHz
    ATI Radeon Mobility HD 2600
    5400 160GB hard drive
    www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=5&l2=22&l3=291&l4=0&model=1795&modelmenu=2

    A7Sv-A1:
    Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.2Ghz
    NVidia 8600M GS
    4200RPM 200GB hard drive
    www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=5&l2=22&l3=291&l4=0&model=1822&modelmenu=2


    Personally I'm leaning towards the A7K, because of its faster hard drive, and faster/cooler 65nm graphics card. But perhaps I'm underestimating the importance of having an Intel C2D chip. Thoughts/Opinions?
     
    Limber, Nov 4, 2007
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