actually, hot is subjective. Any laptop will get hot when gaming, not a single one will remain cool, except if you play it inside a server's room. but yourself maybe freezing, so not advisable.

but how comfortable are you to play when a laptop gets too hot? For me, this laptop have a really superior design, coz the armrest is always cooler than you palm. refer to the first page to see where the main heat is all about.

like a desktop, most people dont even bother to close the casing. this laptop bottom case can be opened without voiding the warranty. that is the plus point.

the main prob with this laptop is, is the fan. except booting, it wont blow any faster than around 20~30% of its speed. and even in high heat, it will just remain unnoticeable. we cant hear a single thing. a really really quite whisper.

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see my signature for the full specs of this laptop. K40AB, K50AB share the same hardware, the difference is screensize ( duhh. 14" ->15.6"), K50 have numpad!! and 20 minutes lesser battery time. using vista battery saver, can get at most 2hours. normally, around 1 hour, 50 minutes.

Comparing the k40/50ab to dell studio15. you pay for what u get, considering the price:performance:feature paid ratio, they are about the same. Differences are

Dell Studio 15 :
-intel cpu (better batt life & performance clock to clock)
- hdmi, esata
-faster gddr3 ati 4570 (680/800)
- Vista/Win7 OS

Asus k40/50Ab
- amd x2 cpu (lower batt life, & lower performance clock to clock to intel)
- no hdmi, no esata
- ddr2 ati 4570 (680/500) , memory overclockable to 600mhz
- free dos
- 2 years warranty, yes a BIG Plus point

That’s about rm700 diff, so basically it depends what you wan

Nope, there's no need to open casing when gaming. Palm rest is very cool..you should ty it out

its really value for the price paid..where to find such spec with rm2k pricing?

wow..tats a lot..u must be customized a lot the studio 15....the money u save can get you another netbook with balance left 

dell really have a lot of customization. try not to upgrade your ram or make partitions, coz you can really cut cost there.

most of upgrade like rams, hdd, mouse, can be bought elsewhere for much2 lower price than you pay for to dell.

if u customize a Studio 15 so much, y not consider Asus U80V as well???

slim lightweight 14" with C2D and HD4570 as well... but juz like K40Ab, the frame buffer is DDR2...

U80V is basically the slimmer version of F81Se with a shiny Centrino 2 sticker...

rm3199 for T6500 version...

P8700 version for rm3599 i think...

but heck, for that i rather stick with K40Ab... u can do so much more things with the rm1k difference...

well again if ur looking for something cheap n below 2k, this is the one

else, self customization of over >3.5k kinda defeats the purpose of the whole idea. there are other options for that price

lol..guess ur choice has been clearly spoken...

*no regrets having this

yeah..rm2k is peanuts la, especially when it's divided 2.45 

ah..pathetic RMs

going down to singapore for it?? u shud go for turion models i guess.. hahaa..

lolz.. arent there any k40ab available in sg? turion models are released in SG wert.. better go check it out.. wonder hows the price difference.. hahaa..

get turion.. better CPU

lolz.. yeah.. thats the case lar.. but ur working with SG money rite? hahaa... if it was da same price.. which is la.. oni the currency problem.. turion model is nicer.. haha

k40ab 250gb is selling rm1899 which is even sweeter

yeah.. u can even find cheaper then 1899 for 250gb model.. hahaa.. my place ipoh.. 1898.. lolz.. rm1 cheaper.. lolz

im running without any coolers.. but undervolt lar..

on gaming reach around 80-82...

idle hot room.. 75...