Gateway NV57H58U–1730 Laptop Review

Gateway NV57H58U – 1730 Review

Gateway NV57H58U-1730 Specification

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Gateway NV57H58U – 1730 Laptop Review

The gateway NV57H58U-1730 is a powerful laptop suitable for present and future computing needs successfully. Gateway notebooks are always famous for powerful performance and reasonable price tag. 

This laptop is powered through the 2^nd generation Intel Core i5-2430M dual core processor that is clocked up to 3.0 GHz. This laptop features 4 GB system memory, 500 GB storage space, Intel wireless display (Wi-Di), multiformat DVD drive, multi-in-1 card reader, Wi-Fi, Intel HD Graphics 3000, and many more. This 15.6-inch screen laptop weight is 5.5 pounds and arranged with one 6-cell Lithium-ion battery pack too.

Processor Details:

The 2^nd generation Intel Core i5-2430M is a dual core processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture. This processor comes with HyperThredaing facility to handle 4 threads at once. The base clock rate of this processor is 2.4 GHz and this can be overclocked up to 3.0 GHz through the enabled TurboBoost technology under special conditions successfully. This processor TDP is 35 watt and processor cores can access 3 MB of smart cache too. This processor is arranged with the integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 and dual channel memory controller to support DDR3 memory successfully.

Pros:

·         This is a powerful laptop for the present and future computing needs.

·         The system memory is 4 GB capacity to ensure multi task skills.

·         Its 500 GB hard disk is helpful for the effective storage needs.

·         It has integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000.

·         It has Wi-Fi, DVD drive, multi-in-1 card reader, webcam and many more.

·         It is a light weight laptop with just 5.5 pounds of weight.

Cons:

·         There is no Bluetooth facility.

·         There is Blu-ray disc facility.

Specifications:

Processor

This laptop is powered through the 2^nd generation Intel Core i5-2430M dual core processor with TurboBoost and HyperThredaing technologies. This processor can be overclocked successfully up to 3.0 GHz and processor cores can access 3 MB of smart cache too.

System memory and Hard Disk Details

This laptop is good with multi-task needs through the 4 GB system memory and this memory got facility to expand up to 8 GB capacity too.

The hard disk of this laptop is 500 GB capacity through the SATA hard drive that spins at 5400 rpm.

Display and Graphics

This is a 15.6-inch screen laptop with 1366 x 768 pixels resolution and HD widescreen LED-backlit UltraBright display technology.

This laptop is arranged with the integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 too for the effective graphical demands.

Optical Drive

There is one 8 X SuperMulti DVD drives that can read and write CDs and DVDs in multiple formats with double layer support.

Audio

This laptop comes with built-in speakers with MS-Sound compatibility and HD support.

Webcam

There is one built-in webcam with microphone facility for the video chat needs over the internet.

Networking

This laptop comes with Wi-Fi facility through the Wireless B+G+N Wireless LAN adapter.

There is built-in 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN adapter too for the wired connectivity demands.

This laptop is enabled with the Intel wireless Display (Wi-Di) facility to connect with external media devices successfully.

Battery

There is one 6-cell lithium-ion battery pack with this laptop to ensure decent unplugged life for the device.

Additional Ports

There is one digital media card reader, one HDMI output port, three USB 2.0 ports, one headphone jack, one microphone jack and one RJ-45 LAN port.

Operating System

This laptop is arranged with the pre-loaded Microsoft windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Edition as operating system.