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I love to place together with n55 to compare the sound  ???
anyway, everything is better than n55. woohoo!!

Yessss you translated the article. Now all we need is a review of the Retina MacBook Pro.

I was looking forward for this test. Thank you very much!
This laptop sounds very nice but I heard it got few issue (touchpad, temp, keyboard).
Apart from that, looks good for gaming for small budget.

P.S.: Your site is very usefull. Keep it up ;)

when will you review lenovo ideapad y580

Quote from: Ankesh on July 16, 2012, 06:30:29
when will you review lenovo ideapad y580

We expect to have our full review on the IdeaPad Y580 complete before the end of this month. We apologize for the long wait!

Hey, I was wondering if you are going to make a full review of the HP pavilion DV6t-7000 Quad edition, with the newest intel core processor and the Nvidia Gt650M Gpu?

y580 review please !!!!

I have problems to conect with cdj's 350 USB - USB
Why? Because the port is 3.0?

I'm planning on getting this notebook very soon, do you people have some recommendations for me? I'm searching for a Notebook with notable performance and no more than 15.x inch screen. Although, this model seems very good.

Just got this notebook last week. Way better looking than the Y580 and performs just as fast. Love the backlit keyboard and the extra subwoofer, and you get 4x USB 3.0 slots, and Blu-Ray. The 650M has so far ran everything I've thrown at it. I've only had to turn AA and AT filtering on Battlefield 3. If you really need GDDR5 VRAM or a GTX660M, then get the Dv6t / Y580. But otherwise this laptop is awesome.

This review was not as good as your other reviews
only one game tested, not enough explanation about display and color space reproduction (i dont know if the colors or normal because as it seems in pictures it shows grey color is a little blue)
i wish you could at least play a game same as Y580 so we could see the difference...
thanks anyway

Just got this computer last week. I'm coming from a 3 year old core 2 duo Toshiba. I do a lot of photo editing and now getting into video and the downloading of images with USB 3.0 ports and compatible devices turns a 40 minute endeavor to a 4 minute endeavor. I used to open Adobe Lightroom and begin importing thousands of wedding photos and leave the room to let it do it's thing. Now I just sit and watch in amazement as the progress bar just keeps moving.  It handles my 36 mp D800 RAW files faster than my old laptop handled 12 mp RAW files. Keyboard is amazing, screen is amazing, build is amazing. I love all mobile devices Apple, but this is more powerful than Apple's price equivalent and about $1000 cheaper than Apple's performance equivalent. The only bottle neck is that 5400 RPM HDD. I'm close to getting a 256 GB Mushkin SSD.  All my photo data is stored on external drives. Otherwise thrilled with it. After two Toshiba laptops, this is my first ASUS. My only "disappointment" is that RAM tops out at 8GB and a single drive slot. (want to keep the DVD/CD slot as is). But that's being nitpicky. So far, so amazing.

Had this laptop for a few weeks, the trackpad is poorly designed, bulges out from the top edge, the atheros wifi card only works on 2.4ghz, and I cant seem to connect it at N speeds, apparently its a problematic chipset. The subwoofer constantly makes a purring sound, worse when you press keys.
Disappointed with ASUS, contacted them, told to send it in for repair, wish I could return it !!

Excellent review as always. Is it possible for you guys to take apart the laptop and expose the heat sink, fan, and motherboard? In the same fashion as a lot of other notebookcheck reviews. Thanks!

Hey, this is a very informative and extensive review, thank you! I am thinking to buy the nv76vz model of assus which is the same as nv56vz (only with a few extra specs and a 17.3" screen) but I am worrying about the heating issues you pointed out. Will it help if I put a cooling laptop pad with three 1800 rpm fans?? Will it be any better? Please I need your opinion in order to decide.  :-\

Have you ever tested if it will run dual external monitors? I'm getting conflicting information from sales people saying it will only do one external monitor with the lid open or closed, and another that says I can use both HDMI and VGA for external monitors but only if the laptop screen itself isn't being used.

Thanks!

