Help with choosing a laptop !!!

Peace be with you bakers!

There are a number of programs that often take up more RAM than the rest of the software. So, for example, antivirus will become the main "absorber" of RAM, regardless of whose development it is and what version. The second in terms of the amount of RAM occupied can be called graphic editors and video editing. Also, do not forget about computer games, which require up to 6 - 8 gigabytes of RAM for an hour to work in high-performance mode!

We climb into the Task Manager - Processes and kill all the gluttonous programs we do not need:

I installed KIS 2016 on Sonya, checked it, found no viruses ... It slows down, it's impossible to use ...

It looks like the hard drive is dying, contact the service.

Also, I don't use antivirus software. The system slows down terribly! At first I did not know which less voracious one to choose. But nothing terrible happened from his absence. I periodically check the Dr.Web CureIt laptop!

Also, I don't use antivirus software. The system slows down terribly!

What he wrote about ... In addition, the real malware that is registered in browsers is not seen by antivirus
Earlier, when I assembled stationary computers, they worked around the clock, without antiviruses and without problems

HP makes good entry-level printers and MFPs; laptops are not their strong point.

Baseless claim. Modern laptop manufacturing means assembling third-party components into your own case. Plus design and configuration. So what is HP failing to handle? With assembly? Not even funny. The filling of all laptops is practically foreign. Maybe only a few manufacturers can supply something from their own production. And that's not always the case. The rest of the laptops differ in the case, design and how much the manufacturer monitors the quality of components.

Type the fee goes stupidly for a label or a brand)) Perhaps I disagree
Take, for example, motherboards .... For example, Asus did not put much, there were never any problems
But somehow I decided to save money and set a fee from a gigabyte, there were such nuances in the work that even those. support could not help
I had to reflash it, at my own peril and risk

and don't forget about the cooling system (the basis for the long-term operation of laptops), each has its own
Asus in this regard is ahead and much)))

[Alex100]

Alex100My 1st laptop was Asus, bought for over $ 1000 at one time. Intel processor. Slightly overheating and cut down constantly, a blue screen appeared. The only advantage is that you can remove the cover and dust off the fan. With today's Sony, you can't easily get to the fan. I don’t know how AMD heats up, but Intel doesn’t get too hot either. Judging by my Sony.

[Alexander]

It looks like the hard drive is dying, contact the service.

Is it worth it? It may happen that I change it, but the problem remains?
AlexanderDoes it matter when you roll back to the factory settings, how to do it: through a hard drive or through a recovery on disks recorded in 2009? Everything has been preserved.

[Ipatiya]

Ipatiya, I used to assemble computers myself, select configurations to order
I put improved cooling, etc. Believe AMD heats up more
With a stock cooler, overclocking could be forgotten at all, and even so, when working with applications, the pebble warmed up great
If you encode video, you will notice the difference, how much the Intel processor is more progressive

Now at the moment the laptop from Asus is gaming with powerful cooling.
True, so that he showed himself in a good sense of the word, he deleted all the pre-installed proprietary software (from which there is little use, only the RAM was loaded, although it was under 16 gigs)

Is it worth it? It may happen that I change it, but the problem remains?

There may of course be broken memory, but most likely you will not check the HDD or memory yourself.

via hard drive or recorded in 2009

From hard dick faster.

Earlier when I collected desktop computers

Previously, yes, now they bring 3-4 pc / laptop a day for treatment, there was also a novelty
CTB-Locker 🔗
To use or not, everyone decides for himself. It is difficult for a simple housewife to understand the intricacies, it is easier to install the program, set it up and forget it like a bad dream.

There may of course be broken memory, but most likely you will not check the HDD or memory yourself. From hard dick faster.

