My First Puchase of Notebook and First Post

[waqarhassanpk]

Hello Everyone.
I just bought DM3 - 1048la Slightly Used
The Specs are:

C2D Intel UC7300 1.3Ghz
3Gb Ram
320Gb HDD
Intell 4500 Integrated Graphics

The Condition of the Notebook is just like new....
I bought it for 377 US$

So My Question is.... Is my purchase good for the bucks?
I wanted a small, portable with good battery laptop.
This seemed nice to me.
Comment.

 

[Zap]

Hello waqarhassanpk, and welcome to AnandTech Forums.

I don't know how it compares in your location (quick search turned up the notebook as an HP model made for Latin America markets). For here, I would not have gotten it, but would have paid a little bit more for a new notebook using a Sandy Bridge CPU of some kind. For instance Dell offers a Vostro V131 model for an everyday price of $499. That is brand new with 1 year warranty, with a Sandy Bridge based ULV Celeron. The battery life should be great, plus it will easily outperform your old notebook for both CPU and graphics. Of course you paid $123 less...

There are even cheaper notebooks, but the one I pointed out is a thin/light model like yours.

 

[waqarhassanpk]

Here in Pakistan, the Dell vostro is not available.
Infact the laptops we have here are pretty much expensive than Europe US or UK....
So considering this.... Is this a overall bad Purchase.
Besides....
Intell 4500 Integrated Graphics can perform 1080 output with charm?

 

[Zap]

I don't know what your local prices and availability is like. You converted the money to $USD and I gave you my thoughts based on availability in the USA. The Intel GMA 4500 can output your Windows/Linux desktop to 1080p but I don't know if it will accelerate HD video at those resolutions. It may depend on the bit rate in question.

 

[waqarhassanpk]

Nice of you helping me with this
Can you also guide me through the overclocking procedures for 4500 or su7300? For my particular model?

 

[Zap]

I do not know how. Sorry.