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As of now, it cost $799 without shipping and tax.
I am a freshman mechanical engineering student at University of Iowa, and I'm applying for a transfer to UIUC's engineering program for the fall 2014 semester. I also plan on getting an internship or studying abroad during the summer.
I should also mention that I never play computer or console games while at college, and only when I'm home during the fall/winter/spring/summer breaks. In fact, I left my Asus laptop (i7 720qm, 1.6 ghz quad, and an OC'ed Radeon mobility 5730) at home, so it's on a dust collection duty until spring break.
I've been using a Samsung 11" NP300U1A-A01US laptop since the beginning of fall 2013, which weighs around 3 lbs with the aftermarket 6-cell battery installed.
My only complaint with the Samsung laptop is that its dual core 1.3 ghz processor is sluggish, and I do believe it is bottle-necking the SSD I installed.
I'm not exactly sure how heavy is 5.5lb, but I'm used to carrying a backpack weighing over 30 lbs thanks to all of the textbooks.
I've read that the Y410p doesn't have the best battery life even with the battery mode enabled. I was wondering if there was a way to undervolt the CPU and GPU. I had experience with undervolting Core 2 laptops back in the day, but a lot has changed obviously.
As for my Asus laptop, it is nearly 4 years old, and I only play Wargame Airland Battle and Team Fortress 2.
I have to play Wargame Airland Battle at mid-low graphic settings, and there's been times where my FPS dropped to below 20 with GPU usage at less than 40%, aka, the CPU was bottlenecking. The upcoming Wargame Red Dragon is most likely going to demand additional performance.
For TF2, my graphic settings are limited to medium. And the FPS is often at 30-20 due to TF2 only supporting up to dual cores, not good for slow quad-cores.
Should I buy the Y410p? And when? And how do I undervolt it?
Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Loney111111, Jan 25, 2014.
