Name of this laptop?

[Feggans222]

Hi, I'm looking for a cheapish laptop that will be able to play old games, and maybe some newish ones on low settings. I saw this deal and I was wondering if anyone knew the actual name of this laptop (or class) so I can have a look at what it actually looks like.

http/www.jbhifi.com.au/computers/samsung/refurbished-15-6-inch-notebook-sku-452426/

Thanks guys

 

[IInuyasha74]

Haha lucky you, I just bought one, but with a different graphics card, so I know a good bit about the series.

This is a Samsung 3
Model numbers begin with NP300E5C-XXXXX
From what I have seen, all American models have either an i5 or i3 CPU with intel graphics and only foreign models have graphics cards. I got lucky and got mine for $350 used with an i5-3210M, 6GB ram, 1TB HDD, and an Nvidia 620M. On Newegg they sold for $750 without the graphics card and a smaller HDD.

You might try ebay if you go to buy one, there are a few others at decent price there, or if you want I have a small list of other PC's I had been considering I can show you that fall around the $300 range.

 

[Feggans222]

Haha lucky you, I just bought one, but with a different graphics card, so I know a good bit about the series.

This is a Samsung 3
Model numbers begin with NP300E5C-XXXXX
From what I have seen, all American models have either an i5 or i3 CPU with intel graphics and only foreign models have graphics cards. I got lucky and got mine for $350 used with an i5-3210M, 6GB ram, 1TB HDD, and an Nvidia 620M. On Newegg they sold for $750 without the graphics card and a smaller HDD.

You might try ebay if you go to buy one, there are a few others at decent price there, or if you want I have a small list of other PC's I had been considering I can show you that fall around the $300 range.

Thanks for the reply, that list around $300 would be great if you could show me. I'm really looking for the cheapest I can get that has 1gb of decent graphics, 4gb of ram and a decent processor.

I think this is the model I was looking at (at a cheaper price)
http/www.ebay.com.au/itm/Samsung-15-6-Laptop-Core-i5-4GB-RAM-500GB-HDD-WIN7-Model-NP350V5C-S01AU-/141103379010?pt=AU_comp_laptop&hash=item20da6ab242&_uhb=1#viTabs_0 .

I've also had a look at some other ebay ones, the first of which could be a bit dodgy though.
http/www.ebay.com.au/itm/Samsung-Laptop-NP355V5C-S04AU-as-new-/221305750622?pt=AU_comp_laptop&hash=item3386d9c45e&_uhb=1

http/www.ebay.com.au/itm/Samsung-NP300V5A-S0FAU-i7-6GB-750GB-Laptop-Notebook-/161135201790?pt=AU_comp_laptop&hash=item2584680dfe&_uhb=1

Those are the main ones I've been looking at; any other's you've got would be greatly appreciated

 

[IInuyasha74]

Well the others I had looked at before I found mine weren't in the Samsung 3 series and actually seeing you aren't in the US I am not sure if Tigerdirect, Newegg, and Amazon ship to you. Also, the cheapest you have listed is a better buy at current than they are. Btw I wouldn't worry about the graphics on the laptop having 1GB of RAM. You mentioned wanting to play old games and honestly the Intel HD 4000 does well on older games. It played Fallout: New Vegas pretty well for me personally when I tried it a year ago, and actually I had fun playing with it. Obviously it doesn't have any dedicated RAM though.

For the ones I had, you may be better off without them actually seeing your list. I noticed you are in Australia also (Pretty sure thats AU at least, considering moving there in a few years so I should probably remember this), anyways I am not sure what places you can have ship to you. I will look over ebay for you and see if I see a good one though.

Btw for what you currently have listed, the one with the i5 is the all around best for you, except its price. It has better graphics than the the i7 Laptop, and pretty close graphics with the AMD based laptop. The other two are in strong contrast to each other. The i7 laptop should have better CPU performance than the i5 and should be years ahead performance wise compared to the AMD system, but with rather weak graphics which are probably about even with an Intel HD 4000 graphics. The AMD system will have slightly better graphics than the i5 unit, but its CPU power is way low. I will see if I see a better one that ships internationally.

 

[Feggans222]

Yep I'm in Australia, which is a bit annoying in terms of price comparisons (it can be a lot cheaper in the US) and shipping. If you find any decent ones that ship internationally I'll have a look at them, thanks.

