The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    why is G73JH-B1 so costly with only 133 mhz upgrade?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by santz, Aug 28, 2010.

  1. santz

    santz Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    21
    Messages:
    125
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    G73JH-A1 =$1549
    G73JH-B1 =$1749 (133MHZ CPU UPGRADE)

    G73JW =$1645 (133MHZ CPU UPGRADE, USB3.0, 120HZ SCREEN, WIRELESS HDMI, 460 M 1.5GB VRAM, 1333MHZ RAM AS STANDARD, BETTER INTERNAL COOLING TO PREVENT GSOD & more)

    what does G73jh-B1 have? a measly 133mhz cpu upgrade??
    for which, it costs $200 more than the g73jh-A1

    g73JW with 460m may be slower, big if, but the reason its more costly than g73jh-a1 is because g73jw has many new features like 120hz screen, usb 3.0, WIDI (wireless HD streaming with 0 latency), 1333mhz Ram standard(as compared to 1066 in g73JH), newer internal circuity to prevent GSOD's

    then why is g73jh-B1 so much more expensive than the g73jh-A1 model or the upcoming g73JW model?

    discuss
     
    santz, Aug 28, 2010
    #1
  2. Chastity

    Chastity Company Representative

    Reputations:
    1,295
    Messages:
    6,545
    Likes Received:
    336
    Trophy Points:
    251
    how many times can you post the same thing?

    B1 has the Momentus XT hybrid drives like the A3.
     
    Chastity, Aug 28, 2010
    #2
  3. santz

    santz Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    21
    Messages:
    125
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    LOL, you dont know??

    The option to get the hybrid momentus hard drives have been added to both A1 and A2 as well.
    Even in g73jh-B1, the hybrid momentus hard drives do not come standard, you have to pay $105 extra for them.
     
    santz, Aug 28, 2010
    #3
  4. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    613
    Messages:
    6,705
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    ya u have to pay to get them.. there's just the CPU update but i think the $100 is for improved quality compared to A1.. must be used to pay more to the new bugbears.
     
    sean473, Aug 28, 2010
    #4
  5. santz

    santz Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    21
    Messages:
    125
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    That too is us hoping the GSOD issues are fixed, The asus team has not said anything about B1 fixing any issues. I hope it has, but unless someone gets their B1 and tests it out for us, at this point its just pure optimistic speculation!
    $200 worth of optimistic speculation!
     
    santz, Aug 29, 2010
    #5
  6. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    613
    Messages:
    6,705
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    ya nothing's being said but the extra 100 certainly isn't all for te i7-740qm.. and its not $200.. $100... and its always best to be optimistic.
     
    sean473, Aug 29, 2010
    #6
  7. santz

    santz Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    21
    Messages:
    125
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    the A1 is available some places at 1550
     
    santz, Aug 29, 2010
    #7