Samsung Q430 14" core i3 4gb 320gb €461 delvrd

Mark 00

Hey. Found this today while on the hunt for a 14" laptop and reckon its a good deal.

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Samsung_Q430_1065333.html

Processor: Intel® Core™ i3 Dual Core (350M, 3MB Cache, 2.26 GHz)
Screen: 14" (HD 1366 x 768 LED)
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit
RAM: 4GB (DDR3 800MHZ)
Hard Drive: 320GB
Optical Drive: DVD Rewriter (Records DVDs 8x & CDs 24x & Dual Layer Super Multi)
Graphics: Dedicated (NVIDIA® GeForce® 310M with 512MB DDR Dedicated Memory)
Wireless LAN: Wireless (802.11b/g/n Wireless)
Network Card: 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet
Webcam: Integrated Webcam with Microphone
Card Reader: 3-in-1 card reader (SD/SDHC,MMC)
USB Ports: 3x USB 2.0 ports
Bluetooth: Bluetooth® 3.0+HS
Speakers: Integrated Stereo Speakers
VGA Port: 1 External VGA Port
Kensington lock slot
Charge Time: 2.5 Hours
HDMI: 1x HDMI Port
Warranty: 12 Months Samsung Collect & Return Warranty
Battery Life: 3-4 Hours (up to 4 hours with power management)
Weight: 2-3 Kg (This Model 2.1Kg)


£429 but thanks to HUKD enter SUNNY-1 as promotion and get £40 off.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/samsung-q430-14-hd-laptop-core-i3-350m-4gb-ram-320gb-hdd-dedicated-graphics-blue/906145

Add in £10 pound delivery and £5 credit card charge (it says debit cards are free but my visa debit wouldnt work under debit card but did work under credit card:mad: ) anyway that brings it to bout £405 ~ €461.

Review here " http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/laptops/samsung-q430-review-50001895/

Zonda999

Thats a very nice deal OP, really is, especially considering theres a graphics card and all!

I got a Q330 (13" version) last month and i think its a very nice laptop,very well built and nice to look at, this would be the same except the better graphics take from the battery life a small bit

m4rkiz

do you value your privacy? read this:



http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/sec/2011/040411sec1.html



"[...] discovering a keylogger on two [brand new] different models of Samsung portable computers. [...]

The [Samsung customer care] supervisor who spoke with me was not sure how this software ended up in the new laptop thus put me on hold. He confirmed that yes, Samsung did knowingly put this software on the laptop, as he put it, "to monitor the performance of the machine and to find out how it is being used.""

yesno1234

Great spec laptop for that price. The post above is bit worrying but probably wouldn't deter me from getting it if I had the money.

m4rkiz

well, one can always reinstall windows from untouched microsoft dvd, i'm just pointing the known problems...

anyway, is it just me or anyone else seeing class action lawsuit against samsung coming preety soon?

MASTER...of the bra

m4rkiz wrote: »

well, one can always reinstall windows from untouched microsoft dvd, i'm just pointing the known problems...

anyway, is it just me or anyone else seeing class action lawsuit against samsung coming preety soon?

You mean buy windows? Does it come with Windows install disc?

yesno1234

MASTER...of the bra wrote: »

You mean buy windows? Does it come with Windows install disc?

It'd come with a recovery disk anyways and you can reinstall using this.

Alanstrainor

yesno1234 wrote: »

It'd come with a recovery disk anyways and you can reinstall using this.

I doubt it does tbh. I haven't seen a laptop with recovery disks in quite a while. It would have a recovery partition, but i'd hazard a guess that once you reinstall using the recovery partition it would reinstall all the crapware that was there originally. You'd have to get your hands on a Windows 7 disk and reinstall using that me thinks.

MASTER...of the bra

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I doubt it does tbh. I haven't seen a laptop with recovery disks in quite a while. It would have a recovery partition, but i'd hazard a guess that once you reinstall using the recovery partition it would reinstall all the crapware that was there originally. You'd have to get your hands on a Windows 7 disk and reinstall using that me thinks.

+1

I was reading up there on this keylogger, it's called Starlogger and is actually easy enough to get rid of with the normal anti-virus, antimalware scanners, still though....people try to be so careful with there personal info with all the scams nowadays and it's these gits that are selling it on. Or it's the banks losing unencryted CDs or people's health records turning up in fields after being thrown in the rubbish by the HSE.

Key-ristttt, you can't win.

30 day trial of starlogger on cnet.

death1234567

yesno1234 wrote: »

It'd come with a recovery disk anyways and you can reinstall using this.

