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    Give up the NC8230 for DV5Z

    Discussion in 'HP' started by kylechanb, Jan 29, 2009.

  1. kylechanb

    kylechanb Notebook Consultant

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    I've own 2 HP NC series computer and they are great...very nice build quality and better than average video card ( X600 on NC8230 and X1600 on NC8430). Today I saw a deal on DV5Z with a much bigger hard drive and would like to "upgrade" from my NC8430 to DV5Z. I understand NC is a business class laptop and their build quality should be better, however, I wonder if the DV5Z has a similar build quality to NC8430? Also, with AMD QL-62 + HD3200 and 3gb ram, compare to my current X1600+ 2.0 Centrino duo+ 2gb ram, will the gaming ability on dv5z much worse then my current laptop? Currently I just play Warcraft 3. Thanks for any input.
     
    kylechanb, Jan 29, 2009
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