G46VW problems and question

Hello everyone,

I recently purchased an Asus G46VW. It is a refurbished machine from newegg.com. I have both CPUz and ROG-CPUz on this lappy. I have run super-pi a few times along with starting every CPU demanding program I could think of to the point I almost maxed out my 8GBs RAM+12GBs VRAM. The core speed never changes from 1198 MHz and the multiplier never changed from 12 . I am assuming this is how the turbo boost works. If I am wrong please let me know. I am some what worried that I spent $660 on a lappy that doesn't work properly. I know it is a refurbished lappy but i was at very least hoping the hardware would be working properly.

If anyone could get back to me on this tonight it would be greatly appreciated.

Also I am wondering if it is really worth it to upgrade to win 8.1? I know that 8 has it own problems but I am just wondering if 8.1 is any better. I have access to almost every copy of windows being a computer science student so if you have another suggested OS just let me know. I personally like win 8 so far with the start screen and such. I wasn't sure if I would like it or not until I got this machine. Also keep in mind I do like to play games and at the very least need to do a dual boot to maintain gaming.

 

Oh I forgot to mention that the HDD seems to click and sounds like its grinding most all the time. I dont have any money left for a mSATA or an SSD so I will have to save for that I just wanted to let everyone know about all the issues I am having to see if I should RMA or return it or what I should do.

 

Ok well to let everyone know I found another set of power setting and CPUz is not showing 3201MHz from time to time. I am still worried about the HDD making the crazy clicking and grinding noise so I think I will be sending it back in to them for RMA and hope they fix it properly.