Model: ASUS FX503VD-DM334T
Intel Core i5-7300HQ 2.5GHz (6M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz) Quad Core CPU
Intel HM175 Chipset
15.6" FHD 1920x1080 LED Display
NVIDIA GTX 1050 4GB GDDR5 Graphics Card
8GB DDR4 (1 x 8GB, 2 x slots) Memory
128GB M.2 SSD + 1TB 7200rpm HDD
HDMI Port
No Optical Drive,
HD Web Camera
Bluetooth
Wireless AC Dual Band
Gigabit LAN
3 x USB 3.0
Illuminated Keyboard
Windows 10 Home
Thanks for that! Can you recommend a good one on a similar price bracket?
It's hard to find a 15" laptop with quad-core CPU, discrete graphics and a genuinely colour-accurate screen for less than $1500.
You might have to look at refurbished or 2nd-hand machines - maybe an older XPS 15?
I would check out older laptops such as Dell Precisions, Lenovo "W" or "P" class notebooks as many of those models will have lcds installed for colour accuracy
@peter05:
Thanks both for the suggestion. I will check those models. Happy to spend more, but hey, this is ozbargain :)
62.5% sRGB is fantastic compared to the very popular Dell Inspiron 1080p IPS at around 55%.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-Inspiron-15-7000-7577-i5-…
I'm not aware of a notebook that has a better performing IPS panel around this price. The Nitro, Pavilion Power/Omen and Inspiron's with dedicated GPUs, 1080p IPS panels and around ~$1000 all have around 55% sRGB.
Can always purchase a replacement LCD screen with much better specs. These days the 40pin is super common and controller boards are not anywhere near as picky about the input signal as they have been in the past. I'll be upgrading the matte 1080p IPS in my Pavilion Power to the glossy 4K panel that spanks it in every department. It's only $130 shipped from the states too. Of course this is not for most people to do, but it's really not hard.
Which seller you recommend for replacement LCD screen? I am looking one for my HP laptop
I haven't used them but the one I am leaning towards is laptopscreen.com.
This screen in particular is the 'item ID: 933104' that I am after for my HP Pavilion Power 15.
https://www.laptopscreen.com/English/model/HP-Compaq/929115-…
Nitro 5 has 62% as well. still hovering around $990 and arguably better specs with a 1050ti and 256gb ssd vs 1050 and 128+1tb
terrible
same here, looking for something around the 1k mark to do some graphic design on the side
a good screen is a must :/
Seems decent compared to the 1k Lenovo I got a year back
1050 is junk compared to 1050ti for a little bit more moolah.
why is this +23 votes for 1050 vanilla ?
not a good deal at all compared to dell 1050Ti at $60 more
dell 1050Ti at $60 more
link please, thanks
i7-7700HQ + 1050 Ti @ $1,095 after "PASSWORD"
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dell-Inspiron-15-7000-Gaming-Cor…
Is this screen any good for photo and video editing? Cheers
Can you add a HDD drive with this one? So it will be 256 SSD & 1 TB HDD?
@ets27: It's not amazing but it's a good enough IPS screen which apparently is quite easy to replace if you wanted to.
i5-7300HQ + 1050 Ti @ $999 after "PASSWORD"
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dell-Inspiron-15-7000-Gaming-Cor…
i agree. Both are better options than this ASUS deal.
Dell Inspiron Gaming gives you a 1060 graphics card for just $360 more (it's often on special). Or a better CPU (i7) and GPU (1050Ti) for $95 more.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/378284 OR
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/371252
See phunkydude's comments above.
Just $360 more? That's nearly 40% more than the OP's deal.
True, but if you need the frames, there's 50%+ more graphical performance vs a 1050
*100% more graphics power. It's got twice the CUDA cores, ~twice the TDP and a higher clock speed to boot.
Twice the power doesn't necessarily translate to 2x the FPS with every game out there, but it will with a lot of titles.
dell is the choice, much more reliable than ASUS
Shocking news : Spending $360 more will get you a better laptop
Next on 10
https://www.kongcomputers.com/product-detail/gamers/metabox-…
$849 + ~$40 HDD (DIY) here for same specs.
no os?
Windows 10 Professional OEM/MSDN keys can be had for $15ish through cd key resellers or eBay.
you can get em for 2 dollars per and they work.
So instead of pirating it you decided to pay another pirate to give you an illegitimate key? I don't get it, why pay criminals?
It's not piracy. The keys are valid and activate online through MS servers. It's people selling MSDN and OEM keys against the licensing conditions. If you consider breaking an EULA piracy, then I have bad news about nearly all the software you use in your life if you think you actually own it, and not just the right to use it.
You are welcome to continue paying $150+ for a product that a lot of us get for 10% of the cost and is indistinguishable from the retail product. I'm getting a validated piece of software straight from MS servers with access to MS updates. It's the same as if I was in a university course and paid MS for a subsidised key. It's not piracy as I'm not downloading a pre-activated torrent of Windows from dubious sources. It's the same Windows as what MS sells in retail stores just with a different EULA.
In 2011 I paid my IT classmates $10 a pop so I could use their MSDN codes for Windows 7 Pro at the time. I used them on builds rather than sold them, but that's how it works. If you want to consider it piracy then fine, but it's completely incorrect for you to call it piracy when nothing is being pirated, it's just not adhering to the EULA for those keys.
I thought you were against big businesses screwing around the little guy, making BS posts about goverment all the time, but here you are going to say that I should give $150 to Microsoft instead of $15 to some guy who's taking the initiative. You have no congruence with your ethos.
Just to further clarify on this.. With windows 10 you're granted a fully legitimate Windows 10 digital license after you enter and activate the key. Essentially you end up with a legitimate license with a seperate EULA.
In other words, against EULA to transfer or sell but once it's on a machine you have a full digital license.
Also NVIDIA GeForce GTX1050 is only 2GB vs 4GB in this post
How would a machine like this fare for any sort of graphic mapping work? My wife wants a PC that will hold processing power to map graphics auto-cad style.
This looks legit.
This isn't bad, but I'd suggest taking a look at the Dell Inspiron 15 Gaming for $1095.20 after discount. Faster GPU (1050Ti vs 1050 = ~20% faster), an i7 7700HQ (vs i5 in this) which has Hyper-threading, and a larger battery.
Can sway between 5-20% depending on title and settings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srruxwZ4zeM
I'm no fan of userbenchmark.com as it's is an automatically generated, bottom of the barrel nothingless that scrapes other sites for data (they don't test anything themselves) and designed to be the first link on google for ad revenue (hence all the stats on one page including innaccurate benchmarks), not to actually give relevant information to people. Would be a lot more relevant to people to have included more than CS:GO and Dota2 as the only benchmarks relevant to gamers, and they are games that can be played on a potato.
The Asus here has a better screen than the Inspiron, something also to be taken into account.
No computer alliance, no deal. Oh, doh! :-)
I'm waiting for the $1,300 deal on the ultra portable laptop that was on during click frenzy last week. Will jump on it if I ever see it again.
Whats it called and do you have a link? Im looking for a ultra portable laptop myself with some decent specs.
Do you mind sharing the link please
Love this laptop, I have the year below this and its still going strong, having two harddrives is great because you get the immediate startup from SSD drives and then the HD componenet to store all your games
Can anyone comment the quality of the display?
I would like to buy it and one of the use would be lightroom for editing photos. So I just want to make sure the quality is good.