Toshiba Satellite Pro C870 Specifications and Price

Toshiba Satellite Pro C870 Specifications and Price, The Toshiba Satellite Pro C870 series is comprised of 17.3-inch notebooks for the business environment in the low-to-mid price range. About two years ago, we reviewed a precursor to the series, the Toshiba Satellite Pro L670-170. The Satellite Pro C870-11R notebook we have been provided to review, at about 500 Euros (~$637), is currently the cheapest model in this series.  The device is powered by an Intel Core i3-2350M dual-core processor, and has four gigabytes of memory to work with.  The Intel HD Graphics 3000 is responsible for the graphic display; a 500 GB hard drive serves as the data storage unit; and a DVD-burner is also at your disposal.

To judge the comparative quality of the notebook, we will put the competing Acer Aspire 7739Z-P624650MNKK (Intel Pentium P6200, Intel GMA HD) and Samsung Series 3 305E7A-S03DE (AMD A6-3420M, AMD Radeon HD 6540G2) onto the field.

In idle mode we read a power draw of between 8.2 and 14.8 Watts. With that result the C870 lies on average at the same level as the Samsung Series 3 305E7A-S03DE. The Acer Aspire 7739Z reveals itself to be a good bit hungrier and indulges itself in a power consumption rate of 11.3 to 20.4 Watts. At full capacity (Prime95 and FurMark running simultaneously) the power consumption rates of both the C870 and the Acer device rise to 53.3 Watts. The Samsung model reaches a value here of 56.1 Watts. At half capacity (3D Mark 06 running), the C870 needs 41.4 Watts: exactly 2.1 Watts more than the Samsung notebook and 6.5 Watts more than the Acer notebook.

The system could run more quickly and fluidly. Overall, the 17-incher is slowed by its hard drive. The results of the PCMark Vantage benchmark lie in the expected range and around the same level of other notebooks equipped with an Intel Core i3-2350M processor - for example the HP ProBook 4530s-B0Y11EA. The results for the Samsung notebook (AMD A6-3420M, AMD Radeon HD 6540G2) is around the same range as the Toshiba model. The Acer Aspire (Intel Pentium P6200, Intel GMA HD) lags behind both.

Notebook specifications Toshiba Satellite Pro C870-11R

• Processor : Intel Core i3-2350M 2.3 GHz
• Mainboard : Intel HM76 (Panther Point)
• Memory : 4096 MB, DDR3
• Graphics adapter : Intel HD Graphics 3000, 8.15.10.2712
• Display : 17.3 inch 16:9, 1600x900 pixel, AU Optronics B173RW01 V4, TN LED, glossy: no
• Harddisk : Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 HTS547550A9E384, 500GB 5400rpm
• Soundcard : Intel Panther Point PCH - High Definition Audio Controller
• Connections : 2 USB 2.0, 1 USB 3.0, 1 VGA, 1 HDMI, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: Headphone Jack, Microphone Jack, Card Reader: SD, SDHC, SDXC, MMC,
• Networking : Realtek RTL8168/8111 Gigabit-LAN (10/100/1000MBit), Realtek RTL8723AE Wireless LAN 802.11n (n), 4.0 Bluetooth
• Optical drive : TSSTcorp CDDVDW SN-208AB
• Size : height x width x depth (in mm): 33.7 x 413 x 268
• Weight : 2.7 kg Power Supply: 0.2486 kg
• Battery : 48 Wh Lithium-Ion
• Price : 499 Euro
• Operating System : Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
• Additional features : Webcam: Ja, Speakers: Stereo, Keyboard Light: no, McAfee Internet Security (60-day free trial), Skype, Microsoft Office 2010 Starter, Nero Kwik Media, Google Chrome, Nero 11 Essentials, Windows Live Essentials 2011

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