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    Battalion 101 W150ERQ (A good buy?)

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by lanjoky, Jul 8, 2012.

  1. lanjoky

    lanjoky Notebook Enthusiast

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    Looking at getting the following laptop. Looking for something that will hold up for 4-5 years. Primary Uses run the gamut of Gaming (WOW, DIABLO III right now) to Work for my Master's degree in Cyber Security. Trying to aim for $1400.00 range. Please provide any comments on the configuration, company (IBUYPOWER), etc. I am very interested to hear everyone's opinions.

    Configuration:

    Case 1 x Battalion 101 W150ERQ 15.6" Full HD 1920x1080 LED-Backlit Display Laptop w/HDMI Port, USB 3.0, fingerprint Reader, Li-Ion Battery, Universal AC Power Adapter-Original Metallic Black
    Processor 1 x Intel® Core™ i7-3610QM Mobile Processor (4x 2.3GHz/6MB L3 Cache)
    Memory 1 x 16GB [8GB x 2] 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM [Laptop Memory]-Corsair or Major Brand
    Video Card 1 x NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1GB GDDR5 Video [W150ERQ]
    Primary Hard Drive 1 x 120 GB Kingston V+200 SSD-Single Drive
    Data Hard Drive 1 x 750 GB 7200rpm Serial-ATA Super Slim Laptop Hard Drive
    Optical Drive 1 x 8x Dual Format DVD±R/±RW + 16x CD-R/RW Combo Drive [W150ERQ]
    Sound Card 1 x 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard
    Network Card 1 x Built-in 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN [Laptop]
    Operating System 1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium + Office Starter 2010 (Includes basic versions of Word and Excel)-64-Bit
    Warranty 1 x Standard Warranty Service-Standard One(1) Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support
    Rush Service 1 x Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee)-No Rush Service, Estimate Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days
    USB Ports 1 x Built-in 1x USB 2.0 + 2x USB 3.0 + 1x USB 3.0 / eSATA Combo Ports [Laptop]
    Video Camera 1 x Built-in 2.0 Mega Pixels Digital Web Video Camera
    Internal Wireless Network Adapter 1 x 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi + Bluetooth Combo
    Flash Media Reader / Writer 1 x Built-in 9-in-1 Media Card Reader/Writer [Laptop]
    Carrying Case 1 x Free Deluxe Carrying Case
    Free Stuff 1 x [FREE] Creative Labs Fatal1ty Gaming Headset-Free with Purchase of any system over $999
    Subtotal $1,317.00
     
    lanjoky, Jul 8, 2012
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  2. R3d

    R3d Notebook Virtuoso

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    It's just an overprice Sager NP6150. Just buy it from a reseller like XoticPC or something and you'll save some money.

    You don't need 16gb of RAM and you should buy the SSD aftermarket, not from the reseller. You can get a 8gb RAM/no SSD setup from Xotic for like $900.
     
    R3d, Jul 10, 2012
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