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Beats an overpriced macbook easily i believe, never owned a mac but this HP packs a punch !
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Positives:++++
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+Looks super stylish like a macbook
+Has both Intel HD graphics for low power use and ATI Radeon 5650 for powered on use. Easily switchable with a mouse click. 5650 has 40% performance compared to the most powerful graphics available for laptops as per notebookcheck.net website. Good enough considering a 60% perfomance GPU like GTX 460m integrated into a laptop will cost at least $1250
+Windows Experience index WithouT considering low speed hard drive and 4GB RAM is 6.6 out of max 7.9. With considering hard drive/RAM it drops to 5.9. Though 4GB RAM is pretty much enough unless you plan to play intensive games such as Crysis for which i am getting 8GB 1333 Mhz corsair.
+ The installed RAM seems to be 4GB PC3-10600 which is a DDR3 1333Mhz. Should be at least good or even better than a 1066 Mhz RAM in other laptops of similar price
+ Intel HD graphics looks surprisingly good when compared to another laptop i tried with same graphics. Good enough for online browsing, videos and desktop use.
+Altec Lansing Dolby 7.1 speakers.
+Plays crysis super smooth at medium-high settings. Can play at high settings at around 30fps
+Esata/usb, Touchpad tap locking mechanism
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Negatives:-
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-A slightly lower ranked i3 370M intel chip. Would have been great if it were i5 4xxm with Turbo-boost. Nevertheless still good performance.
-HP clutterware, get your own copy of windows and clean out all that. (Students get it free from msdn alliance with your university).
-Could get really hot easily if using the ATI 5650 GPU. Make sure you use it only when at home and over a notebook cooler like Zalman2000 or Nzxt cryo. Otherwise stick to Intel HD GPU to prolong laptop life.
NZXT ACC-NT-CRYO-LX 120MM Aluminum Notebook Cooler Adjustable Fans (Silver)
-Monitoring with RealTemp Software tells me the CPU cores could get to about 70C degree celsius and ATI GPU to 64C (throughout averaging 64C and 59C respectively) under 5 hours+ prolonged gaming load (crysis) even when cooled by a high speed NZXT cryo Aluminium cooler with external DC adapter plugged in. The left side of the laptop is where all the CPU/ATIGPU/IntelGPU is located and thats where all the heat is generated. The left side of the touch pad and top of the laptop also gets hot and i recommend using something like "thermapak heatshift" over the laptop keyboard (if you are not using it) which should be help it cool down further for a good 4 hours+ of worry free gaming . Though make sure your ambient temperature of not over normal comfortable room temperature for good performance in cooling down your laptop.
ThermaPAK HeatShift Laptop Cooler 15 inch Black
-Havent found a way to make the laptop choose intel GPU by default at starup. The default choice is ATI GPU.
Got blue screen of death and restarted a few times by itself when trying to install a few antivirus trials with Zone Alarm firewall and Windows Defender enabled. Finally figured out Zone alarm works with Bit Defender 2011 Antivirus with everything except Antivirus capability turned off.
-No finger print reader, USB 3.0, PCIe Express Card Slot.
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Nothing short of a steal for the price. I was upgrading from a dell inspiron 1440. Running on an out dated integrated graphics, and an outdated cpu. I wanted something with power in the graphics and processing department. Expecting to shell out some extra cash for something with a little more kick. That's when I came across the 3143, which I am actually typing this review on right now. I am nothing short of extremely happy with it. The price dropped since I got it, down $50, yet I still believe I got it at a steal. Anything else even close to the specs of this laptop is going to run you at least $800. That $400 savings that amazon put up there is no joke. I've been playing games like Crysis 2, Civilization V, H.A.W.X and Sims 3, like a charm. And they all run smooth and look beautiful, the 3143 can run them at great resolutions, and high texture details. Also a nice 15.6" screen makes it great for multi-tasking and programming. This laptop offers so much for so little and in no way sacrifices graphics, processing or portability for cost or any other reason. Don't let the i3 processor fool you. It one of the better i3 processors that can beat i5 processors in benchmark tests. Go to notebookcheck.net and search for the "i3-370M" to see for yourself.Only con is that the gpu can get quite hot when playing games, however that is expected as is the decrease of battery life when playing high end games, about 1-2hours. But like I said that is expected. However, using the integrated gpu with normal usage will land you great battery life.
Overall I am extremely happy with this purchase. There is not one bad thing I could say about it without nitpicking.
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I was skeptical at first before I bought this computer. There were only 2 reviews so I decided to make this third one to assure people this is a good computer. Overall I am very happy with this purchase. I got this computer a few months ago and back then I would have easily given this computer 5 stars. I got it for $600 and it runs way better, faster, and smoother than any of my friends laptops. Most of them have Macbook Pros, and this was only half the price. So far out of all 96 games I have on steam, my computer hasn't had trouble running 1 of them. The majority can run on max settings with no noticeable lag. Even games that require a lot (like metro 2033) can run on this computer. Sure, not on max settings, but then again it's only a laptop and it's only $600. The only real problem I had with this computer was overheating. It would reach temperatures as high as 95 degrees! You couldn't even hold your hand out in front of the vent for over 10 seconds! There were a lot of steps I went through to overcome this problem. I got a cooling pad. It didn't work. I messed with a bunch of processing settings. It didn't work. Finally I got a can of condensed air. I sprayed it in the vent and a cloud of dust came out. My temperature was reduced by about 20-30 degrees. I suggest you just do that (also maybe get a cooling pad, if it's still hot) The overheating would be a bigger issue, but the performance I get out of this computer makes it worth it. I suggest buying this computer. Just get the condensed air and clean off the fan every now and then and you should be good to go. I also saw the price raised to $800, I still say it's worth it.Honest reviews on HP DV6-3143US Pavilion Notebook PC
I bought this for my son to use in high school. It was great at first and he used it for school projects and all things teenager. It was nice and sturdy, seemed to be built well. He seemed pleased with it for a while. However, it developed an overheating issue within 6 months. We bought a laptop fan for it but that didn't quite cut it in fact it blew the fan. There are many forum posts about this overheating issue on this model, so it was not just this particular laptop being a lemon. Last week the computer would not fire up. No start up screen. Just a barely lit screen. Again went to the forums, there are now 30-40 forum pages dedicated to the issues with this laptop. I just got the news from my IT guy that it is best left as a door stopper and to move on. I've had my Mac Book Pro for 8 years, so this just seems outrageous to me .... I suggest you stay away from this laptop.
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