Our first encounter with an Intel Sandy Bridge laptop was a massive 17-inch Packard Bell model that was designed for raw power and wasn't not to be that portable. Inside that beast was the Intel Core i7-2820QM, which was is the second fastest mobile quad-core processor that Intel offers at 2.30GHz. This processor alone will has a suggested retail price of $568, so it definitely isn't for everyone. Today, we have a notebook from ASUS that is aimed more at the mainstream market called the K53E. The ASUS K53E is a general purpose 15.6-inch entertainment notebook with prices that start at $634.90 plus shipping. As you can see this whole laptop nearly costs the same as just the processor that was in the last one we reviewed.