My New Asus G50vt-x1

hey guys

yeah thats right i finally my laptop ... i have been looking for one since the beginning of this year

i was going to get the g51 but i dont think the difference was worthing..

so i paid 760 and got 60 CB so it ended up being 700 bucks !!!!

yeah really good price it was refurb but its NIB ...

so

WHAT do i do now???

run some benchmarks? fresh install?? NB cooloer?? Undervolt CPU and GPU??


some help please!!!

oh by the way my last computer was a p4 with 512mb ram and gforce go5900 and 80gb hdd... sounds bad but i loved it ... i played some games like LOTR: BFTMOTE(battle for the middle of the earth) and some UT2004 and the graphics were really good (have no idea about fps but it was playable)

so its a big jump


cant wait to play on this beast!!!

 

Fresh install > Benchmarks > Overclock > More Benchmarks > GAME ON

 

ok man thanks....

ill be getting it on thursday

can u pass a link to how to do a clean install

oh

since its refurb do u think it will have bloatwares?

 

good job Bruno. I think you and I've both been looking for quite some time now. Glad you found something good!

Oh and "eff" Brazil for beating the US last week! blah ;-)

 

lol.... i play soccer but i dont watch soccer matches....

dude get the same that i got...700 bucks u cant go wrong

 

Probably; both the recovery partition and the recovery CDs have the same content I believe, that being said, there is a lot of crap you dont need.

Im not sure if there is, but I would imagine there is a guide here on NBR somewhere that tells you all of the core drivers that you need, since when you use the driver CD your laptop comes with, you will install A LOT of bloatware along with the drivers by using the Autorun.

 

Gratz !! Nice notebook u got there =)

ordered mine today also, but will take like a month to get my hands on it -_-


ohhhh.. and.. can you tell your experiences with this refurb? =)

 

i dont have it yet it will arrive on thursday

SirHase did u get the g50 or the g51?

 

For many answers regarding the G50, check the Owner's Lounge in the Reviews&Owner's Lounges subforum. First post in that lounge contains links to many other useful threads.

 

ok thanks man ill do it when my laptop arrives

 

Brun, im surrprised you got the x1, but its still a great laptop. I was sure you were gonna end up with the G51.. I picked mine up yesterday with a razer mouse and the crysis series.. ive been playing hours of crysis so far and no issues, temp seems ok - downloading progs. to check temps now - on high settings with one or 2 tweaked to medium (gasp!) and no AA. it still looks killer awesome though.

anywho, 'grats on the purchase.

 

thanks man ....

i was going to get the g51 but my parents didnt want to give some more money so i got the g50

AFAIK the difference is not worth it so the g50 will be good enough

thnaks man

 

Where did you get your X1?

 

G51 The guy who import stuffs for me didnt wanna import a refurb =/ even one good as new =/

and importing it myself, would be the same price as the G51 soo ... didnt think twice

Ps.: Im also from Brazil

 

I got the X5 refurbed for $750 and I must say, you'd never know the difference. The only thing is a little sticker on the box that says "Refurbished," everything else is exactly like new.

Regards,
sarge21rvb

 

well thats good news for the refurbished items i guess, but im still always hesitant to get them. Yeah G51 isnt a huge up over the X1, but the GPU is a lot nicer obviously. and i just ended up throwing in 400 bucks myself lol.

 

i got it at ebay for about 730 but i decided to get the fast shipping so it was 30 bucks more expensive

then i used CB and i gave me back 60 bucks so i just spent 700

 

Wow, you finally bought one. Congrats!

 

You can skip out on the fresh install for the G50VT because as it is its pretty light. Just kill some of the programs preinstalled that you don't need.

I would suggest that you do a Windows 7 upgrade though.

 

And refurbs FTW. I know people that wouldn't every buy refurb. Dunno, maybe they think they're "too good" for refurbs, but the damn things work the exact same way and look the same so whats the big deal? Ebay is the best place to get refurb electronics too because you get a huge discount on warranties from SquareTrade through EBay. I've bought a few ST warranties in the past and only had to use one of them. They were very good.

 

i was going to get a ST warranty but it is not global...

but yeah REFURB FTW!!!!!

to get win 7 do i need to do a clean install or no??

oh by the way my new thread ....

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=5061825#post5061825

 

I just hit the upgrade button and when it was done, all my was right where I had it originally, just in Windows 7 with perfect performance.

 

which upgrade button?

 

Enjoy your new PC Bruno.

 

Bruno were you buy your laptop for 760? I ordered mine from bestbuy and It has been on back order for almost 2 weeks! Considering just canceling it and looking for something else.

 

i got it on ebay from a seller called techtreasure

here is the link of it

the link

he has over 30k of feedback so its safe

dont forget to use bing.com cashback and the shipping is free i just payed 30 more so i could receive it before i leave

i ordered on saturday(4th of july) and then i got it this wednesday(8th of july)
with the 2-3 day shipping

 

The Zalman NC-2000 is what i use and it lowers the temps around 10C under load. Be sure to do a GU burnin test with Furmark or 3dmark running consecutive loops to detect any possible GPU issues. I have th X-5 but there nearly the same. Any questions feel free to PM me.

 

You can buy the refurb, the x5, at mwave.com
It's a legit site, I think :O

They also have the x1
hmm i think ill get one LOL

 

thanks man i really appreciate the help

if i need something ill pm u

 

There probably isnt anywhere you can get one of these new is there? I was so disappointed that they brought down the processor of the x5.

 

Who brought down the processor?

 

Asus brought down the processor from a 2.26ghz X1 to around 2.19ghz X5

 

Well that's lame.