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    Has anyone Upgraded their G73

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by xfunker, Oct 3, 2010.

  1. xfunker

    xfunker Newbie

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    With 16gigs of memory?

    I'm looking for someone who has done it.. Ive read it should be able to take it.. It has the CPU that can control it.. I'm looking for a person who has one that is running 16GB..


    I am looking to do the upgrade..
     
    xfunker, Oct 3, 2010
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  2. TallRed

    TallRed Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have not personally switched to 16gb, but I do remember at least 2-3 people doing the upgrade with great success.

    Just remember, you have to completely disassemble the laptop to swap out the front memory module, as it is inaccessable by just opening the bottom panel.

    You might as well do a thermal interface material change on your GPU while you have it apart for the memory upgrade. ;)
     
    TallRed, Oct 3, 2010
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  3. MasterShake89

    MasterShake89 Notebook Evangelist

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    i thought the core i7s can only access up to 12 gigs anyway......?
     
    MasterShake89, Oct 3, 2010
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  4. TallRed

    TallRed Notebook Enthusiast

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    Actually, the desktop i7 supports up to 24gb RAM, and the laptop i7 supports up to 16gb RAM.
     
    TallRed, Oct 3, 2010
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  5. Sabre-shin

    Sabre-shin Notebook Consultant

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    What do you need 16 gigs of Ram for exactly?
     
    Sabre-shin, Oct 3, 2010
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    nikolai090 Notebook Evangelist

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    Uber Future Proofing? Lulz :D
     
    nikolai090, Oct 3, 2010
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  7. Johnksss

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    ok. ill bite...what does one need with that kind of ram in this laptop?
     
    Johnksss, Oct 3, 2010
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    rorage Notebook Evangelist

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    maybe some people want to run a server on their laptops, and want to run the database from a RAM disk, or even the cache, so there you have it :)
     
    rorage, Oct 3, 2010
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    Sabre-shin Notebook Consultant

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    I was just curious that's all, I've never maxed the 8GBs on mine while doing any of the game develpment or 3d modelling/animation, let alone gaming I do. It just seemed odd to need GB in a laptop like this.
     
    Sabre-shin, Oct 3, 2010
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  10. Johnksss

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    hummmm, i didnt know your name was xfunker? :D
    and i asked him, since he is the one looking to upgrade. and since i put 12 gigs in this one to see if it worked. i was curious as to his answer.

    not to mention i have ran servers from laptops before.

    you would have been better off saying something like...running multiple vm's.
     
    Johnksss, Oct 3, 2010
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  11. Hedonist

    Hedonist Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm going to ask the same thing hahaha. It's overkill.
     
    Hedonist, Oct 3, 2010
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  12. Chastity

    Chastity Company Representative

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    Would be useful for a RAMdrive if you were using an application for it.
     
    Chastity, Oct 3, 2010
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  13. rschauby

    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    Never heard of a laptop server.
     
    rschauby, Oct 3, 2010
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  14. Johnksss

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    more of a gimic "look at me" sort of thing.

    i did it to see if a (d901c) laptop was stable enough for it. it was...but i wasn't about to let that laptop run for 6 months on. not gonna happen. :D (the others were just to test out some benching)

    but running multiple VM's..that would be a more feasible answer to running that much ram.
    3 virtual machines using 4 gigs of ram each, plus the os using the rest.
     
    Johnksss, Oct 3, 2010
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    jeprira Notebook Consultant

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    I've ran a laptop as a server before... long story... 24/24 and for two years never went down!
    It had only 256KB of RAM and even then it was obsolete... but it ran and "served"
     
    jeprira, Oct 4, 2010
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