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    doubt about ASUS G51VX

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by jason13live, Jul 2, 2011.

  1. jason13live

    jason13live Notebook Enthusiast

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    Especifications

    ASUS G51VX 15.4" P7350 2GHZ NVIDIA 260M 4GB 300GB

    I have just buy this notebook, and I would like to know if it's a good idea change the P7350 to Q9000 and put two HD Seagate STAN500100 500GB Momentus XT RAID_0 . Could you help me, please?
     
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    Dude did you just invent a word there? :D

    This is old skool hardware to be honest and will be out of date quite soon and even if you did upgrade to a Q9000 and two HDD you would still end up coughing up enough to add a little and upgrade to a G53/G73 series.

    Cons:
    260M is GDDR3 half the power of GDDR5
    260M is Directx 10 restricted
    Mobo will restrict from upgrading to I7 processors
    Raid 0 does not compare to a single SSD

    Its not worth it unless you have a really tight budget and its being sold for peanuts.

    EDIT: Sorry I didnt see that you put ''bought'' oops ignore the above its a great laptop lol. Upgrading to the Q9000 and adding a Raid 0 should help improve performance.
     
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    Yes, I bought it to my little son (10 years old). I wat to add the Q9000 + RAID_0 just to make the notebook a little fast. Thank you for help me.sorry,my English isnt goo,I am Brazilian and I dont speak English.

    Ps.The rihgt thing to do would be SSD to OS + Momentus XT for the others?



    this the cpu that I will buy
    http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Core-2-Qu...-0G-/190541602962?pt=CPUs&hash=item2c5d2a2092

    Would this cpu be the correct model?
     
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    The Q9000 and Raid 0 should be fine and speed things up for sure. I wouldn't recommend splashing out on an SSD if it is just for light gaming and general use. The P7350 is going to slow it down at 2Ghz the 300gb HDD should handle itself just has low storage space.
     
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    You will need to confirm exactly what model you have before we can advise on what CPU you need its not something you want to guess with :)
     
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    ASUS G51VX 15.4" P7350

    Mobile Intel® PM45 Express Chipset +ICH9M

    ASUSTeK Computer Inc. - Notebooks- ASUS G51Vx
     
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    On that link click specifications.

    Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9000 : 2.0 GHz
    Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T9600/T9550/T9400/ P8800/ P8700/ P8600/ P8400/ P7450/ P7350/ T6600 : 2.8 GHz - 2.2 GHz,

    All of the above will work.
     
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    I cannot see that item ^^ Thats up to you however personally no you do not really need an SSD, Raid will be sufficient and cheaper.
     
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    I will do a raid_0 >>>STAN500100 500GB Momentus XT solid

    and I bought a Q9000, after I will post the results :D
     
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    Nice! Enjoy :D
     
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    Thank you for help :D
     
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    hope it works , as most say q9000 don't work in g51vx(one with the p7350), and was tested before etc.

    hope it does so i can buy me one also :)
     
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    It's a little confuse because the mother board is the same for the p7350 and q9000.

    Mobile Intel® PM45 Express Chipset +ICH9M
     
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    yeah you get diffrent revisions of it.

    if your sticker on your ram says g50 you cant use quads.

    if it says g60 it could maybe if says a1 at the end of product code, not confirmed though, i have a1 g60vx.

    you get a a12 g60vx also cant use quads.

    Hardware news, Overclocking Competitions, Reviews

    you can your mb revision in cpuz, there is mine.
     
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    Good had already purchased now can only hope to reach and test
     
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    yeah i could not get hold of q9000 to test myself :(

    hope and pray it works, it could really in some games for a quad!!
     
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    Just wait and hope to get to work then post the results :cry:
     
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    I managed to change with the seller to a T9600 as the Q9000 does not serve will see the results now
     
    jason13live, Jul 4, 2011
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    aww nice t9600 is about the perfect cpu for it, nice stock speed and not to hot also.

    p9700 is the best as 28w tdp 2.8ghz, but damn its expensive , so it does not really count :p

    i got cheap p8400 locally see if i can get 2.8-2.9ghz or so see if bc2 runs a bit better :p
     
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    Is that cpu compatible with a G50V-X1?
     
    G51JX-X5, Jul 4, 2011
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    the t9600 and p8400 yes, not the q9000
     
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