New laptop samsung vs asus

chrisarrow

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Hey guys, which of these do you think would be better?

Samsung NP770Z5E:
Intel i7 3635QM 2.4 Ghz, 6 MB L3 Cache
15.6" FHD LED Screen
AMD Radeon HD8870M 2GB GDDR5
8 GB RAM DDR3 (upgrade to 16GB)

ASUS N550:
Intel Haswell i7 4700HQ
15.6" FHD IPS Screen
NVidia 750M Graphics
16 GB Ram



Will replace HDD with SSD

Thanks
 

AGx-07_162

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Well, on one hand you have the more powerful Intel Haswell i7 4700HQ with the slightly weaker Nvidia GeForce GT 750m. On the other hand you have the less powerful Intel i7 3635QM with the more powerful AMD Radeon HD8870M. I think the fact that the Samsung has less RAM (out of the box) is negligible since it can be upgraded.

That said, my vote is for the Samsung NP770Z5E. Why? Because of the graphics power. If you're a gamer this can be slightly more important.

Now, if either could be upgraded to 32GB RAM, I'd probably go with that depending on what you use the machine for. I myself needed that so I went with a weaker graphics card and more powerful CPU for a laptop that had 32GB RAM.