Good deal on Laptop???

Verve · 07-03-2006, 12:56 AM

I was building a laptop at HP's website today, and I came up with what I think is a good setup (for my brother who is going to college next year).

Tell me what you think of the deal:

HP dv5000z

Operating System Genuine Windows XP Home Edition
Processor AMD Turion(TM) 64 ML-37 (2.0GHz/1MB L2 Cache)
Display FREE Upgrade to 15.4" WXGA BrightView Widescreen!!
Graphics Card 128MB ATI RADEON(R) XPRESS 200M w/Hypermemory(TM)
Memory 1.0GB DDR SDRAM (2x512MB)
Hard Drive 80 GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive
Primary CD/DVD Drive DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive
Networking FREE Upgrade to 54g(TM) 802.11b/g WLAN!!
TV & Entertainment Experience No TV Tuner w/remote control
Primary Battery 12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Productivity Software Microsoft(R) Works/Money
OS and Recovery Media Genuine Windows XP Home Edition Backup CD

$1,128.97 after rebates and instant savings

[-0MEGA-] · 07-03-2006, 12:58 AM

It's a decent setup, but nothing out of the ordinary. Your not planning on playing any kind of new games are you?

Verve · 07-03-2006, 01:05 AM

hmm, nothing super, just things like Freelancer and some older 2003 EA Sports games which run OK on even my integrated graphics computers.

Burgerbob · 07-03-2006, 01:15 AM

The only thing i would reccomend would be a faster HDD.

Verve · 07-03-2006, 01:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burgerbob

The only thing i would reccomend would be a faster HDD.

That is currently the fastest available for that laptop. Is it too slow?

Burgerbob · 07-03-2006, 01:19 AM

i have a portable 5400RPM and its slow, but i dont know how you would change that unless you wanted a new OS and everything, and you got a good 7200RPM laptop HDD.

bball4life · 07-03-2006, 05:29 AM

don't worry too much about the hdd speed, the newer 5400rpm hdd will run just about as fast as the older 7200 rpm hdd. 7200 is ideal but when 5400 is the only option you should be fine. My laptop has a 5400 rpm hdd and its fine for me.

Verve · 07-03-2006, 07:33 PM

So, slower hdd means a noticable slowdown in opening ordinary files? Or, does it only affect games or video etc.?

Burgerbob · 07-03-2006, 07:59 PM

Both, but mainly for the latter.

07-03-2006, 12:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
Verve Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Age: 18 Posts: 2,493	Good deal on Laptop??? I was building a laptop at HP's website today, and I came up with what I think is a good setup (for my brother who is going to college next year). Tell me what you think of the deal: HP dv5000z Operating System Genuine Windows XP Home Edition Processor AMD Turion(TM) 64 ML-37 (2.0GHz/1MB L2 Cache) Display FREE Upgrade to 15.4" WXGA BrightView Widescreen!! Graphics Card 128MB ATI RADEON(R) XPRESS 200M w/Hypermemory(TM) Memory 1.0GB DDR SDRAM (2x512MB) Hard Drive 80 GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive Primary CD/DVD Drive DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive Networking FREE Upgrade to 54g(TM) 802.11b/g WLAN!! TV & Entertainment Experience No TV Tuner w/remote control Primary Battery 12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery Productivity Software Microsoft(R) Works/Money OS and Recovery Media Genuine Windows XP Home Edition Backup CD $1,128.97 after rebates and instant savings __________________ Formerly Starwarsman HP DV6885 Special Edition Core2Duo T8100 @ 2.1 GHz 3GB DDR2 Ram 250GB SATA HDD Geforce 8400m GS Vista Home Premium SP1 The Masterplan

07-03-2006, 12:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,897	It's a decent setup, but nothing out of the ordinary. Your not planning on playing any kind of new games are you? __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM965 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // Dual 512MB GDDR3 8600M GT's SLI 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 3GB DDR2 667 DC 750GB SATA 3.0Gbps w/32MB // 400GB (2x 200GB) 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21366 // 7394

07-03-2006, 01:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
Verve Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Age: 18 Posts: 2,493	hmm, nothing super, just things like Freelancer and some older 2003 EA Sports games which run OK on even my integrated graphics computers. __________________ Formerly Starwarsman HP DV6885 Special Edition Core2Duo T8100 @ 2.1 GHz 3GB DDR2 Ram 250GB SATA HDD Geforce 8400m GS Vista Home Premium SP1 The Masterplan

07-03-2006, 01:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
Burgerbob Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Private Island Age: 18 Posts: 2,480	The only thing i would reccomend would be a faster HDD. __________________ Family Computer AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (Barcelona) 2048Mb Ballistix, ASUS M2N-E 2X160gb WD SATA HDDs, eVGA GeForce 6800XT Sunbeam Clear (pink, long story) Acrylic case Hanns-G 19in 5ms

07-03-2006, 01:19 AM	#6 (permalink)
Burgerbob Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Private Island Age: 18 Posts: 2,480	i have a portable 5400RPM and its slow, but i dont know how you would change that unless you wanted a new OS and everything, and you got a good 7200RPM laptop HDD. __________________ Family Computer AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (Barcelona) 2048Mb Ballistix, ASUS M2N-E 2X160gb WD SATA HDDs, eVGA GeForce 6800XT Sunbeam Clear (pink, long story) Acrylic case Hanns-G 19in 5ms

07-03-2006, 05:29 AM	#7 (permalink)
bball4life Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere.... Posts: 1,423	don't worry too much about the hdd speed, the newer 5400rpm hdd will run just about as fast as the older 7200 rpm hdd. 7200 is ideal but when 5400 is the only option you should be fine. My laptop has a 5400 rpm hdd and its fine for me. __________________ Fold To Cure Team 12912 AMD 3700+ San Diego (@2.75) I A8N SLI premium I 1 GB OCZ Gold PC3200 (@460 2-2-2-5) I 160GB Seagate HDD I EVGA 7900GT KO (@550/1800) I Seasonic S12 600W SLI PSU I Audigy 2ZS I MX3100 Mouse/Keyboard I Logitech x5300 I Dell E193FP 19" LCD I Black Aspire X-Cruiser Macbook I 2.0GHz Yonah I 1GB RAM I 80GB HDD

07-03-2006, 07:33 PM	#8 (permalink)
Verve Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Age: 18 Posts: 2,493	So, slower hdd means a noticable slowdown in opening ordinary files? Or, does it only affect games or video etc.? __________________ Formerly Starwarsman HP DV6885 Special Edition Core2Duo T8100 @ 2.1 GHz 3GB DDR2 Ram 250GB SATA HDD Geforce 8400m GS Vista Home Premium SP1 The Masterplan

07-03-2006, 07:59 PM	#9 (permalink)
Burgerbob Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Private Island Age: 18 Posts: 2,480	Both, but mainly for the latter. __________________ Family Computer AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (Barcelona) 2048Mb Ballistix, ASUS M2N-E 2X160gb WD SATA HDDs, eVGA GeForce 6800XT Sunbeam Clear (pink, long story) Acrylic case Hanns-G 19in 5ms

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