Asus A53E-XA2 is another top budget laptop released by Asus, following the previous best Asus U56E-BBL5. Asus A53E-XA2 specs are rather similar with its predecessor, Asus U56E-BBL5. Thus, Asus A53E-XA2 review result: it equipped with powerfull Sandy Brigde Intel Core i5-2410M processor which paired with 4 GB DDR3 RAM on 15.6-inch large screen. It's also equipped with advanced Intel integrated graphical chip, Intel HD Graphics 3000. Comparing with Asus U56E-BBL5, Asus A53E-XA2 has less features. It doesn't provide with great wireless connection like WiMAX and WiDi 2.0. It also has less battery life. Asus A53E-XA2 price on the market normally offered from $629.99. Other laptop which can be its rival is Lenovo IdeaPad V570-1066A9U (price starts from $629.99). You may buy Asus A53E-XA2 with special price from Amazon. 

Asus A53E-XA2 Design, Features, and Performance

Asus A53E-XA2 is equipped with a Intel Core i5-2410M dual-core Sandy Brigde processor with clock speed at 2.3GHz. That processor also used in Asus U56E-BBL5 and Lenovo V570-1066A9U. But, Asus A53E-XA2 RAM is only 4GB DDR3 memory which is smaller than those two laptop (both equipped with 6GB DDR3). With those core system, it resulting 2,030 points on PCMark 7 testing. Combination between its Sandy Bridge processor and Intel HD Graphics 3000 supporting you to play basic 3D games. Even on low setting, you can play hard 3D games like Crysis or Lost Planet 2. But please be aware for serious gamers who want to play high hard games, this laptop performance is not intended to do that.

Asus A53E-XA2 battery life can reach up to 6 hours 50 minutes based on MobileMark 2007 test. Those performance supported by its 6-cell (56Wh) battery. This battery is smaller than used in Asus U56E-BBL5 (8-cell 74Wh up to 7:34), but better than Lenovo V570-1066A9U (48Wh 6-cell battery up to 4:41). Asus A53E-XA2 has 15.6-inch widescreen display which same like the two rivals, with 1,366 by 768 maximum resolution. It uses aluminum and plastic construction, which brushed aluminum part use to cover the palm rest and surrounds the keyboard. Its dimension of HWD is at 1.4 x 15.12 x 10.12-inches. It weighs at 5.8-pounds, weighter than Lenovo IdeaPad V570-1066A9U (5.47-pounds) and Asus U56E-BBL5 (5.5 pounds).

At the storage media, Asus A53E-XA2 relies on 640GB (5,400rpm) HDD, those storege are spacious enough to keeps your digital files. While for optical drive, it equipped with DVD+/-RW. Ports given are: 3 USB 2.0 ports, a multiformat card reader (SD, MMC, MS/Pro), VGA and HDMI outputs, jacks for headphones and a mic, and a Kensington lock. Asus U46E-BAL5 wireless connection features are: WEthernet and 802.11n Wi-Fi. Its rather weird, USB 3.0 ports is become common in budget laptop. But Asus A53E-XA2 has it none.