Samsung laptops definitely don't come with a recovery disk. I heard of someone having to pay £47 to get one from samsung support.

phunkymonk

tried setting up an account there on saveonaptops...do you need a postcode or is there a special code for Irish orders?

Zonda999

Yep, definitely no recovery disk with the Samsung Q330 i got lat month

phunkymonk wrote: »

tried setting up an account there on saveonaptops...do you need a postcode or is there a special code for Irish orders?

Just stick in "IRELAND" as your post code, thats what i did, worked fine.

phunkymonk

Cheers Zonda! :rolleyes:

Apart from the keylogger issue,this seems to be a decent laptop? Looking for a new laptop asap..not that knowledgeable re specs etc..

Korvanica

Great deal... if only I could justify buying it now...

machalla

The keylogger story is false as it turns out.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/31/samsung-reportedly-installing-keylogger-software-on-r525-privac/

Official response from Samsung apparently

http://www.samsungtomorrow.com/1071

On a completely unrelated note heres some details on the graphics card. It doesn't look capable for an out and out gamer but on low settings it seems to be able to play most of the more intensive modern games.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-310M.22439.0.html

Keano

For those thinking of buying I bought my current laptop from them and they are really great to deal with.

coldfire1x

Zonda999 wrote: »

Thats a very nice deal OP, really is, especially considering theres a graphics card and all!

I got a Q330 (13" version) last month and i think its a very nice laptop,very well built and nice to look at, this would be the same except the better graphics take from the battery life a small bit

How is the speakers? I like the loud ones.

whore

Sure you can just download a copy of windows 7 off a torrent site and use the key that came with the laptop, if there's no sticker on the laptop telling you the key im sure there's a way to find it in your current install through windows or third party software. Nothing illegal in that, it's your key and you have a right to have a copy of your disc.

BaconZombie

FAIL :


"The whole saga was caused by a false alarm of the VIPRE Antivirus product. Apparently VIPRE detects the StarLogger keylogger by searching for the existance of a directory called "SL" in the root of the Windows directory. This is a bad idea."

m4rkiz wrote: »

do you value your privacy? read this:



http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/sec/2011/040411sec1.html



"[...] discovering a keylogger on two [brand new] different models of Samsung portable computers. [...]

The [Samsung customer care] supervisor who spoke with me was not sure how this software ended up in the new laptop thus put me on hold. He confirmed that yes, Samsung did knowingly put this software on the laptop, as he put it, "to monitor the performance of the machine and to find out how it is being used.""

roboshatner

arent i3s not meant to be great

Earth Traveller

Thanks OP. Ordered one. Total was £399.93, including shipping. Used my debit card and there was no £5 surcharge.

MASTER...of the bra

roboshatner wrote: »

arent i3s not meant to be great

There fine for 85% of people.

groom

How does this one compare at £320?
ASUS UL30 - Thin & Light - 8hr Battery - 3G Enabled- 2Yr Warranty £319.97 with OFFERCODE APR-01 for £50 Off

ProcessorIntel® ULV Core 2 Duo (ULV SU7300, 3 MB L2 cache, 1.3GHz, 800MHz FSB) Screen13.3" (ASUS Color-Shine, 1366x768 HD, LED Backlit) Operating SystemWindows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit RAM3GB (DDR3 1066MHZ) Hard Drive320GB GraphicsIntegrated (Intel® GMA X4500MHD Graphics with up to 1277MB Shared Memory) Wireless LANWireless (802.11b/g/n Wireless) Network Card10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet Integrated WebcamIntegrated Webcam with Microphone Card Reader5-in-1 card reader (SD//MS/MS-Pro/MMC/xD-Picture card™) USB Ports3x USB 2.0 ports BluetoothBluetooth v2.1 + EDR included SpeakersIntegrated Stereo Speakers VGA Port1 External VGA Port Kensington LockKensington lock slot Charge Time2.5 Hours HDMI1x HDMI Port WarrantyASUS 2 Year Global Hardware Warranty Battery Life7-8 Hours (up to 8 hours with power management) Weight1-2 Kg (This Model 1.75 Kg) Intergrated 3GIntegrated 3G Module

Jonny7

groom wrote: »

How does this one compare at £320?
ASUS UL30 - Thin & Light - 8hr Battery - 3G Enabled- 2Yr Warranty £319.97 with OFFERCODE APR-01 for £50 Off