Download SeaTools for DOS, burn it to a CD-ROM, boot your laptop from that disc and test your hard drive. For convenience, select the Russian interface. If there really are problems with the hard disk, then it will show them, and depending on the manufacturer of the hard disk, it can help restore the disk's performance (unless it starts to "pour" bad sectors). If there are really serious problems with the disk, then feel free to change the hard disk. Alternatively, you can choose a program for Windows, but in this case it will only do diagnostics of the hard disk, without the possibility of recovering bad sectors. About disabling programs in the Task Manager: if you are very well versed in the computer and know which process is responsible for what, then you can try. But, unknowingly, you can disable those processes that affect the operation of Windows, and then your laptop will stop starting. Better look at the amount of free space on the C partition: in most cases, it turns out that there is too little free space due to the presence of junk files. Delete old files from the Downloads and My Documents section, select "Empty Disk" in the Disk C Service and delete all those files that you will be prompted to delete. You yourself will be surprised how much faster your laptop starts to work after such a test!

[Alexander]

Faster from hard drive.

Alexander, Thanks, I'll try. I just thought there might be a difference. For example, if you restore from disk recovery, the system will be just like new, but some problems may persist through the hard disk. Not right, is it the same thing?

Victor17, Victor, thanks for the advice! And welcome to the forum !!! I'll try to figure it out. And the laptop is almost empty, in September I rolled it back to the factory ones and practically did not install anything, even the documents should be empty. I only used the internet. In downloads, I try to disable only Skype and what I'm sure of)))

[Victor17]

Victor17, Victor, thanks for the advice! And welcome to the forum !!! I'll try to figure it out. And the laptop is almost empty, in September I rolled it back to the factory ones and practically did not install anything, even the documents should be empty. I only used the internet. In downloads, I try to disable only Skype and what I'm sure of)))

I offered you the option of checking the hard drive to determine the cause of the laptop problem. If the problem is in the hard disk, then this program will show you and suggest solutions to the problem: block the bad sectors for reading so that no more information gets into them (if the number of bad sectors is less than 100, and the program supports repairing hard disks of this manufacturer), or will offer to exchange the disk under warranty (for new disks) if the number of bad sectors is more than 100 (the disk began to "crumble"). If the program does not reveal any problems with the hard disk, then there is no point in changing it. In this case, you will need to check the memory using a special program MemTest86 +, and if errors are found, replace the memory line. If there are no errors, then the problem is already in the software. Then you will need to download the Dr.WEB medical utility and check the computer.The last time I was on my sister's computer, who was downloading information for the school from the Internet, I found 495 viruses! And this despite the fact that she had Avast Free with settings for automatic treatment and removal of viruses! Previously, I did not notice such problems with this antivirus.

[Victor17]

Victor17, did check
The program did not test for long, not to the end, found 8 errors and issued



I understand that changing the disk ...

We bought the disc, put it on. But Windows does not boot from the disk recovery ... In the BIOS it writes 1000GB, starts loading, and then something is missing ... The disk is formatted, Windows starts loading, at 4 percent of the load it gives 332 an error ...

Peace be with you bakers!

Eh ma it would be darkness

ASUS ROG G751JY is a normal machine

ASUS ROG G751JY is a normal machine

I have a similar model, but how much they ask for it now, I would never buy

[ikom]

ikom, Flash BIOS, the latest version that is on the manufacturer's office, it may be that the BIOS does not correctly see the hard drive. Check disk formatting, cluster size should be 4KB disk layout should be under MBR. 🔗

[sazalexter]

cluster size must be 4KB

sazalexterThe fact of the matter is that I found the same problem on the English-speaking forum after replacing the disk, they write "If it was manufactured before 2011, you may find that the original HDD had 512 bytes per sector and the new disk has 4K per sector (Advanced Format Attempting to recover from recovery disks created from a 512 byte sector disk on a 4K disk will not work as recovery disks will not be AF known and will produce this error code. "

I have 2009. Today there is an old disk, I recorded a new recovery, I will change it, I will try to restore it from a new recovery ... And if the problem is a mismatch in the size of the sectors, I don’t know yet if this can be changed on my disk and how.

[ikom]

ikom, About the advanced formant 🔗

[sazalexter]

sazalexter, thanks for the links. And for sure, I have it. I chose a disk so that the parameters were the same, I just took 1 TB instead of 500 GB, and here's another thing ... I just bought a 1TB HDD, WeStеrn Digital Blue, WD10JPVX ...

