Samsung NP300E5C-A0CUS

Samsung NP300E5C-A0CUS

If you weren’t able to grab one of the NP300E5C-A07US laptop bundles this Black Friday, the Samsung NP300E5C-A0CUS for the same price of $350 delivers the same notebook but with a slower processor and without extra accessories. The 15.6-inch NP300E5C-A0CUS is equipped with the Intel Pentium B950 dual-core instead of the faster Intel Core i3, but RAM and hard disk capacities are the same and standard for the notebook category: 4GB and 500GB. This standard sized laptop also packs a DVD burner, a 1.3MP web camera, stereo speakers, and HDMI, making it a well rounded all-purpose laptop. For non-demanding tasks, such as web, office, and multimedia that is.

Here’s what you can expect from the notebook in terms of speed. Keep in mind that the Pentium B950 is a CPU from the year 2011 and so-called “Sandy Bridge” family, so it doesn’t have such a great performance per watt ratio of the newer 2012 “Ivy Bridge” processors.

Intel Pentium B950 PassMark Benchmark

From a design standpoint, the NP300E5C-A0CUS is a classical budget-friendly looking machine with a few twists. First, the LCD bezel is fairly thin, giving the notebook a modern and sleeker appearance and it reduces the overall footprint of the laptop, so you will have slightly more space on your desk or in your bag in comparison to the majority of other 15.6-inchers. Secondly, the lid of the laptop is two-toned. It’s dark gray on the upper part and black on the lower part, standing out from the crowd of laptops with single-piece lids.

When it comes to the keyboard, it is a chiclet one with isle-style keys and a dedicated number pad on the left of the main keyboard. The trackpad is fairly large and is good for those who like real physical click buttons instead of those integrated beneath the surface of the trackpad itself.

Also worth mentioning is the built-in Bluetooth interface, which is not so commons on the sub $400 laptops.

Samsung NP300E5C-A0CUS

 

Samsung NP300E5C-A0CUS Specifications

  • Display: 15.6″ LED HD display (1366 x 768 resolution)
  • Processor: Intel Pentium B950 dual-core CPU, 2M Cache, 2.1GHz clock speed
  • Graphics: Intel HD
  • Memory: 4GB DDR3 RAM
  • Storage: 500GB Serial ATA II HDD (5400 rpm)
  • Optical drive: DVD burner
  • Webcam: 1.3MP webcam
  • Audio: 3W stereo speakers, SoundAlive Technology
  • Network: Wireless-N, Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Bluetooth 4.0 interface
  • Input: full-sized keyboard with numeric pad and touchpad
  • Ports and Slots: 3 high-speed USB 2.0 ports, 1 x HDMI, 1 x VGA, 3-in-1 media reader
  • Battery: 6-cell lithium-ion battery, 6.3 Hr battery life
  • Dimensions: 1.1 x 14.4 x 9.5 inches
  • Weight: 5.1 pounds
  • OS: Windows 8
  • Warranty: 1-year

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  1. my samsung latop model =np300e5c a0cus show display driver stopped responding and sucessfully recovered how to solve this error please help me :(

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