ProcessorIntel® ULV Core 2 Duo (ULV SU7300, 3 MB L2 cache, 1.3GHz, 800MHz FSB) Screen13.3" (ASUS Color-Shine, 1366x768 HD, LED Backlit) Operating SystemWindows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit RAM3GB (DDR3 1066MHZ) Hard Drive320GB GraphicsIntegrated (Intel® GMA X4500MHD Graphics with up to 1277MB Shared Memory) Wireless LANWireless (802.11b/g/n Wireless) Network Card10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet Integrated WebcamIntegrated Webcam with Microphone Card Reader5-in-1 card reader (SD//MS/MS-Pro/MMC/xD-Picture card™) USB Ports3x USB 2.0 ports BluetoothBluetooth v2.1 + EDR included SpeakersIntegrated Stereo Speakers VGA Port1 External VGA Port Kensington LockKensington lock slot Charge Time2.5 Hours HDMI1x HDMI Port WarrantyASUS 2 Year Global Hardware Warranty Battery Life7-8 Hours (up to 8 hours with power management) Weight1-2 Kg (This Model 1.75 Kg) Intergrated 3GIntegrated 3G Module

Its a good ultraportable, great batt life

good reviews

don't be put off by proc speed - unless you are encoding or doing heavy duty stuff (why on a laptop?) then it handles browsing, films, web, office etc perfectly fine.

Screen is glossy for those who dont like

apart from that up to 8 hrs batt life

zynaps

Mark 00 wrote: »

£429 but thanks to HUKD enter SUNNY-1 as promotion and get £40 off.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/samsung-q430-14-hd-laptop-core-i3-350m-4gb-ram-320gb-hdd-dedicated-graphics-blue/906145

Add in £10 pound delivery and £5 credit card charge (it says debit cards are free but my visa debit wouldnt work under debit card but did work under credit card:mad: ) anyway that brings it to bout £405 ~ €461.

Review here " http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/laptops/samsung-q430-review-50001895/

Thanks OP, just ordered one. Was looking for the last couple of days on Argos/PCW/Elara/etc for a decent Windows laptop for work, really glad I checked the forum!

Charlie Haughy

Which is better between the samsung and this: http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/HP_Pavilion_DV6-3065ea_964266.html

Ill be using it for college work such as photoshop, word, CSS etc and your typical itunes, firefox etc. Are Hp laptops reliable?

But I like the sound of the HP having brushed aluminum on it, does anyone know if its like the macbook pro in that sense?

irishh_bob

OP , how long does delivery from the uk take ?

Zonda999

When i got a laptop from them in February, ordered on a Sunday night and it got here on the Wednesday. That was to Cork though, could be quicker for the east of the country possibly

caesar

I'd say this offer will be up soon as it has being running for a while.

After much deliberation I got the Q330 instead...seems a bit slicker plus it has bigger hard drive and better battery life. I’m not too pushed about the graphics card and I'd prefer a 13.3 inch laptop.

The Q330 was on offer as well about 2 weeks ago, I missed out but I picked one up on the clearance section for £399.

Anyway I should have it by Tuesday.

Good video review here of the Q330: http://www.trustedreviews.com/video/Samsung-Q330

HomeBoyDeluxe

Just ordered one of these, with my visa debit card, 452 euro total, very happy with that, seems a lot cheaper then anywhere else i have seen!

This should be a very good upgrade from a netbook with an Atom Cpu and ION Gpu, will be nice to have the Optical drive too.

Thanks to the OP!

zynaps

Just got an email from them saying there was a problem with the order and to call them. When I did, the guy said they just wanted to confirm that I existed due to my card being Irish, or something. Hopefully all is well

take everything

Balls to this anyway.
I was eyeing this laptop before Christmas but went with a Toshiba for about 800 instead. That Samsung is a nice looking laptop. Would have snapped it up at this price.

Mark 00

irishh_bob wrote: »

OP , how long does delivery from the uk take ?

Ordered mine last Wednesday at 15.00 and it arrived today in Roscommon at 12.30. No complaints there!

zynaps wrote: »

Just got an email from them saying there was a problem with the order and to call them. When I did, the guy said they just wanted to confirm that I existed due to my card being Irish, or something. Hopefully all is well

It seems to be standard procedure with them. This is the 2nd laptop I've bought off them and they sent that email both times. Everything went smooth though.

Only problem with this laptop is that I bought it as a present so won't get to see it in action til the weekend. :mad:

HoPpiE

Nice one OP, girlfriend ordered one last night. I'm jealous now, though.

stiofan85

zynaps wrote: »

Just got an email from them saying there was a problem with the order and to call them. When I did, the guy said they just wanted to confirm that I existed due to my card being Irish, or something. Hopefully all is well

Same here - was on hold for about 10 minutes, but once through to them he was really efficient and the Laptop shipped about an hour later.

