The MSI GX600 can go up to 4 GB RAM

I was really confused about this because I kept on hearing some people say it can only go up to 2 GB Max and other say it can go up to 4 GB.

Well, I went to ebay the other day and I asked a guy on there who is an authorized seller of the MSI GX600 a couple of questions and he answered me immediatley... Here is the reply that I got from him:



[ B]You've received an answer to your question about item MSI GX600 Turbo Laptop Nvidia 8600 GT 512mb 15" T7300[/B]

Dear (my username),

Hi (my username),

Yes this laptop goes up to 4 GB of Ram memory. If you would like to add 4 Gigs please add $240.

Yes this laptop is expandable to 200GB at 7200 rpm please add $240.

I will give you the remaining parts that are left over. (2 1 gig sticks, and a 250gig hd)

If you want me to customize a barebones unit I can give you another quote. Please see item #300177365700 If you want please advise your cpu and I will draw you up a quote. Thanks,

Ben

- frostycomputers

 

The GX600 and 163A currently cannot use 4GB of memory, neither machine will boot with anything but 1gb in each slot. The barebone is supposed to have future support for 4gb.

PS:

your seller has swiped the product specs from our website word for word for OUR pre-configured barebones and is using them for the msi pre-configured models. All his specs are completely wrong!!!!

 

WoW.. If that's true, then it's illegal for him to sell it. I saw his feedback ratings and a few people have already bought the laptop from him. I was thinking of buying one from him myself, but since he's stolen all that information from your website, I'm not going to purchase it from him.

But, If I can purchase it from Rkcomputer, would you be able to install a 200 gb 7200 rpm hard drive for me?

 

Yes the HDD can be upgraded on these models..........

 

Wait, why does the GX600 not work with 4GB memory? It should be supported by the chipset....

 

Yes the chipset supports it but currently the bios does not.

 

The 163a now has 4GB memory support with a bios update and will support the T7800 Processor

 

That's great news.

MSI MS-163A (GX600) 15.4" WXGA Intel® PM965 Core™ 2 Duo Barebone Notebook, NVIDIA® Geforce® 8600M-GT 512MB, Super-Multi Drive, Bluetooth, HDMI, eSATA, 1.3MP Camera, Optional Internal TV Tuner-Vista™ Premium Ready!

Video Graphics:: NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M-GT 512MB VRAM + Turbo Cache-DX 10
Optical Drive: Integrated Super-Multi Drive-Dual Layer
Core 2 Duo 800MHz Processor: Intel® Core™2 T7800 2.60Ghz 4MB 800 MHz
Thermal Compound-Heat Sink: Dry Standard OEM CPU Thermal Compound
2.5 Hard Drive: 200GB Seagate SATA II 7200 RPM 3Gbs 16MB G-force Protection
Memory-DDR2 667-4GB Max: 4GB KINGSTON DDR2 667 PC2-5300 CL5 (2 x 2GB)
Wireless: Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN 802.11 a/b/g/ Draft N Mini-PCIe
Bluetooth: Integrated MS-6837D Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR USB Module
Internal TV Tuner: No Internal TV Tuner-Click Here To Add
ExpressCard Media Remote: No Media Remote-Click Here To Add
NoteBook Cooler: No Cooler-Click Here To Add
Spare Main Battery: No Spare Battery-Click Here To Add
Spare A/C Adapter: No Spare A/C Adapter-Click Here To Add
MSI Car Charger: No Car Charger-Click Here To Add
Carry Bag: No Carry Bag-Click Here To Add
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit DVD
Microsoft Office Editions: No Software-Click Here To Add
Warranty Options: 1 Year Parts-Lifetime Labor Warranty*-Lifetime Tech Support* - Included

Total:
$1881.00

It's a super laptop for under $2000. If I had configured this at dell it would cost near 2 times as much with these specifications.

 

Where can I configure MSI notebooks?

 

You can configure them here.

http://www.rkcomputer.net/

 

What is the screen resolution?

 

Since it's 15.4 inch WXGA, I'm guessing it's resolution is (1280x800).

 

Yes, its a WXGA, but thats no problem for me, anything more is too small for me. And its pretty sure im going to buy this one.