This was posted 8 years 8 months 1 day ago, and might be an out-dated deal.

Related
  • expired

Asus UX501JW - Ultra Slim "Gaming" Notebook $1417.20 Delivered @ Dick Smith eBay

100
Asus UX501JW - Ultra Slim "Gaming" Notebook $1417.20 Delivered @ Dick Smith eBay
Go to Deal
Cashback
bchliu on 25/08/2015 - 22:55 ebay.com.au (844 clicks)
Last edited 25/08/2015 - 23:16 by 1 other user
CTREAT20

There's a number of really good Laptop deals around with the Ebay offers - but this one is also really good as well if you want a true Gaming Ultrabook (2GB NVidia 960GTX).

Specs include:
Glare 15.6' NTSC:45% N/A Touch Ultra Slim 200nits LED Back-lit FHD 1920x1080 16:9
Intel(R), Core(TM), i7-4720HQ Processor, 2.6 GHz (6M Cache, up to 3.6 GHz)
8GB RAM
256GB HDD
NVIDIA GeForce GTX960M (N16P-GX)
Windows(R), 8.1

As much as the Zenbook UX303/305 compares with the Macbook Air, the UX501 compares with the Macbook Pro 15.4" and definitely has better specs for a much lower price point. It uses the older 4000 series CPU - but there is very little difference (<5%) performance difference with the newer 5000 series.

Original CTREAT20 Coupon Code Post

Computing ASUS Computer Laptop Ultrabook

Related Stores

eBay Australia
eBay Australia
Marketplace
Dick Smith / Kogan
Dick Smith / Kogan
Marketplace

closed Comments

  • Diji1 on 25/08/2015 - 23:18
    -3

    "gaming"

    • bchliu on 25/08/2015 - 23:36
      +1

      Interesting. What's your definition of "gaming" then?

      • scrimshaw on 25/08/2015 - 23:46
        +7

        Full Tilt! Pinball at a solid 120FPS with DX11, SSAO and full scene anti-aliasing.

        • DrStinge on 26/08/2015 - 08:57

          Sometimes I read that as anti-analing; I've been watching too much Q&A.

        • ronnknee on 26/08/2015 - 09:36

          Solitaire!

    • zorrt on 26/08/2015 - 06:10

      Might not high end of the spectrum but 960 for 1080p is good so wouldn't knock the "gaming" too much.

  • Geekomatic on 25/08/2015 - 23:20

    Does it game well without over-heating? I know I've read there's not enough ventilation in some of these thin ones.

    • bchliu on 25/08/2015 - 23:35

      I did some research on it before in the last deal and couldnt find anything about it overheating (trust me, that was one of the first things on my mind too given I've had bad experiences with my HP Envy 17 overheating). Thats not to say it doesnt but the 960m is suppose to be pretty good for heat compared to previous generations.

  • songford on 25/08/2015 - 23:31
    +2

    I would be cautious to the combination of "Ultra-Slim" and "Gaming". I got one of them ages ago and they are literally like furnaces.

    • scrimshaw on 25/08/2015 - 23:50

      When a laptop is thin there's only one way for it to effectively cool itself down since the fans only do a half arsed job — radiate the heat towards the user via the keyboard and palmrest.

      The underside of most gaming laptops would also pretty much cook your gonads, if you happen to have one.

      • bockers on 26/08/2015 - 00:13
        +6

        Only one gonad?

      • songford on 26/08/2015 - 00:23

        Yeah I think you've pretty much summed it up - the thickness is the key factor in this scenario.

        Which would probably mean an ultra thin gaming laptop is probably the worst idea possible.

        To be honest I think gaming laptop itself is already a pretty bad idea.

        P.S. Thank you very much my pair of balls are intact.

  • fatpizza on 25/08/2015 - 23:41
    +2

    The 4720HQ does tend to get really hot when doing CPU intensive tasks like video encoding in handbrake. You can just set windows to not use %100 CPU though so it's not much of a hassle.

  • TRANCE on 25/08/2015 - 23:55
    +1

    Great deal.

  • safwanc on 26/08/2015 - 00:28

    250 gb hdd or ssd?

    • bchliu on 26/08/2015 - 00:29
      +1

      SSD. They dont make Hard drives in 250GB for a while now..