Hey guys, I am loving my Asus N56VZ.  I modded mine with a harddrive caddy in place of the bluray drive.  I added a 120gb SSD for the OS and programs and it is VERY QUICK!  It runs a ton of programs at the same time (including large photoshop files) and I rarely have to wait...ever.  I ended up sticking the bluray drive in an external case so I can still use it.  Love this notebook!

Is there any additional bays available in N-56VZ for installing an SSD in addition to the current 1TB HDD?

I got this model but I can't seem to access any backlighting controls and it's not coming on? Does this cheaper model not have it?

Can the 8GB of RAM (2 x 4GB) be updraded to 16 GB (2 x 8GB)? I can't find the answer anywhere. thanks

There's only a single slot for mass storage drives, so you have to chose either HDD or SSD, unfortunately :(

I just want to thank you on doing such a good and thorough job on describing the noise levels, right down to the 'hum' of the power supply!

I have aspergers (an autistic disorder) and and extremely sensitive to these kinds of 'hiccups'. They don't just annoy me: they can drive me outright batty, sometimes to the point where I just break down and cry from overstimulation. Therefore, you can understand how much people like me appreciate this kind of info in a review.

I wish more reviewsites out there would bother to look beyond the hardware specs and also go into how comfortable they are to use. After all, it may be the machine that does the work, but its human beings who buy them.

How can you assign a function to the button opposite to te power button?

Hello very nice review. I'm thinking to buy this laptop soon, but I must be sure about this heating problems, there are allot of holes near the screen (around power buttons) I understand they are for the cooling system, i think they will make problems with the display because the heating near the display. Thank you.

Just wondering how to run windows experience index assessment using the nVidia card not the intel HD

This is a great notebook with a couple of problems:

1) I can get 16GB of RAM working in mine, that's pretty cool.
2) Nice display, like, really nice 1080P.
3) Has funky USB3 ports that are not very backward compatible to USB2.
Would have been better to make 2 of them USB2, but they are all 4 - USB3, and that can be problematic for backward compatible things like cell phone drivers, USB comm, etc.

4) Touch pad is bitchy, but may be solvable with a clear cover, and setting adjustments. Too close to keyboard, it's very sensitive.

I love this computer. It has awsome sound, a absolutely beautiful screen running 1080p, a litle bright but yet backlit keyboard, wonderful 3610QM, BUT and BEWARE, NO TPM for those who want to run Win7 ULT, no bitlocker for you!

Sorry, have to correct myself as I have a NV56VM-AB71 which is the 15.6" model. The trackpad on this one stinks too but I didn't think with all the sh*t this thing has in it it would be without a TPM..found out after downloading Win7 Ult..whoops! Get rid of a couple USB ports or something. Sorry for the mistake.

During the stress test processor stpeed falls to 1.2??? Isn't it a typo?? Don't you mean 2,3 which is the processor base speed?? How can it fall to 1.2??

I am looking to do the same, which screw did you remove to take out the blu-ray drive? Thanks!

Quote from: Jon R on September 11, 2012, 03:01:12
Hey guys, I am loving my Asus N56VZ.  I modded mine with a harddrive caddy in place of the bluray drive.  I added a 120gb SSD for the OS and programs and it is VERY QUICK!  It runs a ton of programs at the same time (including large photoshop files) and I rarely have to wait...ever.  I ended up sticking the bluray drive in an external case so I can still use it.  Love this notebook!

I found a different setup for this computer, 3630QM with 12gig ram (4+8) with 650m  4 gig card.  I was wondering whether it was a little bit too much for this computer.  Any comments?

Really amazing analysis.
however, I think the temperature is a little high.
During playing games, the core and GPU rise above 70 C. the left side of the touchpad is really hot.
suprisingly, there is almost no noise from the computer, sometimes I wonder if the fan of the laptop really work. lol

A very  powerful  and quiet laptop. Quite enjoyable. Two points regarding the keyboard: the arrows disposition is a bit surprizing and takes some time to get used to. I also miss the of indication of Num lock and Uppercase, which could have easily been incorporated into the keys to preserve the beautiful design.

