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Asus Zenbook UX430UN 14" i7-8550U 512GB SSD SATA3 16GB DDR3 MX150 2GB $1623.20 @Shopping Express Ebay
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Do you prefer this or my other post the Lenovo Yoga X1: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/360246
Only $200 more for 4k display, touch, and can do yoga :)
But smaller SSD, smaller ram, and hard to upgrade :(100% on the Asus.
- 7th gen dual core vs 8th gen quad core.
- double the ram (massive difference)
- Dedicated gfx
I guess the Lenovo has 4G and higher res touchscreen, but personally I value the faster CPU, more ram and gfx way more.
Thanks mate.
Do you play games often? What games do you play?
Is it warm when you play?I don't play games, but the Asus will walk all over the Lenovo due to much better internals.
@mg_k: Some people in overseas notebook forums also complain about noise from the SSD.
Do you find that noise as well?Thanks mate
@konakona: I agree that it shouldn't.
But the forum.notebookreviews said that it stop making that noise when they change the SSD.
Btw the laptop motherboard can do NVMe SSD.http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/asus-ux430un-i7-8550…
This might be a preference thing, but when i chose my Zenbook i wanted the FHD over the 4K screen for the battery life, plus the touchscreens looked terrible compared to non-touch when comparing them side-by-side in store.
Pretty good specs for the price. Great CPU, good screen colour gamut, Full HD, 50WHr battery, decent sized RAM and SSD, great weight (only 1.25kg), slim bezel, etc.
Touch screen and flip the only added features I'm looking for…
It has good reviews.
However forums noted the PWM flicker (but there are ways to mitigate this).
It also has heating issue on the GPU, but apparently was fixed in BIOS update in December.Basically don't buy this for gaming. Buy this for performance and portability.
Personally I don't find touchscreen or flip essential in a more traditional laptop such as the Asus. Imo it's more useful on 2-in-1 type of machine like a surface pro where you can remove the keyboard and use the machine as a tablet.
Was so close to jumping on this one, however some reviews pointed this laptop seems to suffer serious CPU/GPU throttling which defeat the purpose of the MX150…
Yup, I wudn't recommend this for gaming, it's for business/study/work/home use etc.
Maybe some light gaming.
I purchased the Asus Ux430 UQ model New Years day for $1174 from futu. 1st day got extremely hot just after Windows 10 update.
Within 5mins of playing Battlefield 1 the bottom of the laptop starts getting hot and you can hear the fan firing up.
15mins into the game boy its hot.
Returned it and got full refund within 2 weeks. Futu were great to deal with.
Asus located in Philippines were terrible though.
Now dont know what to get….
This is similar to what I am reading in here
However it's said that there was a BIOS update in December that fixed the issue.Futu and Shopping Express is exactly the same company.
The i5 256GB version comes to $1439.20 and wonder if they would be OK to game for sessions of 50 mins max because that's my daily train commute to work and the only time I'd get to game (with a baby at home). Going overseas in 3 months so not within period to claim 10% GST. Hopefully some even better deal will come along?
This 20% deal comes often, I would say just wait.
About the game, I can't say because I dont have one.The price diff is too small imo….
For ~$200 more you get an i7 with double the ssd, I think it's totally worth it and should pony up.
10% TRS claimable on this?
yes it is
This is within Australia right? so like consumer laws and all that?
It is yes
Sooo tempted! Someone help convince me not to buy it! I'm still using an Asus s500c ><
https://www.asus.com/au/Laptops/ASUS_VivoBook_S500CA/
Only just starting to slow down now and the screen res hurts my face….
You might be "dodging a bullet" with this one because it appears to be equipped with insufficient cooling according to forum posts.
After physically looking at it I noticed the lack of ventilation. Given it ha a full metal body and heat disperses via the body makes me wonder. In Brisbane heat it will probably have cooked itself by the 3rd year just outside of warranty… Thanks Samlor! I had the item in my cart waiting for confirmation all day.
You're welcome. I was tempted myself and the forum posts indicate it is easy to open but needing to make modifications to the system just to get it work sensibly seems (to me) like too much trouble except perhaps for someone with the time and risk appetite to experiment/test but even so it's not a cheap toy. I would quite like to buy the 13.3" Lenovo IdeaPad 320s with i5-8250U and MX150 https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-IdeaPad-320S-13IKBR-i5-… but can't see to find the model with GPU for sale.
Couple of qns if anyone can help. Sorry some a little silly but I'm kinda clueless sometimes…
1) The onboard ram is DDR3? Not DDR4?
2) How does warranty works? If something goes wrong, who to contact? What's that one year breakdown and accidental coverage thingy for? Doesn't notebook have support/warranty anymore?
3) Will buyers protection for 28 degrees card work for this?
This is MY top laptop pick, absolute beast @ 1.25kg with VERY reasonable price.