Kingston ValueRAM, 4GB DDR3-1333 for RM65 per stick

Virtually no difference at all. It's identical in terms of voltage and speed and timings. All voltage is the same at 1.5v except for the low voltage ones which I've only seen in the Crucial RAM which is not even available here.

If you get the high performance ones like the Corsair Vengeance or Kingston HyperX, then there would be something a bit more noticeable but it's more expensive. But in most cases, larger memory size > memory speed.

Do you need something with good battery or good sound system and what size?

Yeap. DIMM is desktop.

Hmmm, could consider this. Most value for money thing at the moment I'd say.
http://www.techhypermart.com/notebooks/asu...ook-laptop.html

Personally using one now. One of the most powerful for its pricing, superbly long battery life and a design that doesn't look cheap.

Local pricing won't be the same as the US ones. Over there, people don't mind paying more for lower specs so long as it serves their purpose.

They will definitely take over the price bracket from the current N5 series.

About 4 hours depending on what you do.

You could consider the A53SV. Battery life isn't as fantastic but it is one of the few 15.6" in the budget range. Top up a bit more for an N55SL. Better screen resolution, performance and sound system as well as build quality.

Try a HDMI cable? Only if your TV has a HDMI port. Otherwise, there's no way.

Aight no problem. You could possibly get a better deal over in the Garage Sales section here.

Only advantage you get is the smaller size and new Ivy Bridge processor. Everything else is overshadowed by the N53SN.

Nothing much, there is some improvement in terms of processing power but for normal surfing and basically every other application. The N53SN would be much better.

They won't. Unless they really have no choice they will fix it and give you back the unit. It's essentially a GT630M when you think about it.

Basically you would need the Intel chipset drivers, Intel graphics drivers, Nvidia graphics drivers, ATK hotkey drivers, wireless and LAN drivers and also webcam for basic functionality.


It's out but the Malaysian version is a little disappointing in terms of its specs.

Well, the Malaysian unit is the lower end one with the GT630M GPU with a regular HD display.What everyone was expecting was a GT650M with a FHD display unit.

That's actually pretty normal for a new Asus laptop since they have a habit for installing a lot of bloatware in it. You can uninstall most of the bloat to speed it up but then again, I realize that some of the hard drives that they use are also rather pokey ones compared to the other 5,400 rpm drives in the market.

Yeah it is. But for the price, not so much. Better off importing it.

Probably they won't give a discount.

What's your budget like? And do you need the good speakers? If possible, it's recommended to pay a bit more for the N or U series rather than the A series as you would get better build quality and design on a whole.

The A-series's cooling is't the best but yours is definitely a bit warm. My old A42JV doesn't hit more than 85C while gaming.

Sounds to me like you need a cooling pad for your laptop, my laptop idles 5C-10C lower than yours so I'm gonna take a guess that ambient temperatures are affecting it.

True, but ambient temp in this case would be your sauna of a room's temp. Even outside, it's only about 28C. What if you use air-conditioning full time?

Well, you would have to mod the backlit keyboard yourself and it will void your warranty.

Yes, the UX32 is coming soon but it probably wouldn't be equipped with a 256GB SSD and will instead rely on hybrid HDD. However, you do gain a higher resolution FullHD display, discrete GPU in the form of a GT620M and the Ivy Bridge CPU.

So it's really up to you, Personally I would say wait for what is to come. The current pricing for the 256GB UX31 is about RM4.5k.

Hybrid HDD is a HDD with some flash memory. For example, the Seagate Momentus XT. It's a 750GB 7.200 rpm HDD with a 8GB flash cache. Performance wise it's faster than a HDD but still slower than the SSDs. So it's a good trade off of speed and capacity.

Well, not entirely sure yet, probably in a month or two.

Probably would be cheaper than the current 1st gen models. Though by how much, that is to be seen.

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Added on May 20, 2012, 10:14 pmN56 has already been released. However, out of your budget and the local SKU is still weaker than the N5 series it's replacing.

This post has been edited by AlexLai: May 20 2012, 10:14 PM

Nope, the local SKU is only HD.

It's RM3.6k.

It comes with an i7-3610QM, GT630M and a regular HD display. Only advantage you have is the more beautiful design and the Ivy Bridge CPU but I personally don't think it's a upgrade over the N5 series.

Yeah, can reconfirm with the resellers if you want. Though I recommend you buying it overseas or importing it if you really want it.