Happy days! Thanks for this OP

bmaxi

Jonny7 wrote: »

Its a good ultraportable, great batt life

good reviews

don't be put off by proc speed - unless you are encoding or doing heavy duty stuff (why on a laptop?) then it handles browsing, films, web, office etc perfectly fine.

Screen is glossy for those who dont like

apart from that up to 8 hrs batt life

I was also looking at this Asus, the reviews all seem to be for the UL-30A-QX131 whereas this is a UL-30A-Qx328. Is there a difference? In the past I've known slight variations in model numbers, from TVs to cars, to make a big difference in performance and the huge cut in price makes me suspicious.

coldfire1x

Anyone who have got one of these, can you please let me know, how good the speakers are? Are they loud enough?

death1234567

coldfire1x wrote: »

Anyone who have got one of these, can you please let me know, how good the speakers are? Are they loud enough?

Its quite hard to get a laptop with really good speakers TBH. FRom the reviews of this the sound quality is good but they are not overly loud. If you want good sound you'll have to connect to an external speaker system/booster.

These might help

Zonda999

Yeah, on the Q330, they're ok but completely lacking in bass, obviously. Okay for the odd youtube clip but couldnt possibly live with them for general listening, luckily the sound quality through the headphone jack is very good IMO

zynaps

Zonda999 wrote: »

Yeah, on the Q330, they're ok but completely lacking in bass, obviously. Okay for the odd youtube clip but couldnt possibly live with them for general listening, luckily the sound quality through the headphone jack is very good IMO

More importantly for me, what's the fan noise like on them? My Macbook sounds like it's about to take off and launch itself into space, almost constantly. Can't stand it :pac:

[edit]
Holy... apparently it arrived just now. Ordered it Saturday night, phoned them up to confirm that I was not a terrorist on Monday, yay. Must... resist.. temptation to go home immediately...

coldfire1x

^^ Great, now do let us know what you think about the fan noise

mini_brian

Is that offer code dead? Just tried using it and it didnt reduce price ?

Zonda999

On the Q330 anyway, its extremely quiet, almost silent. Certainly much quieter than the Acer 5715Z i had before this. Are the fans comparable though, given the graphics card in the Q430? Forgive me if thats a stupid statement, my technical knowledge only goes so far!

Sean Quagmire

Is the RAM upgradeable on this puppy?
looks like a cracking laptop, the aul toshiba is showing its age now could do with updgrading soon..

Zonda999

The Q330 is upgradeable to 8gb so it certainly is!

Sean Quagmire

It's weird though, this model does not appear on Crucial UK.

HomeBoyDeluxe

Just received mine a couple of hours ago, doing a fresh Win 7 Install right now, when i turned it on, there was around 25 minutes of waiting for setup and samsung software to load, so i went straight for the re-install!

Yes it can handle 8GB RAM, SO DIMM, only 42 euro per 4GB stick on dabs, i think the advantages over 4GB would be fairly un-noticeable, could be wrong though.

As for fan noise, pretty much in-audible so far.

zynaps

coldfire1x wrote: »

^^ Great, now do let us know what you think about the fan noise

So yeah, it's quieter than my Macbook usually is. In fact it's almost silent at idle, but when the fan does kick in, there's a brief whine as it spins up, just like when you start reading a CD or DVD on most machines.

Seems like a lovely machine so far, but by god do Samsung load it up with some amount of 3rd party software, with "Easy SpeedUp Manager" (this might actually be useful), "Easy Network Manager", "Easy Prostate Exam Manager" etc. Also McAfee with a 60 day trial period or something, which had no "cancel" option, only "register now" or "ask later" :rolleyes:
Counted over 10 icons for 3rd party software on the desktop after logging in.

Just wish I'd ordered a carry bag for it

Liam O

I ordered twice and my money was refunded both times because I had an unverified address, I've emailed them twice without reply too. I payed through Paypal so maybe that's the problem but their lack of customer service is annoying...

G1S8

Liam O wrote: »

I ordered twice and my money was refunded both times because I had an unverified address, I've emailed them twice without reply too. I payed through Paypal so maybe that's the problem but their lack of customer service is annoying...

I have had the same problem with paypal twice already, now i will pay with my credit card and see what happen. There is no replay from them what so ever.

paddydriver

Fecking Bargain Alert!!!:(

Ordered one. Will replace the hardy 5 year old oul Dell Latitude D620 - that I relocated from work when I got a new one.

Read a few reviews and checked CPU spec's etc and seems OK. Will be used purely for browsing and downloading from rapidshare for the following evenings viewing:D

Only offput is the 10/100 NIC but will always be on N connected to my UPC 100Mb.

Anyway, got to do admirable thing and Thank the OP.