I picked up the Asus N550JV (i7-4700HQ, 8gb DDR3, NVIDIA Geforce GT 750M 2GB, 1 TB 5400 rpm, full HD IPS non-touchscreen) as a Gold Box deal for $850 yesterday.
I'm a moderate gamer/student/photoshop-user and felt that would fit my needs for a good price. However, now I see the Lenovo Ideapad Y510p (with the dual SLI gpus and hybrid drive) for about $980. Is it worth cancelling my order and picking the Lenovo up for about $130 more?
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834313584
I imagine it's more future-proof, but I've had two Lenovos for my past two laptops and feel like their build quality has steadily declined.
Maybe it's just typical buyer's remorse, but I'm not convinced the ASUS was a good deal. I've read most of the threads on this particular comparison, and most seem to point to the Y510p as the better performer. Can anyone speak to differences in build quality, real-world battery life (I imagine it's pretty poor with the SLI), or general performance? I have a 7200 rpm HDD to replace the 5400 the ASUS ships with, but is the hybrid drive worthwhile? Waiting an extra few seconds to wake from hibernate isn't a big deal to me.
I'm a moderate gamer/student/photoshop-user and felt that would fit my needs for a good price. However, now I see the Lenovo Ideapad Y510p (with the dual SLI gpus and hybrid drive) for about $980. Is it worth cancelling my order and picking the Lenovo up for about $130 more?
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834313584
I imagine it's more future-proof, but I've had two Lenovos for my past two laptops and feel like their build quality has steadily declined.
Maybe it's just typical buyer's remorse, but I'm not convinced the ASUS was a good deal. I've read most of the threads on this particular comparison, and most seem to point to the Y510p as the better performer. Can anyone speak to differences in build quality, real-world battery life (I imagine it's pretty poor with the SLI), or general performance? I have a 7200 rpm HDD to replace the 5400 the ASUS ships with, but is the hybrid drive worthwhile? Waiting an extra few seconds to wake from hibernate isn't a big deal to me.