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    Asus ROG GX500 Cooling

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Nibiria, Jul 7, 2014.

  1. Nibiria

    Nibiria Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just wanted to start a discussion on how bad you guys think the cooling will be. It's a nice design and it's cute that Asus says it's got great cooling, but being under an inch thick I can't imagine it has great cooling. Otherwise, I would buy it as soon as it was out. What are your thoughts?
     
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  2. XxxKing YBxxX

    XxxKing YBxxX Notebook Evangelist

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    Thought you said you needed the laptop at your door before august ends - that won't happen with the Gx500 :p

    About the cooling though, if Asus has any sense at all they will put a maxwell 860m in there which is much easier to cool than the Kepler chips

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    XxxKing YBxxX, Jul 7, 2014
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  3. Meaker@Sager

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    Depends on how well designed it is, you will have to wait for reviews to tell how it does :)
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jul 7, 2014
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  4. Nibiria

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    I do, I just saw it on their website and thought it might come out sooner. Can't find the G551 though. Did they change the name or am I just bad at site navigation?
     
    Nibiria, Jul 7, 2014
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  5. IKAS V

    IKAS V Notebook Prophet

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    Why start a new thread on the GX500 when we already have one?
    Anyway my guess is the dual cooling fans should be enough to cool a lower powered Maxwell card sufficiently, I just hope the fans are relatively quiet.
     
    IKAS V, Jul 8, 2014
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    The lower maxwells should be really easy to cool, especially at idle, the system should not be too noisy :)
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jul 8, 2014
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    but this is the highest maxwell
     
    Vaga, Jul 19, 2014
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    It is the highest Maxwell chip out yes, but it is not a high-end (870M/880M) chip, we probably won't see those until the 900GTX/900M series is out.
     
    TheSilverSky, Jul 20, 2014
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    Indeed, it's likely the lowest/second lowest of the final set.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jul 21, 2014
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