ASUS F7E 7S039E - Core 2 Duo T5450 1.6 GHz - 17" TFT

Advantages: reliable, robust, the right features and configuration
Disadvantages: Asus not well-known for laptops

...Sep 2006: My previous laptop was a Compaq Evo N1050v of 3 years. It eventually needed replacing and after a long research period, I made up my mind to go for this Asus F3JA. Specifications: CPU: Intel Centrino Duo T2250 1.73GHz Display: 15.4 inch WXGA (Colour Shine) Hard Disk: 100GB SATA (5400 rpm) Memory: 1024 MB (2x512 MB) DDRII SDRAM Optical Disk Drive: DVD Super Multi Double Layer Video Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 256MB(512MB HyperMemory) Wireless: 802.11a/b/g Operating System: Windows XP Pro Built-in Camera: 1.3M pixels Bluetooth Price: £869 incl VAT Including: Asus laptop case, optical mouse and 128MB memory stick Reseller: nexus13.com Size: A 15.4 inch laptop is definitely more comfortable to use than a 15 inch one. Even though the extra width of the screen can only be useful for some purposes, e.g. movies... Read review

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Advantages: Array of Features, Overclocking and many more.
Disadvantages: Price

..., the tRP from 1-7, the tRAS from 1-31 and can change the command per clock to 1 or 2 per clock. Over Voltage menu comes last. You can change the settings as follows: Vcore Voltage: 0.83125v to 1.9000v in 0.00625v increments Memory Voltage: 1.8v to 3.245v in 0.025v increments 1.2v HT Voltage: 1.2v to 1.95v in 0.5v increments NB Core Voltage: 1.2v to 2.75v in 0.5v increments SB Core Voltage: 1.5v to 1.85vin 0.5v increments CPU VTT Voltage: 1.2v to 1.55v in 0.5v increments In short, ASUS Striker Extreme is an excellent overclocker and can beat any other motherboard when it comes to overclocking. FINAL WORDS: To date I have got no problem with this motherboard. I love ASUS for producing such an excellent motherboard. Although it is pricey but I can say with surety that the money you give on it is worth it. I strongly... Read review

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Advantages: small light and reliable
Disadvantages: cost of badge

...this asus laptop is a new range of laptops, as a well known fact they mad parts for the sony viao ange laptops so this means that their own range will be extremely reliable. i found i liked this model alot because it was in mid range of all the laptops asus provide so it gave a perfect amount of everything to a laptop, this is including speed, memory. i would like to say that this is a multimedia pc and gameplay and videos are excellent to watch on this, there is only one draw back the asus W range they are alot faster without too much more cost. the draw back that i found was when you overloaded the laptop with information it does slow down significantly, that does not happen with the W range of laptops. if this is you budget then this is your laptop, but if you can spare more go for the W range.... Read review

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