Asus G51Vx barebones in the UK..

So does anyone know where I can buy Asus G51Vx barebones in the UK and/or Ireland? I was very close to purchasing a Clevo M860TU, until I came across this. I am a fan of the 15.6 16:9 display.. and the fact you can install two hdds which is almost a deal breaker for the Clevo.

I wish to purchase a G51Vx-RX05 with the following specification:

15.6" 1366x768 resolution display,
NVidia 260m GTX 1GB VRAM,
Blacklit keyboard,
Intel 5300 wifi or equivilent,
2.0 megapixel webcam,
bluetooth.

Thanks to anyone who can help or point me in the right direction. This system will be used for lots of gaming, almost as a mobile gaming laptop to replace my Xbox 360 in boarding school next year. Lastly, is it possible to get a laptop lid that is just plain black or a plain colour? Or on the flip side, does the white lid scratch easily?

 

The RX05 is only available at bestbuy and the first bestbuy stores aren't opening in the UK until 2010. If bestbuy ships internationally then you would be able to purchase it off of bestbuy.com. If not then the only other option is to get someone you know in America to ship it to you.

 

Is it possible to purchase another version of the system such as the A1 in the UK? Barebones preferrably. Only reason I don't wish to purchase it from America is the hefty tax bills and stress involved in getting the laptop repaired under warranty if something goes wrong.

I would also consider the G60V if this is in the UK, however, could someone please explain the differences between it and the G51Vx?

 

I don't think a G51 barebones is available. Asus laptops are almost never sold barebones. Your only option would be to email a reseller of asus laptops and ask.

 

lemmie put it this way.

Clevo M860TU GPU TEMPS - 70-80*C
ASUS G51VX GPU TEMPS - 80-98*C

you can overclock more on the m860tu without worrying about reaching 90*C.
dont even get me started on idle temps. hint-the clevo idles at lower.
you choose.

 

M860TU HDD temps - 60-70ºC

 

Yes but the Clevo isn't the most beautiful machine, and well my current Dell Studio 1555 is and the looks seem to matter alot to me, especially being only a teenager. The Clevo looks like a business mans system and well I'm a teenager not a businessman.. And I download ALOT of films onto my system, and the HDD is pretty important to me. I have managed to fill this 320gb HDD in a year.. 500gb will be filled easily by me.. So I would most likely buy 2x500gb drives if I bought the Asus.. Money is also a serious issue for me with a budget for €1400. The Clevo I have priced for the whole system at €1375.. Can only imagine the Asus would be cheaper?

The 15.6" inch monitor I also really am a fan off.. Especially for 720p films and tv programs, something I am always watching on my current Dell Studio 1555..

Looks are also very important to me. I don't want to walk into class with a laptop that makes me look like a geek almost or attracts unwanted attention. I don't want people to realise its an extreme gaming machine.. Similar attention that any alienware would attract. Lastly, the blacklit keyboard is pretty important as I work often at night or in the dark.. Plus it's very nice to have.. Not sure I want to lose it with a new system.. Would almost feel like downgrading from my current Dell.

I just don't know which to choose.. The Asus has the 15.6" monitor and blacklit keyboard, but it might be hard to get. The Clevo plays games better and has more potential for gaming, but at the same time, not a whole lot more.. Is there any inbetween system?

More importantly, back on topic, does anyone know where I can enquire about Asus barebones in the UK? Besides the information "nothing is real" has given me. Maybe someone out there knows something.

 

i dont have that problem and i live in jamaica. my ambient temp is 28-30*C. my hdd temp is 44 at idle and 58 at load.

@MatthewRuddy

sure the clevo isnt the best looking but you said you dont want unwanted attention. the g51 screams attention. have you not seen the lights on the side. THEY CANT BE TURNED OFF. the cover alone will get you unwanted attention. the clevo is discreet and people wont jump to the conclusion that you're just a gamer. the clevo has a professional look it has quad support at a cheaper price.

if you want an in between laptop i suggest you look into the msi gt628 or the msi 1651 barebone. it has a gts 160m in it and the synthetic benchmarks are on par with the gtx 260m.

 

The only barebone notebook Asus currently offers is the C90P. In terms of gaming, it won't be anywhere near as powerful as the G51 series.

The G51 does scream "I'm a gamer", but on the other hand, it does have some nice features that the Clevo doesn't offer; eg. the backlit keyboard you mentioned, dual HDD bays w/ RAID controller, beefier warranty (at least for the US) and is also slightly cheaper.

