Asus pitches the X53SK as a multimedia notebook based on the Intel Core i5-2430M. In doing so it drafts in a tried and tested case. We already became familiar with the case when we reviewed the Asus X53E, from the TestIT!2011 campaign and from the K-series notebooks.

Our model is the SX028V variant. This is supplied with an Intel Core i5-2430M processor, 6 GB of RAM, an AMD Radeon HD 7610M graphics card and a 500 GB hard disk. There's one more variant of the Asus X53SK, namely the SX069V version. This, however, is equipped with an Intel Core i7-2670QM, 6 GB of RAM, an AMD Radeon HD 7610M graphics card and a 750 GB hard disk.

As we are already familiar with the case, keyboard and touchpad from other reviews, we're not going to dwell on them in this review. Because of this, you can look them up in the test reports of the Asus X53E-SX082V or the Asus K53SV-SX131V, for example.

When it comes to the model numbers there could be ambiguities, as the models from the K53 range and the X53 range match each other, with the exception of minimal differences in specification. As a result, some large online retailers have simply listed the notebook as the K53/X53. Incidentally we would meanwhile like to refer to the coming review of an almost identical notebook from the K53 range, which will show more of an interest in the gaming domain due to a focus on the graphics performance of the HD 7610M GPU.