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Question

Buying a Vaio

Feb 15, 2013 5:45AM PST

Wanna buy the following customized sony vaio from USA sony store. Please suggest.

3rd gen Intel® Core™ i7-3632QM quad-core processor (2.20GHz / 3.20GHz with Turbo Boost)
Windows 8 64-bit
No Fresh Start
Microsoft® Office 2010 trial version
14" LED backlit display (1600 x 900)
Touch screen
AMD Radeon™ HD 7670M (2GB) hybrid graphics
750GB (7200rpm) hard drive
8GB (8GB x1) DDR3-1600MHz
CD/DVD player / burner
Standard lithium-ion battery (5300mAh)
Imagination Studio™ VAIO® Edition software
Color: Silver with Sapphire Blue
Color matched keyboard skin and mouse

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(NT) What suggestion do you expect?
Feb 15, 2013 5:52AM PST
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Feb 16, 2013 10:10PM PST

Is it good or not ...??? How is Sony vaio performance...???

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I suggest you consider the following.
Feb 15, 2013 6:31AM PST

"Our tests demonstrate fairly little difference between a $225 LGA 1155 Core i5-2500K and a $1000 LGA 2011 Core i7-3960X, even when three-way graphics card configurations are involved. It turns out that memory bandwidth and PCIe throughput don't hold back the performance of existing Sandy Bridge-based machines. "
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-4.html

So you're not getting the i7 because of the gaming potential of the Radeon 7670, so can you share why this laptop?

I'm sure a gamer might like this one. Lots of bragging rights here.
Bob

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Feb 16, 2013 10:11PM PST

Sry..but m nt getting u... Please elaborate....

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i5 or i7
Feb 16, 2013 10:21PM PST

Do u recommend a 3rd Gen i5+ raedon 7670 2 GB ??

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For what use? I never read why this at all?
Feb 17, 2013 1:25PM PST

Still, pretty high end, something a gamer might brag about.

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i5 or i7
Feb 17, 2013 11:24PM PST

I might b using CAD softwares and games. That's y... if m going 4 i7 quad core+2 gb graphix......ny problem is dere or its not required...???

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dere?
Feb 18, 2013 12:47AM PST

Of course you could use a lesser machine. Dere doesn't have to be a requirement dere. Dat is, it's a fast high end machine.
Bob