Quote (IIFOXII @ Aug 12 2012 11:57pm)
That's a very good laptop for the price.
How does it go with heat though? It looks very slim, and my experience is slim laptops run very, very hot while gaming to the point that really can't push them above like 80% of their capacity without either burning yourself or servearly reducing the laptops life span.
I'm after a new laptop after my HP laptop lasted only 15 months before encountering pretty big over heating issues thanks to running hot so often - would not buy a similar laptop again for that reason.
650m is pretty sweet. A friend has a similar laptop with 630m and even that can play any game ont he market and games like SC2/D3 at max settings (1300x900 resolution though - as that's what the screen is)
630m is actually garbage, its one of the old generation architecture. 650m and beyond is based off new kepler architecture and I can say it works pretty well.
Its at 1080p so you are going to have to turn down some settings in say BF3 or The Witcher 2, but games that are easier to run you can crank everything up to max.
As for heat, it has a pretty sizable fan in the bottom of the case for input and outputs on the side. I always keep the bottom unboustructed, but especially when I'm gaming. For example, if I'm on a desk or table, I always hang the edge off of it for maximum airflow.
I can tell the heat coming out of the side fan is pretty hot, but its not too bad. Overall the laptop doesn't heat up too much, the keys don't even feel overly warm.