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    Old Asus, Upgradability?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by thuan, Mar 31, 2015.

  1. thuan

    thuan Notebook Guru

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    Hello!

    So I have an old Asus G74SX 17.3 inch laptop with i7 2320QM @ 2.0 Ghz and a GTX 560M with 2x 500GB HDD's and 8GB RAM. It's beginning to slow down, and I'm wondering if I can/should upgrade anything to at least partially revitalise this PC?

    I've never upgraded anything before, but one time has to be the first I guess? The PC is not under warranty.
    Also does anyone know where I can get a replacement battery?

    Thanks
     
    thuan, Mar 31, 2015
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    pato Notebook Evangelist

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    Battery you should get in the official Asus store or your reseller should also be able to order it for you.
    What I would change is the HDD, I would switch to a 256 - 512 GB SSD (size depending on your needs). Very nice are the Samsung 850 Evo in terms of performance/money.
     
    pato, Apr 1, 2015
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    Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    I agree with the SSD upgraded. It will make the computer feel brand new again, 16GB RAM could be beneficial too depending on your use. But neither will help with gaming performance if that is what you are after. For that you need a better GPU, but unfortunately the G74 do not support upgrading it.
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Apr 1, 2015
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  4. thuan

    thuan Notebook Guru

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    Oh, okay. I just bought a new laptop, so I was thinking about using this as a secondary PC, perhaps buy a monitor and a keyboard and use as a desktop.
    Anything else you would recommend?

    Thanks
     
    thuan, Apr 1, 2015
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    The SSD should make it snappy again, just make sure the heatsinks are clean.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Apr 3, 2015
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    What laptop did you get?
     
    TomJGX, Apr 3, 2015
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  7. thuan

    thuan Notebook Guru

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    Bought myself a MSI GS70 with 970M for about 1900 USD and sold the Asus for about 650 :)

    Good or bad switch in terms of price?
     
    thuan, Apr 5, 2015
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Should have got the Sager NP9772 lol.. That would have owned the GS70 for the same price :p
     
    TomJGX, Apr 6, 2015
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  9. thuan

    thuan Notebook Guru

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    Yeah, but I want a thin and sleek laptop as I'll be carrying it around, and I also don't like the build quality of Clevo laptops :p
     
    thuan, Apr 6, 2015
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  10. Meaker@Sager

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    Which is why laptops are interesting as each person has different requirements making blanket statements about what is best pointless ;)
     
    Meaker@Sager, Apr 6, 2015
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  11. thuan

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    I agree! But thanks for the advice though :)
     
    thuan, Apr 7, 2015
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