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    buying g74sx this week...

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Cypz, Oct 3, 2011.

  1. Cypz

    Cypz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi I am planning to a G74sx this week. I am torn between two models. the A1 and the TH71.

    The only major differences I can see are the following:
    -TH71
    --2670QM
    --500gb HD
    --16gb RAM

    -A1
    --2630QM
    --1.5TB HD's
    --12gb RAM
    Everything else is the same from what I can determine. Does anyone know if they updated the motherboard or chipset in the TH71 version?

    Any recommendations?

    Thanks!
     
    Cypz, Oct 3, 2011
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  2. Kingpinzero

    Kingpinzero ROUND ONE,FIGHT! You Win!

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    Well I'd go for the first one, because it has more ram and more important it has a better CPU, which is a clear step up from the 2630qm.

    It has only 1 Hdd but you can add your own anythime.
    I'll take better CPU more ram over disk space anytime man, there's no really a point to compare them.
     
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  3. Hedonist

    Hedonist Notebook Evangelist

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    TH71, better power than bigger space. It's harder to upgrade components than HDD.
    You might add an SSD for your OS, much better than swapping an SSD from existing HDD.
     
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  4. Cypz

    Cypz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for your input. However due to availability I will be getting the A1 now. Hopefully it's not a huge difference in power. A friend of mine was saying that in the future I could always buy a 2720qm cheap on ebay and swap it out without too much hassle.... we'll see. For now I am just going to enjoy it the way it is after a clean install and driver updates. Picking it up tomorrow. Very excited!

    Cheers!
     
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    Dual_Everything Notebook Guru

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    Be very careful when buying engineering samples from ebay. Sometimes they are missing major features like turbo boost.
     
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  6. Cypz

    Cypz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Good to know. I will keep that in mind if I ever decide to upgrade the proc.

    For now the biggest thing I plan to do is upgrade the primary drive to an SSD.

    Anyone know the brand of memory the comes with the Asus G series? Generic?
     
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    When I run 3d mark it says some Samsung 1333 . 12gb ram is already overkill, you dont need 16 unless you are doing some HARDCORE video editing/max/photoshop stuff.

    Mine only has 8 gigs and photoshop/max run great. Dont do any video editing though.
     
    mrblue81, Oct 3, 2011
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