Philosophical45's PC (Hardware and Benching)

[Philosophical45]

IT WAS TIME TO GET RID OF YE OLE BETSY... AFTER LOOKING AT DESKTOP REPLACEMENTS, NETBOOKS AND BUDGET LAPTOPS, I FINALLY SETTLED ON THIS PIECE OF SEXINESS FROM ASUS..

ASUS UL80VT-A1

       



There's a newer model the UL80JT on amazon available for 870+ USD, but i couldn't handle the wait on that, and well i needed a new monitor and a new laptop so my budget covered the cost of both. So far the laptop is freaking sweet, haven't tested any games on it as yet, but it wasn't bought for that sole purpose. The battery life is freaking awesome.. my word. Windows 7 is moving nicely, no slow downs in multi-tasking. It will be a good little friend to me for quite a while. As you can see from the video and the few pics, the overall look of the laptop is very nice.. the Brushed aluminum cover finish is sweet, and the keyboard is extra comfortable. The touchpad is nothing to die for, but it works, and the few multi-touch gestures are decent. It's a well balanced laptop, and i'm proud to own it.


SPECS:

• 1.3GHz Intel SU7300 Core 2 Duo Processor
  4GB of DDR3 1066MHz DRAM, 2 slots, 4GB Max
  320GB Hard Drive (5400 RPM); Super Multi Optical Disk Drive; Wi-Fi 802.11 bgn
  14-Inch Widescreen HD LED LCD Display; 0.3M Webcam; HDMI Port; NVidia G210M Graphics with 512MB DDR3 + Intel GMA 4500MHD (Switchable VGA)
  Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) Operating System; 8 Cell 5600mAh Battery

I'll try to add more experiences with the laptop as time goes on. ASUS FTW, they coming hard, my monitor is the shizznit, my laptop is the shizznit.. ah feel ah buying an ASUS motherboard, LOL..

[Crixx_Creww]

so you replaced yur desktop with this?
you not gaming no more?

also
my model ASus drop to 999
so its even more of a steal now for anyone else lookin for an asus

[Philosophical45]

so you replaced yur desktop with this?
you not gaming no more?

also
my model ASus drop to 999
so its even more of a steal now for anyone else lookin for an asus

lol no crixx, i did not replace my desktop... lol

[Redfish]

Looking good Phil, making we want to get my hands on a first laptop of my own but still contemplating lol

[Arcmanov]

You know...when I sold my Dell...I told myself that I didn't need a notebook,
now that I have two netbooks (personal/work), but all these sexy new Asus
notebooks have me reconsidering that stance.

Yours and Crixx's...could play games at medium/low specs right?

[Crixx_Creww]

Yeah, i play bf at medium spec
and guildwars and other mmos and rts at full spec

[Philosophical45]

You know...when I sold my Dell...I told myself that I didn't need a notebook,
now that I have two netbooks (personal/work), but all these sexy new Asus
notebooks have me reconsidering that stance.

Yours and Crixx's...could play games at medium/low specs right?

i haven't tested much games on it, so far only Alien Swarm and that runs fine at the native res. From benchmarks i see online, my laptop can handle some new games but on medium to low settings. I plan to test it with Left 4 Dead 2 and Dawn of War 2, maybe i'll try Gears of War also. I will tell you how that goes later.

oh and crixx's laptop is wayyyyyyyyy more powerful than mine... it's a G51 ent?

[Crixx_Creww]

G51j yea

[Philosophical45]

Well guys it's been YEARS... since i updated my desktop... so i made a small upgrade. Graphics card upgrade will come later on.

New CPU - AMD 1090t X6
New MoBo - Gigbabyte 890GPA-UD3H
New Ram - 4GB ADATA GAMING SERIES DDR3  1600MHZ
New Case - CM 690 II ADVANCED

No time for benchmarks yet to compare to older setup, temps vastly improved from my older case.

One thing to mention for now, the gigabyte board i got is apparently the new revision, even though i thought amazon was selling the older revision according to the picture in their product description. So my board "officially" has support for the upcoming bulldozer chips.

Here are couple pics now of the current setup.

BLACK SOCKET AM3+ SUPPORT



SETUP INSTALLED IN NEW CASE

[Saxito Pau]

Good stuff!!

Yuh have me itching to buy my new video card now..

[TriniXaeno]

benchmarks or it didn't happen! lol

What was the motivation? BF3?

[Berzerk]

6 core FTW. Nice setup dey philo.

[Philosophical45]

6 core FTW. Nice setup dey philo.

Good stuff!!

Yuh have me itching to buy my new video card now..

thanks y'all 

benchmarks or it didn't happen! lol

What was the motivation? BF3?

Well bf3 plus every other app and game i run currently, the dual core was showing its age. Man i played BC2 last night and i never knew the game could run so smooth, I was living in a lie before lol. 

[Redfish]

Ha yuh see how fresh that lovely pepsodent blue looks on that black finish lol.

Now you need to get a 560 or something and yuh set.

Nice and clean man, wish I could say the same for my case......

[phoenix31tt]

lol @ living in a lie.. good to see you stepping up :}... maybe now you could get some kills in gears ... ohh noooo lol

[Philosophical45]

lol @ living in a lie.. good to see you stepping up :}... maybe now you could get some kills in gears ... ohh noooo lol

you talking like i shitty or sumn  ... buhwadmugahjuiceiseeinghere lolz  

[TriniXaeno]

lol

but I find my bc2 runs real smooth on this dual core setup.

wonder if I living a lie as well?

[phoenix31tt]

aye.. the only way to tell is to run it on a beast machine... it will seem besss for u until u use better

thats what we keep tellin the android users... they figure it running fast cuz they know no better :O lol

[Arcmanov]

Ha, whatever.

Lookin good Philo.

Forget the benchmarking yes, just stress-test the f@#k out of it to make sure
whatever you choose for your everyday settings will run flawlessly.

[TriniXaeno]

Forget the benchmarking yes

Who are you? And what have you done with Arcman??