[ikom]

ikom, Your old HDD is Toshiba, it's good that you didn't buy the same one. Dying like flies (c)

[sazalexter]

sazalexter, the question is ... is it possible for a housewife with higher technical skills without the appropriate skills, but with the ability to understand, to defeat the installation of the disk, or is it not worth wasting time? The excitement is still present))

[ikom]

ikom.Really, you need to start with the program 🔗 connect to another PC and align as stated in the article 🔗
or here 🔗
2) Option, roll 7-ku into the place of recovery, install drivers and use

[sazalexter]

sazalexterThank you very much, I will try to find an opportunity to connect to another PC.
Option 2, as I understand it, is not a license ... I will soon have a WIN10 license for educational institutions

[sazalexter]

sazalexter, my utility does not load ... Neither on my laptop (now there is an old hard drive), nor on a stationary one. At first I gave out everywhere

After downloading the Intel driver, the page is simply updated on the laptop, and on the stationary (WIN7 is not a license) it continues to give an error, as in the photo ...

Found this 🔗 Can I use it?

Can I use it?

This is it, download it, try it.

Very strange ... The program thinks that I have nothing to do

The disk was formatted when trying to install Windows, the system divided it into three partitions, maybe they need to be connected and try to start WD Align again?

[ikom]

ikom, Re-mark HDM, delete partitions, format, start WD Align.

[sazalexter]

sazalexter, did, still writes that everything is fine with me ...

If you put it back in the laptop and start the recovery? ..

Trying to delve into cloning recovery partitions

[sazalexter]

sazalexter,
Good evening!
Tell me, what should be the minimum characteristics of a laptop so that you can watch movies / cartoons on it without braking problems, work a little in Word / Excel, + have a gallery of photos.

[Njashka]

NjashkaIn principle, any modern laptop will cope with your tasks, for example, Intel Celeron N3150, better than Intel Pentium N3540, Intel HD Graphics, 4Gb memory, 500GB HDD.

Look at this laptop 🔗 The site hits the link, but under the spoiler I can not insert the info, after the test is selected, it is reset. ((

Product characteristics
general information
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Manufacturer
MSI
Model
GP62 2QE-211XRU
Processor manufacturer
Intel
Chipset manufacturer video
NVIDIA
Processor type
Intel Core i5
Pre-installed OS
Without system
Buy Windows
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Colour
The black
Screen
Screen diagonal
15.6 "(39.6 cm)
Screen backlight type
LED
Screen surface
Glossy, anti-reflective
Screen resolution
1920x1080
Touch screen
No
CPU
Processor model
Intel Core i5-4210H (2.9 GHz)
Number of Cores
2
Number of threads
4
Motherboard
Chipset
Intel HM86 Express
RAM
RAM type
DDR3L
The amount of RAM
8192 MB
Maximum RAM
16384 MB
RAM frequency, MHz
1600
Number of RAM slots
Two
Video system
Video type
Dedicated
Video chipset
NVIDIA GeForce GTX950M
Dedicated video memory
2048 MB
HDD
Hard disk space
500 GB
Hard disk spindle speed
5400 rpm
Network
Modem
No
Wired network
10/100/1000 Mbps
Wireless network
Bluetooth 4.0,
Wi-Fi 802.11b,
Wi-Fi 802.11g,
Wi-Fi 802.11n
Interfaces
I / O ports and connectors
1 x HDMI,
1 x Microphone in,
1 x Headphone jack,
1 x Network port (RJ-45),
1 x USB 2.0,
3 x USB 3.0
Food
Number of battery cells
6 cells
Other
Optical drive
DVD ± RW DL drive. Reading and writing regular and double layer DVD discs, as well as reading and writing CD discs.
Camera
HD 720p
Audio
Built-in audio system,
Built-in microphone
Memory card reader
SD
Express Card
Is absent
Additionally
Additionally
DirectX 12 compatible video card,
USB charging capability when the laptop is off,
High speed USB 3.0 interface,
Keyboard from "Steelseries" company,
Support for Kensington Lock,
Touchpad (touchpad) with support for Multi-Touch technology,
Supported memory type: DDR3L 1.35V

Confused only by the lack of an installed OS. Although people write in the comments that it is possible without her ... but how ??