      • safwanc on 26/08/2015 - 00:34

        thought so but just making sure because the product description says hdd

        • bchliu on 26/08/2015 - 06:33

          I think its because of the website template that DSE uses - storage automatically is called "HDD" even though technically that is out of date since half the laptops now come with either SSD or hybrid drives

  • congo on 26/08/2015 - 00:49

    Good price. Good GPU

  • shiny1 on 26/08/2015 - 01:45

    Why is gaming in quotations? It is a gaming laptop; it has a 960M. Sure, it's not powerful compared to regular GTX cards, but it can still run current-gen games at modest resolution with playable FPS, and older games on max resolution with playable FPS.
    Slim laptops do generally have trouble with heat, so expect loud-ass fan noise and the odd crash due to overheating.

    • bchliu on 26/08/2015 - 06:42

      Gaming is in quotations because I knew some people may object to the use of the word in this laptop since its not like an ROG, ALienware, MSI or the Asus gaming laptop series (my predictions came true). However as you can see.. it does have the specs required to be gaming. Mind you however, the closest comparison for a slimline gaming laptop with the same specs is the Razer Blade laptops which are twice this price at JB HiFi for last year's model.

      I'm using the smaller UX303LB at the moment and have played a few of different later games out of it. Has not yet overheated. Granted, it is a bit of a difference between a GF940 and a GF960 in heat, but this unit is bigger and has bigger fans etc to suck it out.

      I was deciding pretty hard between this unit and the UX303 last time but ended up with the UX303 because it was meant to replace my MBA and I needed something smaller for portability reasons. Otherwise it would have been a no brainer to get this model (UX501) for me anyway.

  • StarkIndustries on 26/08/2015 - 02:50

    WHY AM I BROKE

    GODDAMN IT. I WANT A NEW LAPTOP

  • musicinbed69 on 26/08/2015 - 05:02

    Purchased! Hope I don't regret it. Reviews seem to be quite good so far.

  • safwanc on 26/08/2015 - 09:16

    Do you know if the ssd in this laptop is the same PCIe SSD as the one in the US 512gb ssd model?

  • abadacus on 26/08/2015 - 09:49

    $1373.225 after cashrewards too. Damn

  • imnotarobotorami on 26/08/2015 - 12:04
    +1

    the Dell inspiron deal is a lot more compelling…

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/208560

    $951 for same CPU / ram, / ssd and slighlty less GFX for ~ 400 less.
    Granted no FHD , but FHD on a 14" isnt really my preference anyhow!

    im travelling back internationally next week, and can likely claim the tax back also!

    • Xenocaust on 26/08/2015 - 14:15

      Also use Cashrewards for an additional 2% ($19.02) off.

      BTW the Dell has a 1 Tb hdd, and no SSD, but it looks like it'd be possible to add a SSD in the Cd drive.

  • hiroyo on 26/08/2015 - 13:41
    +1

    Out of stock……..

  • musicinbed69 on 26/08/2015 - 17:33

    Oh dear, a couple people on whirlpool are saying the 1080p screen isn't very good at all.

    http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2434076

    I hope I don't hate it… I figured as https://www.asus.com/Notebooks/ZenBook_Pro_UX501/specificati… states ONLY IPS panels that I'd be okay. I hope it is ips and not as terrible as they make it out to be.

    I know it'll be better than what I came from, but, man I was really looking forward to a 1080p version of the 4K display that got relatively good reviews.

    • musicinbed69 on 26/08/2015 - 21:36
      +1

      Apprently the panel is TN. I was reading the spec website wrong. They have THREE panels, one of them doesnt state IPS or TN, i assume that means it is TN and that's whats on this one. The 1080p ips panel is most likely the matte non-touch panel.

      I have contacted dicksmith to try and cancel my order. It's such a shame, if the screen was just IPS it would have been perfect but my eyes can't take any more TN.

      • safwanc on 26/08/2015 - 22:10

        that's so annoying. i'm really glad this went out of stock before i could order one. thanks for letting us know.

    • safwanc on 29/09/2015 - 12:52

      Did you happen to find out if this was a TN panel or an LED screen?

      • musicinbed69 on 29/09/2015 - 15:24
        +1

        I never got to see it for myself, I tried to find one at my local store but they only sold the 'cheap' laptops. There is no mention of IPS anywhere so it would be TN. Aint nobody got time for TN panels at that price range. Why would anyone want a premium build laptop with a washed out screen?

Login or Join to leave a comment
Login Join