Jeez, F:NV on a HD 4000? That's a lot better than I thought it would be, but I feel like I should at least have some sort of card so that if I want to play something new I can at least do it on low settings.

The i5 one is the one I'm mainly thinking about, the i7 I just wondered whether the more powerful processor and RAM could make up for it's weaker graphics. And the AMD one, that was just because it was so cheap in comparison to the others (but I'll probably get outbid on it anyway). I'll keep tabs on them and see how high they go, anyways.

I think the i5 and the one in the original post are the same except the ebay one has windows 7 rather than 8. Do you think it's worth the extra $40 (or $20 if I buy the first in store) to get w8?

 

[IInuyasha74]

I looked for about half hour last night, but unfortunately I couldn't really find anything. If you want to be safe, you may want to just go with the i5 system cause it should do you for a few years.

Oh yea it was real impressive the performance I was getting. I had to customize the settings and turn off AA, a few settings were on low or medium, but for textures and a few others I had it going on high settings. I was playing at close to 1080p too so it was doing real well. Heres a review if your interested:
http/www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-4000.69168.0.html

A graphics card still performs better and I understand wanting to have one in your system, I am just saying don't look too closely at vRAM. If the laptop had for example the old ATI 4250M which has various sizes of vRAM, the Intel HD 4000 out performs any version of it by a good bit. Back when I was testing the Intel GPU I think I came to the conclusion that it was about half as powerful as the Nvidia 620 in performance, and thus about equal to the Nvidia 520M but with lower power draw. The 7670 and 7650 graphics in the two other laptops do a good job and just about give double the Intel HD 4000 performance also.

Well personal, I hate Windows 8, and if I had a computer with it the first thing I would do is install Windows 7. So this is a preference. If you like Windows 8 and think you would enjoy it, then I would say its worth the $20 extra. Either way the i5 system is I think the best. Its very close to the one I bought just the other day, but the graphics built in are about 10% faster maybe. The one I got was cheaper, with more RAM and larger HDD, same CPU, and about 10% lower graphics ability, but personally I feel like I am set for the next few years with it since its just a mobile rig for me.

Btw if you ever work on PCs, this one is really simple to take apart to change RAM, or to clean or anything else you might want to do.

 

[Feggans222]

I looked for about half hour last night, but unfortunately I couldn't really find anything. If you want to be safe, you may want to just go with the i5 system cause it should do you for a few years.

Oh yea it was real impressive the performance I was getting. I had to customize the settings and turn off AA, a few settings were on low or medium, but for textures and a few others I had it going on high settings. I was playing at close to 1080p too so it was doing real well. Heres a review if your interested:
http/www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-4000.69168.0.html

A graphics card still performs better and I understand wanting to have one in your system, I am just saying don't look too closely at vRAM. If the laptop had for example the old ATI 4250M which has various sizes of vRAM, the Intel HD 4000 out performs any version of it by a good bit. Back when I was testing the Intel GPU I think I came to the conclusion that it was about half as powerful as the Nvidia 620 in performance, and thus about equal to the Nvidia 520M but with lower power draw. The 7670 and 7650 graphics in the two other laptops do a good job and just about give double the Intel HD 4000 performance also.

Well personal, I hate Windows 8, and if I had a computer with it the first thing I would do is install Windows 7. So this is a preference. If you like Windows 8 and think you would enjoy it, then I would say its worth the $20 extra. Either way the i5 system is I think the best. Its very close to the one I bought just the other day, but the graphics built in are about 10% faster maybe. The one I got was cheaper, with more RAM and larger HDD, same CPU, and about 10% lower graphics ability, but personally I feel like I am set for the next few years with it since its just a mobile rig for me.

Btw if you ever work on PCs, this one is really simple to take apart to change RAM, or to clean or anything else you might want to do.

Yeah I'm thinking I'll go for the i5, especially seeing as it's a factory second rather than used. And I'll have to get Windows 7 because the W8 one has run out of stock haha. I'm not really fussed, if I need to I can always upgrade later.

Anyway thanks for the help man, much appreciated

 

[IInuyasha74]

No problem. Glad I could help.
Hope you enjoy your new laptop, since its performance will be near identical to mine it should do you quite well