MSI: CR430 Laptop Offers More Bang for Your Buck (Take Our Word for It)
MSI: CR430 Laptop Offers More Bang for Your Buck (Take Our Word for It)
Posted 08/15/2011 at 9:01am
| by Paul Lilly
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Ah, the bang for buck angle. It's one of the reasons AMD stays relevant even when it has a hard time catching up with Intel in performance, and it's the tried and true method for piecing together a system on a budget. It's also the angle MSI taking with its new CR430 multimedia laptop built around -- drum roll please -- AMD's E-450 accelerated processing unit (APU).
Is it any surprise AMD's E-series Fusion platform would be behind MSI's bang-for-buck claim? The E-450 APU consists of two Bobcat cores clocked at 1.65GHz and is assisted by AMD's Radeon HD 6320 discrete class graphics with DirectX 11 support. Other features this 14-inch laptop bring to the table include:
- 1366x768 resolution
- 320GB/500GB/640GB SATA HDD (5400RPM)
- DVD burner
- 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
- Multi-card reader
- 2 x USB 2.0; 1 x USB 3.0 (optional); HDMI; GbE LAN
- SRS PC Sound
- HD webcam
- 6-cell battery
- Windows 7 Home Premium
Now about that bang-for-buck claim. We're down with that, but, uh, hey MSI, don't you think it'd be helpful to announce an actual price to back that up? Just a suggestion...
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richdanny
August 16, 2011 at 12:45am
It is an interesting machine, price is low, small but powerful enough to complete day to day internet surfing needs. It is easy to bring along and I am absolutely love it. Due to the nature that the price is low thus we have to sacrifice on the build quality of the laptop. Mine eee pc already having a broken touchpad. Not likely a break but just discoloration on surface due to long usage of it. As fixing solution, I get a matching white touchpad skin from tecty.com to match the white body of eee pc laptop.
http://www.tecty.com/black-for-pc-touchpad-protector-skin-p-281.html
Seriously I do hope I found this offer earlier and protect it with transparent one since first day of owning the laptop. A small investment could caused a big different. My next laptop would certainly get protected.
RedAnt751
August 15, 2011 at 9:31pm
Big ATI and AMD fan would like one for my self.
Sub $500.00 would be nice.
livebriand
August 15, 2011 at 11:47am
Can't you dump the DVD burner already? Who needs it?
Also, how does the E450 compare to the E350?
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