 

For the specs you want, Matt, you'll have to order through Newegg and get the X1A or the X2A variant. Or, if you have someone in the U.S. who's going back to the UK anytime soon, ask them to pick up a RX05 Best Buy exclusive.

That presupposes that Newegg ships to the UK. I don't know.

58 still seems very high for a hard drive.

 

The hard drive runs particularly warm on the NP8662. Many NP8662 owners have reported this issue.

 

yes that is true. no notebook is perfect, but i can live with it. im actually following mods to lower my hdd temps. i plan to even buy this antec cooler which users have reported to lower temps significantly or just use Sov's mod.

 

I'd rather have borderline HDD temps than an overheating GPU. Atleast with the M860TU, the problem can be easily remedied with software or hardware. The GPU on the G51 has no options except underclocking and undervolting.

 

Or slapping copper blocks onto it. Damned things take forever to arrive.

 

i was thinking of exactly that. but i dont think it would be as efficient as a sheet of copper.

 

Sorry. I was talking in G51-talk, meaning I'm seeking to cool my omahgawdsohawt GPU, not my perfectly fine HDDs.


And if a 5797 and a G51 could have mutant hybrid offspring, I'd buy them.

 

lol the asus vs clevo hard drive battle. ASUS WINS!. round two, ASUS VS CLEVO GPU MATCH. well it seems asus may have an advantage seeing as its the new g51vx series, and it has a gtx 260m to compete with clevo. but wait its underclocked. this match seems to be heating up, literally. omg clevo WINS due to the asus overheating itself.

 

This thread makes me smile.

 

Yeah I guess the HDD isn't that big of a deal since you can underclock it anyways... oh wait...

Jokes aside, I hate you guys.

 

@ChinNoobonic

Sigh......everyone knows that Sager GPUs are running cooler and better than the Asus ones.....but what is your point? If you don't like the G51, then don't run around the Asus forums saying how your Sager laptop is so much better.

You don't see Asus people spamming posts in the Sager forums on how the Sager people are all gonna lose their data due to hot HDDs so they should all get Asus G51s (who btw, have HDDs that have idled as low as 29C).

We get it, just move on, and please stop trolling.

Bah.....first Gateway people and now Sager people.......

 

Nothing is Perfect. I might not be able to overclock this as much as the Klevo/Clevo people can, but I still love it.

And I wasn't even joking about buying the offspring of a 5797 and a G51.

 

I think the G51 will see a bit of a benefit by cutting a small hole into the fake intake over the fan. The HDD runs cool enough in the G51 to sacrifice a little bit of cooling over to the CPU and GPU. One could then balance the amount of cooling between the HDD and the CPU and GPU by enlarging the hole to their need.

 

yep no notebook is perfect. i would be interested too, maybe the offspring will be a 16".

 

Meaning more along the lines of the design aesthetic of the G51 and the power/cooling of the Clevo 570.

 

Kind of like this? http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=387411&highlight=w870cu

 

Whats with the red trim........I just can't stand red or orange on laptops.......

 

That's just one of their color schemes. I think Clevo will release a silver trim and an all black trim along with it. It's very appealing, but I'm waiting for the last incarnation of Westmere to release.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=5060873&postcount=6

 

I can live with the red trim if I'm forced to. Interesting. Very interesting.


Dammit Soviet.

 

What? I'm not being a troll like that Asus hating Jamaican ChinNoobonic. This is serious business.

 

o rly?

more chars

 

What do you mean by synthetic benchmarks are on par with the gtx 260m? The 160m couldn't possibly be as good as the 260m? I'm lost..

 

The MSI probably has a better CPU than the Best Buy G51 so 3DMark06 scores may be similar there due to its high reliance on the CPU.

GPU score wise, though, the GTX 260M will kill the GTS 160M.

 

GPU is waaayyy more important to me than CPU.. All I intend to do is Photoshop, watching films & tv programs, and gaming. Oh and facebook, etc.

 

wow Soviet how wonderful. im not hating on asus. my friend has a g50vt and its a nice laptop. im just puting in my 2 cents. as you said, borderline hdd temps are better than at omgsohot gpu. im not being a troll or anything. im mostly helping when you guys are not online.

btw you and forge are asians, why should we fight. i mean asians are known for fighting but come on. we dont need to (yes im asian too hint Jordan Chin).

