Sony VAIO VPCEH11FX/L with Pentium B940

The Sony VAIO VPCEH11FX/L is one of the new entrants in the area of the notebooks and is powered by the Intel's Pentium B940 processor.

Note - You may like to read the details of the Intel Pentium B940 dual core processor at Pentium B940

The Intel Pentium B940 is a 2 GHz processor and belongs to the Sandy Bridge processors from Intel. Essentially the processor is a strip down version of the Intel's Core i3 and core i5 processor. As compared to the core i3 and core i5 Sandy Bridge processors the Pentium B940 does not come with the Hyperthreading. Additionally the B940 will has smaller 2M L3 Cache.

The Pentium B940 is still a decent processor - Better than the Intel's earlier Pentium processors. The processor is great for your home and office computing. The Integrated graphics controller in the Pentium B940 is something great to have. It reduces the cost of the over all system. The integrated graphics is great for video display and also for some casual gaming.

It was learned that Tiger direct was offering this PC at a substantial discount price at $539 that can be saud to be a great offer.

Sony VAIO VPCEH11FX/L is a cynosure to eyes with its 15.5 inch display. The display is smooth and does not strain eyes even if you work for hours.

Other important thing to mention is the 4 GB of DDR3 RAM and 500 GB of Hard Disk which can be best described as sufficient to most tasks.

The Operating System that you get with this machine for free is the Win 7 premium. Off course in US many machine come with preloaded Windows. In India, surprisingly machines are sold without the operating systems so people can take advantage of the illegal software available for almost free.

The Item number as descbribed in the tiger direct is S170-155301 - a number that is specific to the company only. An instant saving of $10 is applied and the item ships the same day you order.

You may also like to buy the Microsoft Office alongwith this product - something that will cost you extra. You can avoid buying it altogather and use the google docs instead. At a list price of $654 this is not a bad buy at all with the discounts applied.

With this laptop you can browse the network, and also can login to your facebook account and upload the pictures. The VPCEH11FX/L from Sony VAIO will let you do any thing that you want faster and smoother. You can see your favorite youtube video at a great quality with the inbuilt wifi into the system.

As per some of the numbers posted the Sony VAIO VPCEH11FX/L has great performance bench marking.

Sony VAIO VPCEH11FX/L get you an extended 4.5 hours of the battery life made possible by the power efficient Intel Pentium B940 processor.

All we can say is that you get a VIAO computer at the price of an Acer. Sony is a Japanese firm known for the quality - different from Cheapo Chinese and Taiwanese manufacturers.

We think that Assist feature and the WEB feature are great to have but it is not something you can not do without.

The Via comes with a integrated webcam and you can use it for chat on google chat, skype or even yahoo chat. It will provide you with great experience. The camera is face tracking.

One of the greatest feature worth mentioning is the HDMI technology that it comes with. Now if you want, you can insert a DVD in this computer and connect the HDMI output to your Sony Bravia LCD Television ( or any Television for that matter ) and seamlessly browse the internet for your favorite content.

Intel Pentium B940 Dual Core processor

Intel Pentium B940 is a dual core processor clocked at 2 GHz. The Pentium B940 is based upon the Sandy Bridge architecture.

The cache organization consists of 64 KB of L1 Cache and 256 KB of L2 Cache dedicated to each of the two cores. It also has 2 MB of L3 Cache memory which is shared by each of the two cores. The smaller L3 cache is one of the major difference with other Core branded Sandy Bridge processor. The architecture of the DDR3 memory controller and the DMI bus is similar to the other core processors.

The Pentium Brands are priced lower than there Core counterparts in the Sandy Bridge series.

The Pentium B940 is intended for mobile computing and it should have enough performance power for entry level computing as well as casual gaming.

The on chip graphics controller will allow you to display High Definition Video. It will also be helpful for entry level gaming.