G50V Owners Lounge

[kievlyanka]

So guys, what ARE we going to be able to upgrade on the g50v after some time? Anything? I really wanna try messing with mine in the future because I have an itch for experimenting but if it's going to be pointless anyway.

Someone said that DDR2----> DR3 won't happen because they are physically incompatible. But what about other parts?

Is it sad that I'm thinking of upgrading it and it hasn't even shipped yet? lol

[E.B.E.]

Besides RAM, HDD, and perhaps components connected via miniPCI, laptops are not really user-upgradeable.

[ViciousXUSMC]

G50 has pretty much fully upgraded the RAM, the HDD's are not the highest but they are up there. Not much reason to upgrade this unit if you ask me. (A1 or B1)

[chaosdragon656]

can any owner of this laptop comment on the heat this laptop produces?

[Count Kaiser]

I don't think anyone can do that. It's still not out yet.

[aethelbert]

G50v-X1 is out, the G50v-A1 is not

[Count Kaiser]

Well, whoever owns a G50 X1, can you comment on heat management?

[alitunay]

As I said in another post, the left side gets pretty hot. The CPU is very upgradable. It only takes 6 screws once you remove the back panel. Also, it seems like the GPU is not soldered so keep your fingers crossed.

The laptop has an overclock software which basically overclocks the CPU, GPU and the memory. I put a T8300 in it and it worked without a glitch. The overclock software also overclocked it with no issues. IT was working at 2.56GHZ after the overclock and the windows experience index was at 5.3. This is the highest score I ever saw on a laptop including the xps m1730s. The stock T5750 overclocks to 2.26GHZ and that is currently waht I am using.

I have one big issue though, I couldn't figure out how to get the wifi card work properly. NO BODY SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO FIX IT.

[Count Kaiser]

Is the left where the hard drives are? Seems reasonable that it would get hot. Also, could you run HWmonitor to see what the temps are for this thing under load?

[alitunay]

HDs are at the left front. The part that gets hot is the heatsink and the CPU. Lat time I hecked I got 60 C fro the CPU after 3 rounds of 3Dmark06.