I have the 3630QM with 16gig ram (8 + 8) variant. Sadly, our variant here in SE Asia has no backlight. But in terms of performance, this has got to be the best bang for buck gaming system. And it looks gorgeous too. Most gaming laptops are dark and alien-like looking (Alienware is very expensive too). This one is elegant looking, and the sound quality is awesome.

price/quality and considering all the options you get from this product I can with most certainty say that it is an amazing laptop. although I had a problem with mine, Nvidia was faulty so after just a month of usage I sent it to repairs. haven't received it back yet but as long as it gets fixed I shall be satisfied. you should definitely get one of those, you can for only 1k euros. I wont be saying how good it is overall since other comments have already described it. only real problem is probably the fact that it is so slim, which means that it's cooling system has real difficulties and I have noticed the issue indicated in the review about it being too damn hot and loosing its power. just get a good cooler, with flow directed into the vents like I did and everything will be OK.     

Can anyone please answer me. I have asus n56v but this is not quite. There is noise coming from the hard disk. I took it to the service they changed the hard disk but I can still hear the noise, it is like the noise you hear when you just start the computer. Do you also have the same noise.

You could try to uncheck the option "allow files on this drive to have contents indexed in addition to file properties" in hard drive properties, which you can see here:
http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/bc/win7/hard_drive/disk_properties.gif
Worked for me on Win7, the hard drive got a bit more quiet.

Dear all,

thanks for the review!!
I just wanted to give some feedback about this laptop. I've had it for over a year now and am very very happy with it. Almost everything is great about it. The list of negative things is much shorter than the positve list, thus a couple of things that could be better: It's really annoying to change the volume of the speakers since the "fn" key has to be pressed as well as "vol-up / vol-down" (couldn't find anything to change this in BIOS or anywhere else) and the spacing from the "rest of the keyboard" to the "up/down/left/right"-keys. Otherwise great great machine for a very good price.

regards,
tryptofame

Hi, Im planning to buy either the latest hp envy 15-4rth Gen J series non touch HD laptop or the ASUS n56vz. My only concern is that the ASUS N56 laptop is quite heavy when compared with the HP. I do not have much reviews about the HP J series. All i know is that the audio of HP is incredible. Would you recommend ASUS N56vz over HP J series.

Could you please say what is the exact score for professional sRGB and AdobeRGB coverage? In same reviews there is exact gamut coverage in % given whereas here you just say that the two are not covered by the display. Thanks.

Hi, can this laptop connect 2 external monitors?

Hi !
Excelent review, but i cant find that passage where you sayd "i dont know if the Num Lock button is activated or deactivated because have no light to show you this. The Caps Lock button, have no led to detect if is activated or deactivated, it have just la low led near near HDD led, wich you cant see it, because is to low and not in keyboard visibility range.
Thank you !

My girlfriend has this laptop since it came out. It's quite clear that we're dealing with a consumer laptop and not a business oriented model. I opened it to upgrader the RAM, put an SSD, move the HDD instead of DVDRW, change battery. Here are some opinions with issues and general info:
- lots of incompatibility with RAM modules, I barely found some that work...
- every time I open the case, some piece of plastic falls off from inside, very interesting....
- issues with Power-ON button, now it needs to be pressed really hard to fully turn on the system, or else it turns on only the LED ...
- hinges broke already after 2 years
- keyboard and touchpad overly uncomfortable
- original ASUS batteries very expensive...
- her laptop came with Windows 7 Home Basic (really...bad)

Good points:
- nice screen..
- fast processor, if you add SSD
- good audio

I own the N56V version since about 2011/2012 and I never had any issues. In 2023 (almost 2024) I am still very happy with it. During all those years I replaced the following parts:

- the original HDD for a Samsung 1Tb SSD
- the CDROM drive for a 1 Tb classical WD Black HDD and now occassionally use an external CDROM drive
- the CPU fan (the original was defective)
- the battery (the original was defective)

And that's it. Of course, you cannot run games like Witcher 3 on this machine, but if you are not a heavy gamer, you can still perfectly play older games on lower settings. It is a perfect laptop for Office / Internet / Video / Skype, you name it.

Every year I consider buying a new laptop - for fiscal reasons - but I don't see much added value (except for gaming), so I continue to keep my good old ASUS N56V.