Best IVY Bridge based laptops available under Rs. 50,000

IVY Bridge laptops are now available in India but due to the weakening rupee their prices are slightly higher than their corresponding sandy bridge based laptops. But if you are eager to get your hands on one of these new beasts than here i am compiling the list of the latest Intel IVY Bridge based laptops. The list is in descending order that is 1st one is the best:

Asus K55VM-SX086D

The Laptop Asus K55VM-SX086D is the only Laptop within or around 50K bracket which is equipped with Core i7(3rd Gen). The only negative point here is that it comes with Free DOS and not with Windows. So you have to purchase it separately or use one of your old copies. Other features include:

Photo asus k55vm
Motherboard Chipset Intel HM76
CPU Core i7 3610 QM
Core Clock 2.3 GHz
L3 Cache 6 MB
Hard Disk 1 TB @ 5400 RPM
RAM 2 X 4 GB DDR3
Optical Drive DVD RW ( 8X )
Screen 15.6 inches HD display with resolution of 1366 X 768 pixel
GPU Nvidia 630 M
2GB DDR3
Sound Altec Lansing Speakers
Web Cam Yes
OS Windows 7 Home Premium
Price Rs. 52,000

DELL Inspiron 15R special edition

This is next contender for the best ivy bridge laptop under 50K. This laptop feature wise is very similar or even powerful than Asus K55VM except for CPU which is Core i7 in case of Asus and core i5 in case of DELL Inspiron. But still DELL is DELL! Dell with its strong support network can easily beat Asus from the core. Asus service centres are handled Rashi peripherals which are already known for their poor customer service. So if you can compromise on CPU than you should go for Dell Inspiron 15R special edition. It is also Rs. 2,000 cheaper than Asus and has a better GPU than Asus K55VM. Here are the spec sheet for Dell Inspiron 15R special edition:

Photo inpiron 15r
Motherboard Chipset Intel HM77
CPU Core i5 3210M
Core Clock Up to 2.9 GHz
L3 Cache 3 MB
Hard Disk 1 TB @ 5400 RPM
RAM 2 X 4 GB DDR3
Optical Drive DVD RW ( 8X )
Screen 15.6 inches HD display with resolution of 1366 X 768 pixel
GPU AMD 7730M
2GB DDR3
Sound Skull Candy Speakers
Web Cam Yes
OS Windows 7 Home Premium
Price Rs. 49,990

New Inspiron 15 R

Inspiron 15R can be considered as the smaller brother to Inspiron 15R Special Edition. It is also a performance laptop with nearly same features as Special Edition except a powerful GPU and RAM. But at the same time it is Rs. 7,000 cheaper than Special Edition also.

Photo inpiron 15r
Motherboard Chipset Intel HM76
CPU Core i5 3210M
Core Clock Up to 2.5 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.9 GHz
L3 Cache 3 MB
Hard Disk 1 TB @ 5400 RPM
RAM 1 X 4 GB DDR3 at 1600 MHz
Optical Drive DVD RW ( 8X )
Screen 15.6 inches HD display with resolution of 1366 X 768 pixel
GPU AMD 7670M
1GB DDR3
Sound Skull Candy Speakers
Web Cam Yes
OS Windows 7 Home Basic
Price Rs. 43,990

New Inspiron 15R with 500 GB HDD

Photo inpiron 15r
Motherboard Chipset Intel HM76
CPU Core i5 3210M
Core Clock Up to 2.5 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.9 GHz
L3 Cache 3 MB
Hard Disk 500 GB @ 5400 RPM
RAM 1 X 4 GB DDR3 at 1600 MHz
Optical Drive DVD RW ( 8X )
Screen 15.6 inches HD display with resolution of 1366 X 768 pixel
GPU AMD 7670M
1GB DDR3
Sound Skull Candy Speakers
Web Cam Yes
OS Windows 7 Home Basic
Price Rs. 42,500

New Inspiron 15R without Dedicated GPU

Photo inpiron 15r
Motherboard Chipset Intel HM76
CPU Core i5 3210M
Core Clock Up to 2.5 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.9 GHz
L3 Cache 3 MB
Hard Disk 500 GB @ 5400 RPM
RAM 1 X 4 GB DDR3 at 1600 MHz
Optical Drive DVD RW ( 8X )
Screen 15.6 inches HD display with resolution of 1366 X 768 pixel
GPU Intel HD 4000
Sound Skull Candy Speakers
Web Cam Yes
OS Windows 7 Home Basic
Price Rs. 39,990

HP 2000 2116 TU

I would have placed this Laptop above the last one because of its low price. At such a low price it is giving plenty of raw power of the 3rd generation Core i5 plus the all new Intel HD 4000 integrated GPU. HP has done some cost cutting in this laptop as they are not offering any premium OS with it. This can be a serous problem to some people . But still there are workaround to this problem. One can go for Ubuntu if he/she don’t like to pay for Genuine Windows. Here are the specs of this Laptop:

Photo hp core i5 ivy bridge
Motherboard Chipset Intel HM75
CPU Core i5 3210M
Core Clock Up to 2.5 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.9 GHz
L3 Cache 3 MB
Hard Disk 500 GB @ 5400 RPM
RAM 1 X 2 GB DDR3
Optical Drive DVD RW ( 8X )
Screen 15.6 inches HD display with resolution of 1366 X 768 pixel
GPU Intel HD 4000
Sound Altec Lansing Speakers
Web Cam Yes
OS DOS
Price Rs. 33,500