Ivy Bridge Zenbook with FHD IPS screen UX21A UX31A UX32A UX32VD

I am getting this today from Amazon and I think this is Cl11

Amazon.com: Patriot Memory Signature DDR3 8GB 1600MHz SODIMM (PC3 12800) PSD38G16002S: Computers & Accessories

Am I correct?

 

You do not see all 128. There is a 10GB recovery partition and a 4 GB system partition that reduces the main partition to 104.92. (As seen in windows disk management) I would think there is nothing to stop you from deleting the recovery partition and even the system partition if you are doing a clean install.

 

I am probably going to get the UX32VD, soon. I was wondering, what are the advantages of upgrading the HDD to an SSD and upgrading from 4GB of RAM to 10GB. I would be using the laptop for everything a college student uses it for, including some occasional gaming (League of Legends, Starcraft II, Diablo III etc.)

any input would be great

 

Dunces/Jedighost or someone else with the insight, could one of you please let me know which solution is best for the RAM upgrade

4 GB CL9 1600 MHZ 1,5 v or
8 GB CL11 1600 MHZ 1,35 v

(for the ux32vd)

I´m a bit confused on this, thanks in advance

 

Definitely the 8GB CL11 1600 MHZ 1,35v module. If you choose the other one, it will underclock it to 1333 MHZ while also using more power (1,5v).

 

If one of your fingers is touching the touchpad then a left button click that is nearer to the center will result in a right click. I hate it. I very frequently accidentally right click because of this. You have to click the lowest part of the touchpad if you want it to register a left click. Normally a two finger click (not touch) to the center of the touchpad is a right click, but you usually try to left click while another finger is resting on the touchpad and your left click finger is usually not at the lowest side as the touchpad is quite big, and you get the unintentional right click.

 

OK. The Crucial CL11 memory also runs at 1.35 V.

Again from Crusial's pages:
Will the dual voltage 1.35V/1.5V parts work with my original memory?
If your original installed memory is 1.5V and you are adding a dual-voltage 1.35V/1.5V module to an open DIMM slot, the dual-voltage module will operate at 1.5V, not 1.35V. In order to run at 1.35V, all installed memory modules must be dual-voltage 1.35V/1.5V and the system must support DDR3L (1.35V low voltage) to enable the module to run at 1.35V.

So the question is, is the soldered module dual-voltage 1.35V/1.5V? If not, I guess the system can not take any advantage from low-voltage memory, and instead run it at normally 1.5 V.

This is quite important to know; breakdown234 can't you or anyone else with the CL10 memory module report their memory speed?

 

False alarm I guess, turns out they're an official Asus reseller. Cancelled my Amazon order, placed an order with these guys

 

I'll be receiving my cl10 today. From everything thing that I've read, there will be no noticeable difference (gaming and real world) between 1333 and 1600Mhz so in plan on keeping it. I'll check the speed and report it when I install it.

Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2

 

The RAM we should be going for is CL11, right?

Is this RAM CL11?

Amazon.com: Patriot Memory Signature DDR3 8GB 1600MHz SODIMM (PC3 12800) PSD38G16002S: Computers & Accessories

 

Yeah I went up to BIOS 206 yesterday after someone mentioned that ASUS had updated the thermal system with that, but ever since then my fan started running for long periods of time and at full speed. I took a closer look at the resources list today seeing that the CPU was recording 46% when I didn't have anything running, and found out that the bluetooth device manager or whatever was taking up a whole lot on the CPU. I don't know why it started acting up, but after I killed it, it's back to being quiet. Whew!

 

Does anyone know the difference between the non-USA SKU's?
Cousin posted a link to prices for ASUS Zenbook Primes in Hong Kong

First off the SKUs are ~$200 more than comparable 256/128gB SSD UX31A versions and then the UX32VD has an i5 but is $100 cheaper. (Rate is about $7.8HKD to $1 USD

 

^^Odd that chart shows 1 USB 3 and 1 USB 2 when I believe they all come with 2 USB 3s. I don't think you can get anything else with the new Intel board.

