Asus G53SW upgrade questions

Couple of questions about new laptop.
What are the largest and fastest SATA hard drives that it should be able to support?
Does it support SATA 3 drives? I haven't received it yet, but I had read somewhere on this forum that it did.
What's the best way to go RAM wise to fill the available slots?
Any ideas about how difficult, if it's even possible, to retrofit a BluRay?

I'm sure that it will be just fine as is, but I can't ever just leave well enough alone.

 

To find out if your computer can support SATA 3, find out if it runs the newest Sandy Bridge processors. If yes, then yes you can.

Right now, I'd suggest going for 8GB 1333Mhz RAM. It's a popular configuration right now.

What do you mean "Retrofit"?

Largest Hard Drive? 1TB 5400RPM WD

Fastest? If SATA 3, then that would be the Vertex 3 right now.

Mr. Mysterious

 

Thanks, sorry this should be moved to the ASUS Owners Lounge. Missed it when I first logged on.

That said, it does have a quad core i7 Sandy Bridge, so good to know about the SATA3.

Re: RAM, if the 8gb sticks are good, and I believe there are 4 available slots, do ya think I could install 4x8gb?

Retrofit - should've been remove and replace. Comes with some kind of noisy slow multi-drive (according to reviews). Thought I'd get busy ordering some upgrades.

You mean like this one: OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-240G 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Looks like they have a really sweet 480gb also...for just a few hundred more than I paid for the whole laptop with a three yr. accidental death and dumb dumb drop plan.

Any thoughts on running the SSD as my main and keeping one of the stock drives for storage? Don't think I could persuade the significant other that I just had to have a pair of $1800 SSD's for a brand new lap top. She's just not that into me.

 

Thanks, sorry this should be moved to the ASUS Owners Lounge. Missed it when I first logged on.

That said, it does have a quad core i7 Sandy Bridge, so good to know about the SATA3.

Re: RAM, if the 8gb sticks are good, and I believe there are 4 available slots, do ya think I could install 4x8gb?

Retrofit - should've been remove and replace. Comes with some kind of noisy slow multi-drive (according to reviews). Thought I'd get busy ordering some upgrades.

You mean like this one: OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-240G 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Looks like they have a really sweet 480gb also...for just a few hundred more than I paid for the whole laptop with a three yr. accidental death and dumb dumb drop plan.

Any thoughts on running the SSD as my main and keeping one of the stock drives for storage? Don't think I could persuade the significant other that I just had to have a pair of $1800 SSD's for a brand new lap top. She's just not that into me.

Also forgot, wanted to upgrade the WiFi. Any suggestions for speed and range?

 

LOL

Yes, you obviously could go up to 16GB (I don't believe there are 8GB modules available, I could be wrong), but would you really need it? Judging by your response, I'm going to say no.

Yes, most laptops in my experience do have removeable and replaceable optical drives. I don't see any reason why Asus wouldn't let that happen.

And yes....currently, that is absolutely the fastest SSD on the market, with very minor variations.

I wouldn't suggest getting it though. OCZ has had reliability issues in the past. A much safer bet to go for Crucial, Samsung or Intel. And you can swap your optical drive out to put a HDD in for storage, that's what I'm doing.

For most people the 6230 from Intel is more than adequate. If you want the absolute best, get the 6300, but you'll lose the bluetooth capability, and you will have to buy a $5 module that will take up a USB slot.

Mr. Mysterious