Showcase Gandalf_The_Grey's old laptop

Purchase / Last upgraded
May 9, 2015
Form factor
Estimated $
$1018
Make & Model
Acer Aspire VN7-791G-576X
OS installed
Windows 11 Pro
Motherboard
Acer Aspire VN7-791 (U3E1)
CPU
Intel Core i5-4210H
GPU
Intel HD Graphics 4600
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
RAM
Kingston 2 x 8 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 PC3-12800 (800 MHz)
Storage
Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2 250GB
Seagate HDD ST1000LM014-1EJ164 1TB
PSU
Built-in
Case
Laptop
Monitor
17.3" IPS LG Philips LP173WF4-SPF1
Keyboard and Mouse
Build-in backlit keyboard, Synaptics Precision Touchpad, Logitech M705 Marathon Wireless Mouse
Accessories
Added a PQI My Lockey usb fingerprint reader for Windows Hello
My computer protection

LASER_oneXM

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.. nice gaming machine: fully equiped, everything is already "on-board", nothing to add.
I think the GTX 860M has still enough power even for the latest games...

my second gaming laptop (msi GE60-2PE) has similar equpment:
GTX 860M, i7, SSD 256GB (crucial M500), HDD 500 GB, display 15 inch....

my first gaming laptop: msi GT72-2QD here on MT forum
 
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Gandalf_The_Grey

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Apr 24, 2016
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What processor does this have?, your ram upgrade how much better or faster now?
It's an old laptop from 2015 with an Intel Core i5-4210H processor.
Making sure your ram works in dual channel (2 x8 = 16GB) let's everything run just a bit more fluent.
An SSD as bootdisk is also highly recommended.
For both upgrades it is difficult to say how much faster things are, but you will absolutely notice them.

Added a PQI My Lockey usb fingerprint reader for Windows Hello.
Love the large (17,3") matte IPS display and the backlit keyboard.
Those are things I would look for should I buy another laptop.
 

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