 

The default power settings don't scale the cpu to maximum when in battery mode. (even if you set to high performance when not connected to ac)
If you change the default setting, the zenbook prime becomes noticably faster (e.g. in google maps scrolling) at the expense of battery of course. FYI.

 

Did anyone else observe what dunces reported? Additional RAM modules with 1600 MHz and CL10 (or CL9) timings running at 1333 MHz in the UX32VD?

@ brehidran: Please don't embed that giant image directly. It stretches the page.
Edit: Thanks, ALLurGroceries, for taking care of that.

 

Question
Have anyone tried to overclock the 620M with for instance RivaTuner? Since it's possible to "make" it an 630M by just pushing it some 100mhz extra or so.

Also, are u all using the ASUS certified GPU driver or tried this one from Nvidia?
NVIDIA DRIVERS 301.42WHQL


The specs are:
GeForce GT 630M 96@672MHz
GeForce GT 620M 96@625 - 715MHz

It's interesting since, and i quoute: "Nvidia claims that the power consumption of the Geforce GT 620M should be below that of the GeForce GT 525M (similiar to 620M) due to the improved efficiency of the GF117 architecture."


If you tried, please link some 3dmark06 scores from it's webpage (getting mine on friday).

 

Showing pre-order with units supposedly available tomorrow. But with the trouble resellers are having stocking these units, I'm not expecting ANYTHING until I see actual stock and order one, then see it says SHIPPED.

 

Just an FYI I called excaliburPC today and they said they don't have any stock of the ux32vd and she estimated they will have more in in July.. =/

 

Re: comments about memory, here's a screenshot of memtest on an untouched UX32VD: http://s15.postimage.org/9b6j3qyij/2012_06_26_04_32_52.jpg

It shows 1064MHz, DDR3-2128, 11-11-11-28
(although the actual transfer rate it's showing is between DDR3-1600 and DDR3-1866)
See also DDR3 SDRAM - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for info about timings etc

 

Well, I have been using this now for about 30 hours or so (DB51) and I couldn't be more impressed with any laptop I have ever seen. The display is just stellar and I have adjusted to the small fonts quicker than I thought. It's fast, quiet and at least this one has absolutely no flex in the keyboard and the backlight bleed seems to only happen during boot (maybe a driver fixes it after windows start..I know I went with the black high contrast theme for awhile to see if I could see it from within windows and I can't). All in all I couldn't be happier, even my keyboard backlight fixed itself coming out of sleep mode. Seems to be a bit of bargain when compared to anything else currently out there.

 

For those of you looking for a 8GB RAM with CL11 instead of CL10. This is the one I ordered from Amazon and have it coming in today.

Amazon.com: Patriot Memory Signature DDR3 8GB 1600MHz SODIMM (PC3 12800) PSD38G16002S: Computers & Accessories

 

Anyone seen the ux32vd in STOCK anywhere today? Looking to order soon..

 

Thanks quack, very interesting results. It's very strange that it would overclock the memory module, and especially while in DOS.

Try opening CPU-Z while running Prime95. Does it show the same result?

I haven't noticed any memory overclocking on mine. Although it's possible that having a CL9 module also prevents it from overclocking it. That would be one more reason to opt for CL11.

I'll run Memtest on my UX32VD as well. Will report later.

 

Amazon has it in stock..says it ships in 8-9 days but it never takes that long.

Amazon.com: ASUS Zenbook UX32VD-DB71 13.3-Inch Ultrabook: Computers & Accessories

 

I have the Corsair ram installed on the UX32VD

Amazon.com: Corsair Vengeance Laptop Memory Module 8 GB (1x8 GB) DDR3 1600MHz CL10 PC3 12800 (CMSX8GX3M1A1600C10): Computers & Accessories

it shows 10GB. how do I find out how many Mhz its running at?

