Asus A43TA A6-3400M (or K43TA named for outside Asia region) is the APU notebook quad core (native) processor with Radeon 6520G-512MB DDR3 share (built-in) and Radeon 6650-1GB DDR3 dedicated. And, The Radeon would be the 6720G2 graphic engine in the hybrid crossfire setting.
The material outside body surface built with plastic and the inside body covered with alumunium, looks prety for me. The screen is 1366x768 pixel resolution with digital signal input, and looks good with glossy surface. The sound of notebook fan is very quiet, better than my Dell XPS-M1330.
Touchpad + keyboard feels easy to be used, but the touchpad button quite hard. This notebook has one USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 port, 640GB 5400rpm harddisk, web cam, bluetooth. I think it's very good attract for a budget notebook class.
The performance of this notebook is good with based score 5.3 in WEI (Windows Experience Index) came with Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
Let's see the specification:
ASUS A43TA/K43TA A6-3400M
| Processor | AMD® Fusion APU A6-3400M/A4-3300M Processor |
| Chipset | AMD M780G Chipset |
| Memory | DDR3 1333 MHz SDRAM, 2 x SO-DIMM socket for expansion up to 8 G SDRAM |
| Display | 14.0" 16:9 HD (1366x768) LED Backlight |
| Graphic | AMD Radeon® HD 6720G2 with 1GB DDR3 VRAM Built-in A6-3400M |
| Storage | 2.5" SATA 640GB 5400rpm |
| Optical Drive | Super-Multi DVD (DVDRAM) |
| Card Reader | 4 -in-1 card reader ( SD/ MS/ MS Pro/ MMC) |
| Camera | 0.3 Mega Pixel web camera |
| Networking | Integrated 802.11 b/g/n and 10/100/1000 Base T |
| Interface | 1 x Microphone-in jack 1 x Headphone-out jack 1 x VGA port/Mini D-sub 15-pin for external monitor 1 x USB 3.0 port(s) 2 x USB 2.0 port(s) 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack for LAN insert 1 x HDMI |
| Audio | Built-in Speakers And Microphone Altec Lansing® Speakers |
| Battery | 6Cells : 5200 mAh 56 Whrs |
Power Adapter | Output : 19 V DC, 4.74 A, 90 W Input : 100 -240 V AC, 50/60 Hz universal |
| Dimensions | 37.8 x 25.3 x 3.31 ~3.49 cm (WxDxH) |
| Weight | 2.1 kg (with 6 cell battery) |
| Manufacturer Warranty : | 2-year limited global hardware warranty. *different by country 1-year battery pack warranty On-line problem resolution through web interface (BIOS, Driver update) OS (Windows® 7 ) install/uninstall consultation Bundled software install/uninstall consultation ASUS software supporting |
Verdict: The Asus A43TA is the budget notebook with good hardware specification.