ASUS is one of the leaders in the laptop market. It occupies about 15 percent of the total market and shares first place with Acer. The ASUS catalog has a huge number of laptop models: from the cheapest and most straightforward to premium devices with all the attendant features. But there is the so-called middle class of devices. One of its representatives is a good laptop model K52JC.
Everyday use
The laptop was released more than six years ago, but still it can be considered a good working device. Naturally, its power is not enough to cope with some demanding modern software. Nevertheless, for everyday tasks, it is perfect.
Device specifications
The ASUS K52JC laptop features are as follows:
- With office applications, the device can be handled by an Intel processor of the Pentium P6100 series, operating at a clock frequency of 2000 Hz, as well as RAM LPDDR3 format, the volume of which is 4 GB. In addition, the amount of RAM can be expanded twice. The design of the laptop allows you to do this without any problems. You can choose a processor model. Previously, the laptop was made in three trim levels: with the Core i3 chipset, Core i5, as well as with the Pentium.
- For the graphic processing of processes in the ASUS K52JC , a discrete graphics card manufactured by NVIDIA GeForce 310M series with its own memory of 1 gigabyte is responsible.
- All information is displayed on a 15.6-inch display with a TFT-matrix and with a standard WXGA-resolution, that is 1366 x 768 pixels.
- When the battery is fully charged, the ASUS K52JC laptop , according to the manufacturer, can work autonomously for 4 hours. But in fact, this figure is slightly lower, especially when you consider that different applications consume different amounts of energy. The battery capacity, by the way, is 4400 mAh.
- The ASUS K25JC comes with a 320GB hard drive with a SATA interface.
Performance tests
All this “hardware” is enough to play GTA IV on average settings without any problems. At maximum, sagging and lags are already starting to appear. We can say with confidence that the ASUS K52JC is not suitable for the modern gamer, but for the student or office worker it will be just right. True, students have different requests: there are a huge number of programs for modeling or for working with graphics (you don’t have to go far for an example: Adobe products), consuming a large number of resources that are simply not available on this laptop.
Appearance
The design of the ASUS K52JC is a subjective aspect of the assessment, but overall it can be said that it is not bad. And it’s hard to disagree: the minimalistic glossy case in black is clearly pleasing to the eye. Another thing is that this case is not practical: it collects fingerprints perfectly. And someone may say that this is not a problem, because there are special wipes, but putting the laptop in order after each use is clearly a dubious pleasure.
ASUS K52JC has long been discontinued, and on the shelves of retail outlets and online stores new models are unlikely to be found. However, you can purchase a used version. There is nothing wrong with this, especially when you consider that ASUS laptops, with proper care, do not break in a couple of years and can serve faithfully for a long time to their owner. The average price in the secondary market of this model is approximately 18 thousand rubles (with Core i3), which, in general, is not so expensive.
Development engineers have built into the laptop a huge number of connectors. The MacBook (2016) problem for ASUS is irrelevant: what does a DVD drive that supports RW format alone cost. In addition, there is a slot for an SD memory card, as well as HDMI and VGA connectors, plus several USB ports, of course, not in 3.0 format (you should not expect high data transfer speeds). Wi-Fi 802 data transfer methods of 11g and 11n bands and Bluetooth are supported. The latter, however, is optional. There can be no talk of any LTE networks. After all, more than 5 years have passed since the release. When the laptop entered the market, high-speed networks only began to gain momentum.
What was the laptop from ASUS?
As a result, it turned out that ASUS engineers and marketers launched a good laptop several years ago on the market that meets user needs and can remain relevant even to this day, when more than one generation of processors has already changed, memory formats have changed and, in general, manufacturers' attitude towards this segment has changed devices.
For example, Apple and other companies seek to store information in cloud services. This concept allows them to systematically get rid of a large number of unnecessary connectors in laptops. True, in Cupertino it was somehow done too radically, leaving only one USB-C in the MacBook. Although no one forbade anyone to earn extra money on adapters, especially in the case of Apple.
Can I buy the ASUS K52JC as my main work machine? A moot point. For about 20 thousand rubles, now you can find models that are in no way inferior to ASUS, other manufacturers. The main thing that will distinguish them is novelty. And this most often gives a guarantee that the device will not break on the third day after purchase. Although anything happens. Nevertheless, the warranty on used devices does not apply. Therefore, the purchase will be carried out at the fear and rice of the user.