This Notebook a steal at 242gbp?

[h3r3t1k]

I'm looking for bang for the buck. It's cheap but appeals to me because at 720p it should run most older games such as Skyrim and Diablo 3 or heroes of the Storm. I'm in Thailand right now and it seems to be for Asian market only. New in box of course. I just wanna know if the bang for the buck factor is as high as I think.

Asus X555YI

A6-7310, 4GB, R5 M320, 500GB HDD, 15.6" 720p, no windows (don't need it)

242 gbp or 318 usd.

 

[xFeaRDom]

The A6-7310 is quite an old processor, and it is a Quad Core 2.0GHz processor with 2.4GHz boost. And the GPU isn't the best, or newest either.

For the price, I guess it is alright, but I'm sure there's much better Notebooks out there for a similar price. Personally, I wouldn't buy it, and I doubt it'll be able to run games such as Skyrim.

 

[h3r3t1k]

Sure there's better value at this price point out there? The dGPU is better than the iGPU of a A8-7200P right?

 

[xFeaRDom]

Sure there's better value at this price point out there?

Most likely, but I'm thinking about in the United Kingdom, not Thailand. So I'm not too sure about there. I mean, if you want to purchase it, then go ahead, but personally, I wouldn't.

 

[h3r3t1k]

I'm getting 7% VAT refunded actually which knocks it down to 225. No we're talking ;-)

 

[xFeaRDom]

I'm getting 7% VAT refunded actually which knocks it down to 225. No we're talking ;-)

I guess that makes it even better.

If you think its a great deal for your money then go ahead and get it.

At 225, it is definitely somewhat of a deal, especially as you can upgrade it in the future.

 

[h3r3t1k]

Just out of curiosity: I've recently seen another offer which was a bit cheaper. The main difference was that the other notebook had a A8-7200P with no dedicated graphics. It had a 250gb bigger HDD and was slightly cheaper. I'm guessing it's inferior gaming wise? Because while the cpu side is stronger and the dGPU not really weaker it still uses system memory. The stronger apu was compared the GT 720M graphics wise and the R5 M320should be slightly weaker than the Nvidia dGPU.

 

[xFeaRDom]

Just out of curiosity: I've recently seen another offer which was a bit cheaper. The main difference was that the other notebook had a A8-7200P with no dedicated graphics. It had a 250gb bigger HDD and was slightly cheaper. I'm guessing it's inferior gaming wise? Because while the cpu side is stronger and the dGPU not really weaker it still uses system memory. The stronger apu was compared the GT 720M graphics wise and the R5 M320should be slightly weaker than the Nvidia dGPU.

I'm not really too sure, but I guess, you could always add a GPU to the Notebook with the stronger CPU, and then it would make it probably much better than both of them, you can probably get a card that'll fit for probably a similar overall price.