Asus G50v-x1 processor upgrade. What works?

I have a G50v-x1 from Best buy. I am wanting to know what processer you can upgrade to? Will the 2.8 work, or do I have to use the 2.5? Also can the video card ever be upgraded if I want to? Thanks for any help.

 

You can not upgrade the cpu or gpu on a laptop.

 

what are you talking about? The cpu is upgradeable, It can accept the santa rosa platform processors and the new montevina platform processors

 

FAIL.

You can upgrade the CPU, the GPU for the G50V looks like a proprietary MXM lookalike connector so that will not be upgradeable, only ASUS will know which ones are supported. As for the CPU, the latest Penryns 1066mhz will work from T9400 ---> X9100. Make sure it's 1066 mhz FSB processors and not the older 800mhz FSB.

That said, if you do however upgrade the processor, your notebook warranty will be void.

 

Ok technically it is possible but generally laptops arent meant to be upgraded. They are not like pcs because they have certain heat and power requirements, but by all means go ahead and upgrade your processor and then watch as it breaks and then your screwed because you just voided your warranty.

 

Didn't I just say that about the warranty? Your logic is wrong, it is upgradable and there is nothing technically against it except for warranty purposes. Heat and power requirements are within range of the designed capacity of the laptop cooler, for example; the T9600 is 35W TDP, so that's no different from a T9400 or even the older T9300 for that matter. And the G50V has a massive cooler which is likely capable of supporting even the X9100 at 44W TDP, so don't say stupid things like heat and power requirements and 'watching as it breaks' if you don't know what you are talking about.

 

Yes, you can change the cpu, but not the gpu.

However, once you change the cpu, your warranty will be voided. If you want to buy a custom Asus laptop, you shall buy from Asus resellers who can do upgrade. The warranty will go through the Asus resellers if they change the cpu for you, not through Asus.

Good Luck!

 

once you toss in the $300 or so for a cpu you climbing fast to the price of just buying the A1 in the first place, then you get all the other upgrades that come with it and a 2 year warranty instead of a 0 year one

 

Yeah, but since he already has the laptop, there's little else that can be done if he really wants a better CPU. But I doubt that he really needs one. The OP should really consider whether this warranty-voiding, expensive move is required.

 

I would think with some tact it would be possible to return it to the store, but not sure just how strict they are on that.

 

Yeah, I hae to agree with ViciousXUSMC. I'm all for buying at base and adding things on as fits if it makes sense money wise. But the $1300 X1 + $300 T9400 = extremely stripped down A1 for the same price as the full out A1.

If you are really interested in such a move I would first see if Best Buy will let you return the X1.

 

My wife purchased the computer as a gift. Thats the reason I would like to upgrade. I am not concerned with the warranty. If something goes wrong I will just pay to have it fixed. I would like to know if this would work? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819111006

 

Well its been to long to return this computer. Since it was a gift Im not out any money, so I dont mind spending to upgrade.

 

with the new price cut on the x1 putting in a new cpu would still be $200-300 less than the A1, but i agree the A1 is a better deal overall if you can have a higher price range

 

Yeah, thats understandable.

Well the T9600 will work just fine, but Amazon has the X9100 for $533. So I don't think buying the T9600 for $569 would be a good call either. The only thing with Amazon is that it is a special order and could take between 4-8 weeks once your order is placed (I just called them to find out when mine is coming) to arrive.

Here's the link:

http://www.amazon.com/AW80576ZH0836...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1218493389&sr=8-1

 

Will that CPU work in the G50W? It has a 44W TDP... Just check before you order.

I think you should be concerned with warranty. Say if the motherboard breaks, that will set you back a few hundred dollars. Same for the LCD.

Why do you need the faster CPU, anyway? What are you planning to do with the notebook? Please note that for many games, the GPU is the bottleneck and not the CPU. (although recent games can get quite CPU intensive, so it will all depend on the particular game)

 

I would like to upgrade my processor to 2.0 GHz or higher. Is that possible? I currently have an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-55 1.80 GHz.

 

This is not really the right thread to ask the question, maybe you should have made a new thread.

I am not familiar with AMD processor models for notebooks, unfortunately, so I cannot advise you.

Be aware of the warranty voiding issues before you buy a new CPU, in any case.

 

Really man you should just stop talking....
Seriously so many components on a notebook can be replaced, thats why there are things called form-factors..... so that they dont have to make special incompatible parts for everything.

 

As posted on the Asus forums, the 9700M GT is MXM-III, and will work if you swap out the card, however, when you are flashing bios, you have to put the original card in.

Is what I heard.

Have fun finding one though.

As for the CPU upgrade, it'd be wiser to wait till later. When 3+ Ghz chips drop to around $300 or so.

 

Sound advice, right now the 2.4 should run most anything with little trouble but in a couple years it'll be nice to know that 3ghz is possible and by then the warranty will be dead anyways.

Would like to see a confirmation on if the video can be upgraded tho.

 

In my case, I think upgrading the CPU does not void the warranty

I have got a brand new - unused "warranty void if removed..." sticker with my laptop. In case something fails, I will paste it onto the CPU heatsink screw and I am done! I don't think anybody will ever be able to understand that

 

Can the T9800 be used in this machine? It should be available soon. Anyone upgraded the CPU in this machine? Pics, experiences?

Thanks.

 

Yes. TDP is the same AFAIK. I have a T9600 now and plan on upgrading my G50V to the end-of-the-road T9800 when the time comes. All I've seen so far are "high quality" engineering samples from Taiwan on eBay but no date for a real channel release that I've seen.

 

Why isnt anyone interested in upgrading to the QX9100 or QX9300 when its released in retail?

 

Would run way hawt in my G50V, higher TDP (not sure if there's enough juice), I haven't seen any threads with anyone trying, plenty of ppl asking if anyone has put an X but none I've found.

Edit: also I don't think the G50 will support quads

 

Err... those extreme processor have different TDP of 44w, as oppose to 35w in T9x00s or 25w in P9/8x00 series.

They are also rather expensive, pretty much not overclockable in these machines, and dont run quite cool enough. However I think a variant the G71 ships with Qx9300 and 9700m for about £2k.

Edit:

Sorry, ALLurGroceries, didn't see your post in time.

 

Guys, you are overestimating the heat on these 44TDP processors. I had a X9000 overclocked in my previous F8Sn (which is a tiny heatsink), and it ran cooler during idle than the T8100 which was rated at 25TDP. At full load it was only a few degrees hotter, and the fan seem to kick in a little earlier, but it was no big difference overall. I'm sure with the new X9100 it might even be slightly better due to Intel's improved fab process.

I'm pretty confident that a G50V heatsink wouldn't have any problems running the X9100.

 

I was wondering if asus oc software would work on new faster processor then the one found in first place. Would it improve performance?

 

I don't see why not.

 

I mean the modes in direct console;p I don't know if it overclocks procesor by additional percentage of basic clock or overclocks to specified clock rate

 

From what I have been told OC's a new CPU at the same % it OCed the original CPU.