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    AMD Llano A8-3500M Quad-Core, Dedicated GFX– 17.3" Gateway Notebook for $550 at TigerDirect !

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by Rami, Aug 3, 2011.

  1. Rami

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    17" with 1366x768? Ewww. Otherwise not a bad deal, better if it were 15".
     
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    Seems like a good computer for the money. Is the processor the AMD equivalent to the sandy bridge version of say an I-5?
     
    MSGaldenzi, Aug 3, 2011
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    I'm sorry, I didn't notice that.
     
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    Fairly close. It can overclock like a sonofagun too.

    USB 3.0 offers much faster transfers than USB 2.0, but requires a USB 3.0 device of course, 2.0 devices won't transfer data any more quickly.
     
    HTWingNut, Aug 3, 2011
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    6620G is integrated with CPU so memory bandwidth is low, though much better than intel HD 3000 in sandy bridge CPUs overall.
     
    mangos47, Aug 4, 2011
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    Been looking for something like this and saw the price is still $550. Is this a good price?
     
    ruffraider, Aug 18, 2011
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    this is a decent deal but i still think the ASUS k53ta is still the best bang out there for $449
     
    UnXpectedError, Aug 18, 2011
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    You would think that. :p

    (I happen to agree :cool: )
     
    saturnotaku, Aug 19, 2011
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  13. Nemix77

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    Good priced laptop.

    Two HDD bays makes god for a SSD upgrade and i wouldn't be surprised if the laptop does have USB 3.0 just not listed.
     
    Nemix77, Aug 19, 2011
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    I also agree, considering the K53TA can handle Bad Company 2 on High and SC2 on med-high.

    (449$ @ Best Buy USA or 549$ [-50$ discount included] @ Staples Canada)
     
    Voodooi, Aug 19, 2011
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    Canadians models come with HD 6650M CrossFire, 750GB Hard Drive and 8GB ram.
     
    Nemix77, Aug 20, 2011
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  16. ningduo

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    $550 for a quad-core computer is not bad, and you can also play some games on it.
     
    ningduo, Aug 20, 2011
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