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    Asus ROG Strix GL702ZC (AMD Ryzen) laptop - $1,399 at MicroCenter

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by saturnotaku, May 15, 2018.

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    MicroCenter has the Asus ROG Strix GL702ZC 17-inch laptop for $1,399, a savings of $100 off list. This has the AMD Ryzen 7 1700 CPU, RX 580 GPU, 16 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, and 1 TB HDD.
     
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    Wow, the sale is still ongoing and stores have them in stock!
     
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    I would have loved to see a 15.6” version of this.
     
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    They could go the Alienware route and put a 15.6" display in a 17.3" chassis :p
     
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    17.3" frame gives more room for cooling, 15.6" is too tiny of a screen to squint at all day long.

    Bulk up, hit the weights, 17.3" heavy gets easy to pack around every day, up the reps, after a while it's not even noticeable.

    18.4", now that's the size where it really gets sweet. :)
     
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    Maybe instead of upping the reps, you could eat some carrots ;)
     
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    Do both! It’s great!
     
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    I had not known about the AMD Helios 500. It’s an interesting laptop! I just wish AMD laptops utilized MXM and socketed CPUs. The Asus laptop with the 1700 and 580 was all soldered right? Or am I mistaken?

    Edit:
    Asus, not acer haha
     
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    Hah, nice one! Pahrump bump, tish!!

    I have great eye's, because take care of them because I do eat carrots and I juice them too: Carrot+Ginger+Orange+Lemon+Wheatgrass!!

    Forcing your eye's focus on such a small screen for hours and hours will drive you batty.

    I've had co-workers convert to large screen laptops, and add large external screens after seeing me work with my setup.

    Seeing is believing.... so to speak. ;)
     
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    It uses an actual desktop 1700
     
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    So you could put a 1800x, or even the 2nd gen chips if you wanted?

    For some reason I thought the 1700 was soldered on. I’ll have to research that Asus machine a bit
     
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    PGA - which is like LGA, but also fails in the same way most LGA does - there are no BIOS updates for LGA CPU's that come after release from the laptop maker.

    And, if you don't purchase your LGA laptop from the "approved" list, you're screwed too.

    Asus has already said they aren't providing CPU BIOS updates.

    Just sell it intact, as it was made to some lucky future second owner, and get a new laptop for yourself.

    Then you've created 2 new happy laptop owners. :)
     
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    In theory yes. Asus is usually good about updating their BIOS too but who knows in this case. This was not a popular laptop.

    I’m not sure if this could thermally handle an 1800x
     
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    6:20 for evidence of an actual 1700 desktop CPU
     
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