 

Get HWiNFO32

 

hey has anyone heard of a ux31a variant that has an i5 and a 256gb ssd ? my local retailer has these listed on his site, but i cant seem to find anything online about ones that come with an i5 and a 256gb ssd. i thought the i5 version only has a 128gb drive.

 

Here's CPU-Z and Memtest86 info on a UX32VD running with a 4GB Corsair Vengeance CL9 SO-DIMM.

Notice how the Memtest DMI reports both the internal and the Corsair module running at 1333mhz. CPU-Z shows 666mhz (1333mhz) while being under load in Windows 7 as well. I'd say that the main screen on Memtest86 is wrong. It also complained that the smbus controller was unknown, which might have caused the erroneous frequency report.

Spoiler

The ChannelA DIMM #0 is the internal soldered 2GB module. The ChannelB DIMM #0 is the Corsair.

 

I am probably going to get the UX32VD, soon. I was wondering, what are the advantages of upgrading the HDD to an SSD and upgrading from 4GB of RAM to 10GB. I would be using the laptop for everything a college student uses it for, including some occasional gaming (League of Legends, Starcraft II, Diablo III etc.)

any input would be great

 

Why don'y you get it and just start using it and see if you need anything more than what it comes with before wasting money.

 

The main advantage of an SSD is the speed. With an OS on an SSD everything will be much snappier, file transfers will happen more quickly, it can read and write everything faster. The only impact this will have on gaming is faster load times in between levels.

Advantages to more RAM basically means being able to run more programs at once. If you want to quickly switch between say, LoL and a build guide in a browser, you should be fine with 4 gigs. If you want to game while having 10 other programs running, and a browser with 10 tabs open, 10gb would help.

Neither of them have huge effects on gaming, however, the SSD especially will make everything else feel much quicker.

 

Just ran it on mine with the Corsair Vengeance 8Gb module. I'm seeing the same 666MHz.

 

It's as if you read my mind! I keep too many programs running either way. And I'd love snappy access. Thank You!

 

Thanks! It looks like its running at 666 mhz. See attached

 

Yeah, from all the reports we can conclude that CL9 RAM will limit the frequency to 1333 mhz (666 mhz). Nothin other than CL11 will likely preserve the original 1600 mhz (800 mhz) frequency.

 

For those of you worried about the whole CAS latency/memory speed thing and wondering about the SanDisk SSD performance, I just ran HWiNFO32's little benchmark and have the following interesting little pictures:

Spoiler

Run with SanDisk:
Numbers:


Graphical performance comparison (disk read burst):


Run with Crucial SSD:



Graphical Performance comparison (disk read burst):


The memory benchmark result shown in the 1st run is a little anomalous - it is generally closer to 6800MB/s, but even at that, it looks like the following:

Summary of all this:

1. The SanDisk SSD isn't all that fast. The Crucial M4 is blazingly fast.
2. The memory bandwidth, even at 1333MHz, is still pretty darned good.

 

No problem!

I have a question for you guys, I'm looking between too RAM options. Which should I go with?

This (crucial)
or

This (corsair)

I think the crucial memory is 1.35v while the corsair is 1.5v, this would make the crucial a better choice right?

 

Here's one more. This is memory bandwidth again - the difference is that when I ran this test I had no other applications open, so pretty much everything was dedicated to the benchmark test (not very real-world, but it at least explains the difference).



So in other words, from a memory subsystem perspective and from a SSD perspective, the memory is fast, the crucial m4 is blazingly fast, and the CPU is pretty darned good.

 

Hey man, interesting to see those pics.

The Sandisk SSD won't keep up in benchmarks, for sure. But it's really alright in real world usage. Been running my OS on it for some days now, and it's proper fast.

And aye, even at 1333Mhz the memory performs great. I have mine at that freq, and won't bother to change anything even if it's a slight loss in some scenarios.

