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    U36SD DH51 vs A1

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by sepandee, Dec 14, 2011.

  1. sepandee

    sepandee Notebook Deity

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    Hi,

    Thinking of buying a laptop for my dad. He needs a relatively light laptop, windows OS, and an optical drive. Uses it only for browsing the internet, processing documents, and videos.

    So far my choices (before the Asus was added) are:

    Lenovo X220 but then I found out it doesn't have an optical drive.
    Sony Vaio VPCSB11FXB
    Samsung Samsung NP350U2B-A01.

    With Asus in the race, I was thinking of the U36SD. But then some of them say U36SD-A1, and some say U36SD-DH51. What's the difference?
     
    sepandee, Dec 14, 2011
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  2. King_Khan

    King_Khan Notebook Consultant

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    the only difference i see is that the dh51 has the better cpu. i5-2430 vs 2410
     
    King_Khan, Dec 14, 2011
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  3. Support.3@XOTIC PC

    Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    Yup just as King Khan said.
    Intel recently refreshed all the second gen core i CPU's and as Asus starts using these they are renaming their models to reflect the new CPU. The only change for most of these models is the CPU
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Dec 14, 2011
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  4. sepandee

    sepandee Notebook Deity

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    So is the U36SD-DH51 a good laptop? Can you guys recommend it?
     
    sepandee, Dec 14, 2011
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  5. hanime

    hanime Notebook Evangelist

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    If it's the same price, go for it. That extra 1.0GHz won't be much difference, I would imagine.
     
    hanime, Dec 14, 2011
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    link101ooh Notebook Enthusiast

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    It is a very good laptop and I would recommend it, but you stated in your first post that you needed an optical drive. The u36 does not have one, but I don't think the Samsung has an optical drive either. The only one that you listed with a DVD drive is the Sony SA/SB series.
     
    link101ooh, Dec 16, 2011
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  7. Twe Foju

    Twe Foju Notebook Consultant

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    i own A1, and i should say it's a good laptop over all

    i used it to do almost anything, play BF3, MW3, Skyrim. all works ( but of course fairly low - medium settings )

    of course your dad isnt going to play games like those

    but upgrade it to SSD Sata3 and upgrade the RAM to 8gb, he will in love it :D
     
    Twe Foju, Dec 17, 2011
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  8. Quake

    Quake Notebook Guru

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    Sorry for digging an old thread, but is there a way to install 16gb in it? I5 2430 supports it, there is two slots in it so I assume it works??

    And another question is does it support SATA6Gbps (SATA3)?

    I'm buying it today so I'm quite excited :D

    Thanks :)
     
    Quake, Mar 9, 2012
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  9. King_Khan

    King_Khan Notebook Consultant

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    yes i believe it supports 16gb of ram. I dont see how you would need it though. I have 8 and its plenty
     
    King_Khan, Mar 9, 2012
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  10. Quake

    Quake Notebook Guru

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    And if I install 1600MHz, will it run on 1600 or on 1333MHz? Cause official support is 1066/1333MHz
     
    Quake, Mar 18, 2012
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