Samsung NP300E5C-A07US

Samsung NP300E5C-A07US

The Samsung NP300E5C-A07US laptop is a part of the popular Best Buy Black Friday 2012 bundle with mouse, flash memory, anti-virus, and sleeve included. The price of $350 for the whole bundle is clearly a winning one in the mainstream class if you compare it to other prices of laptop-only deals. The NP300E5C-A07US itself is a fairly common 15.6-incher with the 2nd Generation Intel Core i3-2370M dual-core processor from the last year’s “Sandy Bridge” family. It includes the low-end Intel HD 3000 graphics, so the laptop isn’t suitable for gaming, but the i3 chip offers better performance than the Pentium B-series chips in other laptops at a similar price. For example, the i3-2370M has a score of 2,896 PassMark CPU points, while the popular Pentium B950 has a score of 1,777. This means that you will not encounter performance related problems if you use your laptop for everyday tasks. Rounding up this well equipped notebook, Samsung has included 4GB of system memory, a 500GB hard drive, DVD burner, a 1.3MP web camera, stereo speakers, and a six-cell battery.

On the design side, the NP300E5C-A07US stands out with a slim LCD bezel, which gives the laptop a more stylish appearance and modern look, while software-wise it’s good to know that OS upgrades won’t be a problem at least for the next a couple of years since the laptop comes with the latest Windows 8 pre-installed.

Samsung NP300E5C-A07US Specifications:

  • Display: 15.6″ LED-backlit HD display, 1366 x 768 px resolution and 220 cd/m² brightness
  • Processor: 2nd Gen Intel Core i3-2370M dual-core CPU, 3MB L3 cache, 2.4GHz CPU clock speed
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000
  • Memory: 4GB DDR3 SDRAM, expandable to 8GB
  • Storage: 500GB Serial ATA HDD (5400 rpm)
  • Optical drive: DVD burner
  • Webcam: 1.3MP webcam
  • Audio: stereo speakers, SoundAlive
  • Network: Wireless-N, Gigabit Ethernet LAN, no Bluetooth
  • Input: full-sized keyboard with numeric keypad, Flat-type touchpad with scroll scope
  • Ports and Slots: 3 USB 2.0, HDMI and VGA port, 3-in-1 media reader
  • Battery: 6-cell lithium-ion
  • Dimensions: 1.4 x 14.4 x 9.5 inches
  • Weight: 5.1 pounds
  • OS: Windows 8
  • Warranty: 1-year

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