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11/11/12 at 8:59am

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Hey guys i THINK i found a good deal on a HP EliteBook 8540p the laptop its self is brand new and still has the full three year service plan on it!

the specs are as follows

core i5 @2.66ghz
8gigs of ram(DDR3)
260 GIG SSD (room for another (HDD)
NVIDIA NVS 5100M 1 gig

I plan on using it to play some games and school work. (games like BF3 planetside2 tf2 league of legends and other free toplay fps games.

now the price i would be paying for all of this is 500$ CAD flat is it worth it? Thanks

Full specs--http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en/sm/WF05a/321957-321957-64295-3955549-3955549-4097214.html?dnr=1

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11/11/12 at 11:49am

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So anyone know if this would be a good buy? not much of a HP person myself and just looking for others oppion

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11/11/12 at 12:12pm

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The video card is a Nividia Quadro with the equivalent of a GT 330M which isnt the greatest thing but should do lowest setting on BF3 and Planetside 2 once its optimized.

Solid deal though. Unsure of battery life on that line of laptop but the if you don't really care for that.

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11/11/12 at 12:24pm

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Would you know if the Card is able to be swaped out? and what card i can swap it for?

as well this would be a upgrade from a 7 year old dell insprion 9400 so am i expecting a big change in terms of gaming?

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11/13/12 at 4:42am

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The GPU is more than likely incapable of being upgraded. Odds are that it's either built into the motherboard or the GPU uses a proprietary slot that most manufacturers used up until the end of 2010. Even my old Toshiba Qosmio used that kind of slot and I bought that at the very end of 2010 believe it or not. o.O

GTX 460M and everything. ._.

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Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
[128GB Kingston V+100 Series SSD]	[500GB Seagate Momentus XT]	[Slot-Loading x6 BluRay Reader/x8 CD/DVD Burner]	[Notepal U3 Laptop Cooler - 3 Fans]
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
[Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit]	[17.1" RGB WUXGA Screen @ 1920x1200]	[Alienware - Backlit Keys]	[Flextronics 240w Power Adapter]
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
[Alienware M17x R2 Chassis]	[Logitech G9x]	[X-TRAC Ripper]	[Klipsch 2.1 Setup]
Other
[Logitech G35 Headset]
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i5-460 @ 2.53GHz	Intel Havendale/Clarkdale Host Bridge ---- PM55...	1.5GB GTX 460M @ 750/1500/3200	8GB G.Skill DDR3 1066 (2x4GB)
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120GB OCZ Vertex 2 (OS)	500GB Samsung HDD (DATA)	CD/DVD Super Multi-Drive	Cooler Master U3
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Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit	18.4" Glossy LCD @ 1680x945	Chiclet keyboard - No backlight	12-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery + 180w Power Brick
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Qosmio X505	Logitech G9x	ASUS Leather Pad	harmon/kardon Built-in Speakers
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11/13/12 at 6:31am

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Okay but for 500 can i get somthing better then this? The three years of on site service should be noted

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11/13/12 at 11:41am

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It's doubtful that you can get anything better than that for the price range. You might be able to snag a used machine for the same price. But nothing new...

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
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Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
[128GB Kingston V+100 Series SSD]	[500GB Seagate Momentus XT]	[Slot-Loading x6 BluRay Reader/x8 CD/DVD Burner]	[Notepal U3 Laptop Cooler - 3 Fans]
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
[Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit]	[17.1" RGB WUXGA Screen @ 1920x1200]	[Alienware - Backlit Keys]	[Flextronics 240w Power Adapter]
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
[Alienware M17x R2 Chassis]	[Logitech G9x]	[X-TRAC Ripper]	[Klipsch 2.1 Setup]
Other
[Logitech G35 Headset]
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i5-460 @ 2.53GHz	Intel Havendale/Clarkdale Host Bridge ---- PM55...	1.5GB GTX 460M @ 750/1500/3200	8GB G.Skill DDR3 1066 (2x4GB)
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
120GB OCZ Vertex 2 (OS)	500GB Samsung HDD (DATA)	CD/DVD Super Multi-Drive	Cooler Master U3
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit	18.4" Glossy LCD @ 1680x945	Chiclet keyboard - No backlight	12-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery + 180w Power Brick
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Qosmio X505	Logitech G9x	ASUS Leather Pad	harmon/kardon Built-in Speakers
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
[AMD Phenom II X2 550 @ 3.8GHz]	[AsRock K10N78M]	[MSI GTX 465 GE (Unlocked to 470) @ 775/1550/3600]	[4GB DDR2 Corsair 800MHz]
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
[WD 160GB - IDE 7200RPM]	[LiteOn CD/DVD Combo Burner]	[Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit]	[Acer X223WDbd 22" @ 1680x1050]
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
[Logitech G15]	[600w OCZ ModXStream Pro]	[APEX TX-381-C]	[Logitech G9x]
Mouse Pad
[ASUS]
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
[Intel Core i7-920XM @ 3.79GHz]	[Alienware M17x R2]	[AMD Radeon 2GB 6970M @ 650/900]	[16GB(2x8GB) DDR3 1333]
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
[128GB Kingston V+100 Series SSD]	[500GB Seagate Momentus XT]	[Slot-Loading x6 BluRay Reader/x8 CD/DVD Burner]	[Notepal U3 Laptop Cooler - 3 Fans]
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
[Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit]	[17.1" RGB WUXGA Screen @ 1920x1200]	[Alienware - Backlit Keys]	[Flextronics 240w Power Adapter]
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
[Alienware M17x R2 Chassis]	[Logitech G9x]	[X-TRAC Ripper]	[Klipsch 2.1 Setup]
Other
[Logitech G35 Headset]
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i5-460 @ 2.53GHz	Intel Havendale/Clarkdale Host Bridge ---- PM55...	1.5GB GTX 460M @ 750/1500/3200	8GB G.Skill DDR3 1066 (2x4GB)
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
120GB OCZ Vertex 2 (OS)	500GB Samsung HDD (DATA)	CD/DVD Super Multi-Drive	Cooler Master U3
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit	18.4" Glossy LCD @ 1680x945	Chiclet keyboard - No backlight	12-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery + 180w Power Brick
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Qosmio X505	Logitech G9x	ASUS Leather Pad	harmon/kardon Built-in Speakers
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
[AMD Phenom II X2 550 @ 3.8GHz]	[AsRock K10N78M]	[MSI GTX 465 GE (Unlocked to 470) @ 775/1550/3600]	[4GB DDR2 Corsair 800MHz]
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
[WD 160GB - IDE 7200RPM]	[LiteOn CD/DVD Combo Burner]	[Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit]	[Acer X223WDbd 22" @ 1680x1050]
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
[Logitech G15]	[600w OCZ ModXStream Pro]	[APEX TX-381-C]	[Logitech G9x]
Mouse Pad
[ASUS]
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