[Omela]

Omela, MSI parameters are good, I do not recommend taking a gaming laptop without an OS, there will be no recovery, 7ka and 8.1 will cease to exist after 2015 and 2018, the installation of 10k is a big question.

[Alexander]

I do not recommend taking it without an OS

Alexander, thanks .. we will look further ... maybe someone will take pity, tell me a car in the region of 50-55 thousand.

[Omela]

OmelaIf you need a gaming or just a powerful Laptop ASUS K501UX-DM035T, 15.6 ", Intel Core i5 6200U, 2.3GHz, 6GB, 1000GB, nVidia GeForce GTX 950M - 2048 MB, Windows 10, gray [90nb0a62-m00400] 🔗

Sasha, thank you very much!

Good afternoon, I need a laptop for photo processing, with an eye on the future for a 30 megapixel camera, one photo will weigh 70-90 MB to eat. I will work in Word, Photoshop, Lightroom. I don't even know which way to look. The question has become an edge since only 4 versions of Photoshop can be downloaded to my old laptop, and there are already 6. Thank you in advance for your answer.

[Laslovna]

Laslovna, Any mid-range laptop with an Intel Core i3 or higher processor such as ASUS X554LA, 90NB0658-M34180 or 17 "ASUS X751LJ, 90NB08D1-M04060

How much RAM should be 8, 16, 24 or 32 GB?

For example, this one will pull all my wishes ASUS N752VX 17.3 "FHD / i7-6700HQ (4x2.6 GHz) / 12G / 2TB / GT 950M 4G / BluRay / Win10 / 4cell / 3.17k

[Laslovna]

Laslovna, Enough, don't believe it, and 8GB, more memory, it will work faster. ASUS N752VX is cool, not budget

Good day! I was puzzled by the choice of a laptop. It is mainly needed for the Internet, for converting machine embroidery designs, sometimes for watching films. The budget is 30-32 tons. Is the ASUS X540SA-XX079T laptop (Intel Pentium N3700 1.6Ghz / 15.6 "/ 1366x768 / 4Gb / 500Gb / Intel HD Graphics / DVD-RW / Wi-Fi / Bluetooth / Windows 10 Home) suitable for these purposes? Please advise , "teapot".

Peace be with you bakers!

if you are not soared about heavy games and editing films in high definition
take the one for which the discount is now maximum

ASUS K540LJ-XX624T laptop this laptop will be better for your budget
main + discrete video, more RAM

[Alex100]

Alex100, thanks for the answer! Now I'll look to see if we have it in stock nearby.

Added Thursday 05 Jan 2017 09:56

Alex100, and the ASUS K555YI-XX176T laptop is much inferior in parameters to the ASUS K540LJ-XX624T laptop? I would just like a laptop with a DVD +/- RW drive.

ASUS K540LJ-XX624T laptop this laptop will be better for your budget
main + discrete video, more RAM

A very weak 920m discrete video, as it is the youngest in the series. It is better to drop it and take at least 940, since there you can use graphic and editing programs more comfortably, plus some games to run.

tell me a laptop for games at a price of about 40 thousand rubles.

[kavilter]

kavilter, ASUS X751LJ, 90NB08D1-M04020 and in general games start from 50t. R

[sazalexter]

sazalexter, Thank you. found this model on yulmart for 37 thousand. - I will take

came for advice
before NG I bought my daughter a laptop, barely handed it over to the store and returned the money
it was an unpleasant surprise for me that modern ones run on a 2.5-3h battery as much as possible, for me it was honestly a shock. After 2 hours, the laptop began to go out, save the charge, and after 2.5 it was urgent to connect to the outlet. in the store, they said that the models are up to 40t. R. everything works like that (((and also, Windows 10 is installed, constantly slowed down strongly, also rebooted, I could not completely remove the update in the settings (
my netbook, which is almost 6 years old, still works without recharging for up to 5 hours.
you need a model that would hold a charge for 4.5 - 5 hours, more is possible, since it was planned to take it with you
needed to watch videos, social networks, etc.