 

I was the one being the troll, not you, haha. Forge's response to my post was a dead giveaway.

 

maybe he meant the 260 gts?

 

these are the 3dmark benchmarks for the gts 160m. as you can see they are close to gtx 260m. as i said before, the msi gt628/1651 is just an in between laptop. it will not beat the gtx 260m.

 

g51 is much more cooler (not the temperature meaning)...end of story. the Clevo is just plain ugly.

also the clevo is much goddam expensive. i would like see you get a G51Vx-A1 for 1244 after rebates/bing cashback, i know i got a good deal. BEAT THAT for cheapness!!!!

edit: also to price a NP8662 with the same specs (spite the DDR3 ram vs DDR2 but the difference in price is like 10 bucks...) it comes out to 2241USD (maybe 10% of with bing.com or something so 2016.9USD) even without the 2nd HDD (it does come with 1920x1200 instead of 1920x1080 but thats hardly noticeable) not to mention its missing so many features the G51Vx has (backlit KB, numberpad, led lighting, cool design etc).

 

Please, could people stick to the topic? Sorry to be a killjoy..

So yet again, does anyone out there know anywhere in the UK I can purchase an Asus G51Vx??

 

ok back on topic. there is no asus g51vx barebone. you could check resellers that have the g51vx-a1 and ask if they do shipping to the uk. if you want a barebone, look into the m860 or the 1651. im sure there are many resellers that offer those barebones in the uk.

@SACH7002

doesnt really matter. still up to personal choice. personally i dont think i could deal with the lights on the g51 or the graphic. it just screams attention. my friend with his g50vt-x5 was afraid to take it to school because of the graphics and lights. i dont want to have a laptop that will make people think, "oh gamer lets go look".

 

Okay, I understand that barebones is out of the question.

But how about the full system? Can I purchase the full system of the G51Vx in the UK? A US company shipping to the UK is useless, and taxs substantially raise the price of the system and in the end it would probably be cheaper for me to buy the Clevo than purchase the Asus from the US..

 

If there are UK resellers that sell Asus barebones, then they should sell complete systems too. Have you emailed them?

 

In all honesty, I would recommend going with the Clevo instead of the Asus. One of the main reasons i say this is because of the horrendous customer support Asus has in the UK. All repairs and servicing are performed by a third party company (IIRC, it's Anova) and a large amount of UK Asus owners have experienced extremely long repair times; often times receiving their notebooks in a far worse condition when they initially sent it in.

 

Hmm.. Yeah I guess so.. Will be difficult though, I'm just so god damn in love with my current blacklit keyboard and 16:9 monitor.. The Clevo is not a bad looking machine I guess, but nothing to the Dell Studio 1555 I think... Glassy black lid, etc.. Just looks so stylish, and stylish matters to me

Any sign on a W860CU soon? I could wait a month or two, I guess, if anyone knows of something coming out soon that fits what I'm looking for.

 

Waiting is always the best strategy when considering laptops.

 

But then again is I always waited I would end up never getting a laptop..

Going to boarding school on the 1st of September, really need something to play good games on. I could wait until November until Assassin's Creed 2 comes out, which is the second game I wish to purchase and play on my new laptop, and hope to god Need for Speed Shift will run on this current Dell Studio system, or purchase a new system now.

My budget around November'ish will still be €1400, so if, lets say the Clevo W860CU is above that, well, I'm snookered.

Any big conferences soon in which people expect announcements to be made?

 

haha well imo i like the comments. its a good convo. starter. idk about college and what you guys think but in high school ppl are always intrigued by these things. my tech/comp. teacher sees it and he will ask what specs it has and i can tell him lol cuz you know he is fascinated by it. anyways to each his own. Personally, im loving the G51Vx cuz 1244USD is unbeatable price.

to the OP, i think waiting for the new Sager is good. btw whats the GPU on the new one? GTX280 or 300 series or what?

 

The rule of thumb when buying a computer is to buy it when you need it. You will never be able to catch up with technology. If you're planning to use this notebook for college, I would suggest getting it a couple weeks before school starts just so you can familiarize yourself with the functions etc. You'll also have a small time frame to decide whether you'd want to keep the notebook or purchase another one instead if you're not entirely satisfied.

 

MatthewRuddy. The W860CU will not be here for a while. You can expect it probably after Christmas time.

 

What about any upcoming Asus or MSI laptops, etc?