ACER Aspire V3-571 15.6" Laptop (i5 Ivy bridge) - Black - £499.99 - COMET

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  Villa11 months, 2 hours ago #1Show comment toolsReply

  Sounds good to me.
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  dearley123111 months, 2 hours ago #2Show comment toolsReply

  CPU mark i5-3210M = 3334 (5 samples)
  CPU mark i5-2410M = 3363
  
  Approx the same speed but 3rd gen should have better battery life, better graphics.
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  EastLondon11 months, 2 hours ago #3Show comment toolsReply

  Would of been nice with a dedicated gpu but the hd4000 is not too bad for light gaming
  
  http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/video_lookup.php?gpu=Intel+HD+4000
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  andreapedrazzini11 months, 1 hour ago #4Show comment toolsReply

  dearley1231

  CPU mark i5-3210M = 3334 (5 samples)
  CPU mark i5-2410M = 3363
  
  Approx the same speed but 3rd gen should have better battery life, better graphics.

  
  
  Max TDP is identical o_O I don't get how a cpu clocked higher with hyperthreading has the same benchmarks as the one clocked lower without ht... I think they just need more sampling...
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  Villa11 months, 1 hour ago #5Show comment toolsReply

  EastLondon

  Would of been nice with a dedicated gpu but the hd4000 is not too bad for light gaming
  
  http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/video_lookup.php?gpu=Intel+HD+4000

  
  I guess there might be the odd one or two people in the world who want to use a laptop for non-gaming related activities....
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  BM1210 months, 4 weeks ago #6Show comment toolsReply

  Villa

  EastLondon

  Would of been nice with a dedicated gpu but the hd4000 is not too bad for light gaming
  
  http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/video_lookup.php?gpu=Intel+HD+4000

  
  I guess there might be the odd one or two people in the world who want to use a laptop for non-gaming related activities....

  
  
  I agree. If you go for a spec you really won't use then my suggestion would be don't. A dedicated GPU will consume significantly more power than an integrated GPU (meaning less battery time). The machine will also run more hotter, which in turn will mean that the case fan will be on more often (so more noiser).
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  iDealYou10 months, 4 weeks ago #7Show comment toolsReply

  I decided to go for the Lenovo E530 with Intel Core i7-3612QM for extra £50.
  I bought a similar machine before, the built quality is decent.
  Your text here
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  Villa10 months, 4 weeks ago #8Show comment toolsReply

  iDealYou

  I decided to go for the Lenovo E530 with Intel Core i7-3612QM for extra £50.
  I bought a similar machine before, the built quality is decent.
  Your text here

  
  err... that sounds remarkably cheap.
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  iDealYou10 months, 4 weeks ago #9Show comment toolsReply

  I thought so. but the HD is only 320GB & RAM is only 4GB.
  That's enough for me, will upgrade RAM when have a bit more cash.
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  abigsmurf10 months, 4 weeks ago #10Show comment toolsReply

  andreapedrazzini

  Max TDP is identical o_O I don't get how a cpu clocked higher with hyperthreading has the same benchmarks as the one clocked lower without ht... I think they just need more sampling...

  
  
  TDP isn't an accurate measure of power usage. It's only a measure of peak power, designed to tell manufacturers how much heat they need to be able to dissapate in a worst case scenario.

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