In general this is an awesome machine, it's fast enough to do anything.

 

Agreed on all counts. I was a little harsh on the SanDisk saying it isn't all that fast - the random read performance is light years ahead of any HDD, so it's real-world performance should be pretty good as well, like you say.

 

I'm joining Dunces: we have compared our boot time with "ux32vdssd", and guess what: hardly any difference between his 512GB SSD and our Sandisk i100 SSD win7 boot time. You can run these synthetic benchmarks, but they are far from real life usage. Just like the 1333/1600 Ram discussion, 20% diff. on paper. Real life? Less than 3%. And I bet you could not tell blindly what speed your ram is running at. Indifferent. The reason to go 1600 is why slow down the integrated ram, and 1.35V is better for battery life - if you can get it for the same price.

The i100 is fine if you don't need insane speeds, don't video edit and move tons of data. It is great for an average user. Hardcore guys, people with >100$/hour fees, enthusiast, people with tons of huge software installs should buy a bigger SSD. But the i100 is surprisingly fast, I expected a lot worse knowing it is integrated.

(I had an supercheapo Asus X101 Eee PC in my hands recently, 8GB Jmicron controllered mSata card is ALL the storage it has from the factory. Now THAT was SLOW , and choking on data. But when it was not choking, it was still faster than a HDD.)

 

Yup - I agreed with dunce saying that the SanDisk isn't all that slow in real-world scenarios because it's random read/random write performance is much faster than any HDD.

I think this is the coolest little laptop ever.

 

Are you or Dunces still working on the guide/sticky on how to install windows on the SSD?

 

Hey, thanks for the response! This is the video where I saw noticeable flex (see video time 11:26 where he touches the keyboard). Would be so kind to try yourself and let us know if you have similar flex? I do hope it is a pre-production model.

Asus Zenbook UX32VD - Unboxing - YouTube

So, you did not swap out the large HDD for a SSD. The reason I ask about the Windows 7 Experience Index, is that my current Vaio has a SSD and a Windows 7 Experience Index of 7.9, and I want to make sure that stays the same.

Thanks again!

 

I installed Patriot 8GB that is CL11. I bought it from Amazon. (7.4 Windows Perf Index)
Amazon.com: Patriot Memory Signature DDR3 8GB 1600MHz SODIMM (PC3 12800) PSD38G16002S: Computers & Accessories

 

Hey, thanks for the response. Here is a video of the flex (11:26 time). I am not picky, but I did think this was a bit "strange" that it flexed as it did. My Vaio doesn't do that. So, the 3 that you tested... did they look like it does in the video below?

Asus Zenbook UX32VD - Unboxing - YouTube

 

I recommend boosting the RAM. The system uses a lot of memory. Out of the box mine was using 2.8GBs just sitting at the desktop. Otherwise you might want to think about putting a clean copy of windows on it. But, for $59, you can go to 10GBs.
Now the SSD - that's a much more expensive upgrade. I'm not sure it's worth it yet.

 

Thats the one I just got from Amazon, so it should run better than COSAIR, or Crucial since its CL11?

 

I noticed that also. I couldn't watch a 1080p movie full screen when on battery. Even if I changed to another power profile, after a reboot it would go back the that Asus Energy mode thingy. So, I uninstalled the Asus Special battery app. Now I can get more performance when on the battery. I can now watch an HD movie full screen when unplugged.

I'm running with the Patriot 8GB PSD38G16002S. HWINFO shows 800MHz.

Wow! I had not seen that particular video. My UX32VD has no where near the flex he had. It's very rigid. That is strange as it looks to be a production model. Maybe they made them stronger in the U.S. for all us ham fisted slobs

 

When using HWiNFO32 it shows the graphics card as being the Intel HD4000 but doesn't show the Nvidia even when plugged in. How do you know if the UX32VD is doing proper graphics switching?