March 08, 2017

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Inside ASUS FX502VM – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

Although the ASUS FX502VM doesn’t offer a dedicated service lid for maintenance and upgrade, the bottom piece comes off pretty easily and gives access to all the hardware. You can find some of the available…

March 07, 2017

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Lenovo Legion Y520 / Y720 (15-inch, FHD, IPS) display profiles – Quality and Health impact results

The Lenovo Legion Y520 offers a decent IPS panel compared to the TN alternatives for the same price currently on the market and, of course, there are some issues that can be esaily fixed with…

March 06, 2017

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Inside Acer Aspire VX 15 (VX5-591G) – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

We still have some bitter taste in our mouths when it comes to disassembling an Acer-made gaming notebook (yes, we are talking about the Aspire V15 and V17 Nitros) but luckily, the OEM apparently learned…

February 28, 2017

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ASUS FX502VM (15-inch, FHD, TN) display profiles – Quality and Health impact results

One of the main drawbacks of the ASUS FX502VM is its lackluster TN panel that suffers from many issues but our profiles are able to fix them to some extent. In the pack below, you…

February 24, 2017

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Acer Aspire VX 15 (VX5-591G) (15-inch, FHD, TN) display profiles – Quality and Health impact results

The Aspire VX 15 configurations with GTX 1050 usually come paired with a TN panel but some models on the market are found with IPS displays. Anyway, the profiles listed below can be used for…

February 23, 2017

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Dell Inspiron 15 5567 (15-inch, FHD, IPS) display profiles – Quality and Health impact results

We are really surprised to find a decent IPS panel on such low-cost machine but as with almost every notebook, some tweaking of the screen will further improve the overall picture quality. In the pack…

February 22, 2017

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Inside Dell Inspiron 15 5567 – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

Unfortunately, the chassis doesn’t offer easy access to the internals but with a little bit of patience, you can still make your upgrade or just clean it up if needed. You can find some of…

February 06, 2017

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Inside Lenovo Ideapad 710S Plus – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

Just like every other ultrabook, the Lenovo Ideapad 710S Plus doesn’t have a dedicated maintenance hatch but fairly easy to maintain and upgrade, although, there aren’t many upgrade options in there. You can find some…

January 30, 2017

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Inside Acer Predator 21X – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

This 21-inch beast of a laptop is really hard to disassemble. In fact, we suspect that it isn’t supposed to be disassembled at all because all of the upgrade options are easily accessible via two…

January 15, 2017

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Acer Predator 17 (G5-793, GTX 1060) (17-inch, FHD, IPS) display profiles – Quality and Health impact results

We’ve encountered this panel before in the previous generation the Acer Predator 17X with GTX 980, but this time the display offers somehow better image quality may be due to some stock calibration. In the…

January 13, 2017

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The Acer Predator 17 (G5-793, GTX 1060) offers the same, but more refined panel as the previous generation Predator 17X

Remember the Acer Predator 17X from last year? The extreme version with a desktop-grade NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980? Well, if you do, you’d know that the notebook had a pretty solid IPS panel with little…

January 06, 2017

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Intel Core i7-6700HQ (Skylake) vs Intel Core i7-7700HQ (Kaby Lake) – benchmarks show another incremental update

It’s finally official. Intel has announced its high-performance quad-core Kaby Lake processors for desktops and notebooks and the first devices start flowing. Along with all the refreshes, which the OEMs will bring, some of them…

January 04, 2017

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Inside Lenovo Ideapad 510 – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

The Lenovo Ideapad 510 is quite similar to the Ideapad 310 in terms of upgrade options and disassembly process. It’s fairly easy and two maintenance hatches give access to the most commonly upgraded hardware. You…

December 29, 2016

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Inside Acer Aspire F 15 (F5-573G) – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade optionss

The next device we are going to take a deep look at is the refreshed Acer Aspire F 15 (F5-573G). This mid-ranger has tons of cool features and powerful hardware to offer but what about…

December 28, 2016

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The refreshed Acer Aspire F 15 (F5-573G) offers 121% increased battery life

The successor of the refreshed Aspire F 15 offers not only new hardware and an improvement in the design department, but it seems that it excels in one more thing – endurance. Our tests show…

December 27, 2016

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A report says Intel is planning on big x86 architecture update – faster and more streamlined implementation

The inventor of the x86 architecture, Intel, is reportedly working on completely revamping it for sometime between 2019 and 2020. This means that Intel’s “Core” legacy will come to an end with the upcoming Tiger…

December 27, 2016

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HP ProBook 450 G4 (15-inch, FHD, TN) display profiles – Quality and Health impact results

HP’s new ProBook 450 G4 uses a completely new set of hardware but the image quality stays generally the same. In the pack below, you will find the usual Health-Guard, Office work / Web design…

December 23, 2016

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HP ProBook 450 G4 with surprisingly longer battery life than its predecessor

If you haven’t read our review of the HP ProBook 450 G4, we suggest you do so now, especially if you are looking for a budget-friendly business solution. And although the changes aren’t so apparent…

December 22, 2016

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The new HP ProBook 450 G4 with Full HD screen is mostly harmless for your eyes

We add another good reason to buy the new HP ProBook 450 G4 – the absence of PWM. This is of great importance for a business notebook because users tend to spend most of their…

December 21, 2016

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Inside HP ProBook 450 G4 – disassembly, internal photos and upgrade options

HP’s ProBook 450 G4 remains as one of the best budget business solutions on the market with a good build, capable hardware and comfortable input devices. Let’s see what makes this laptop tick and how…