MSI GX740 with 5870 1gb ddr5

[Eriand]

Wouldn't that void the warranty?

And do you per chance mean one of those notebook coolers?`Like a pad that you put your laptop on?

[catacylsm]

5870 should effectively run cooler, the single cooling solution in the MSI' is very very efficient, and dam quiet!, and 1650x1080 is much better then 1080p for 17 inch single gpu solutions, much more life in that machine

MSI for the win!

MSI's warrenty is also very flexible, you can do things like that.

[Phinagle]

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its little brother was also up online with a 5850 ati gpu. one question for the gurus out there.. what kind of performance can i expect between the two gpus? say i keep the rest of the config the same, and play the same game (crysis...) at same settings, what kind of difference should there be between the two?
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The Mob. HD5850 in the GX640 is listed as GDDR3 which essentially makes it an overclocked Mob. HD4850 with just over half the memory transfer rate.....and that means there's a very likely chance the GX640's Mob. HD5850 will perform worse than the Mob. HD4850.

[Dead2th3world]

Wouldn't that void the warranty?

And do you per chance mean one of those notebook coolers?`Like a pad that you put your laptop on?

I'm using this : http://www.enermax.co.uk/products/pe...ie/aeolus.html
I'm not that bothered about my warranty Tbh.

You Should get in touch with em before doing so , just in case

[Eriand]

Woa!

Didn't notice the 5850 had gddr3.. That def. is a combobreaker :P As in, about half the memory bandwidth.

Anyways,

Dead, I'm thinking of pre-ordering the GX740 today. Would it be worth it to add the

"Full Size Black Aluminum Notebook Cooler - Dual Fans - USB Powered (For up to 17" Laptops) ( + $69 )"?

Other than that, I'm upgrading to the i7-820 as well as 8 gigs of ram.

Too bad the GX740 doesn't have dual harddrives, or I would've gone with a SSD as well as the 500gb hdd. Good thing is it has eSATA.

Another question on that! Is it possible to power the eSATA hdd through USB be it 2 or?

/Eri

[Dead2th3world]

IF I were you , I would get the cheapest cpu , then get a "controversial" one off eBay. saving you a total of 270$. It's just an opinion Engineering vs OEM CPUs

Yeah that's what suck about MSI really , always wanted a 2nd hdd !

Most Ext. eSata has both USB and the latter , so you should be fine.

I don't know about that cooler but it's ok for that price I guess.

[Phinagle]

Best option if you're going to buy an aftermarket CPU is to wait for someone to start selling the barebones version of the GX740. I don't know if XoticPC will sell them but I do know RK Computers usually offers them for sale as a barebones.

Also I would consider swapping out the ODD for a second HDD via something like this and then using the ODD as an external drive. To me it makes more sense to have the HDD more readily available than a nearly obsolete ODD.


My major disappointment is that XoticPC is showing these using the i7 quads, meaning the GX740 will probably be using a PM55 chipset that won't support switchable graphics....at CES these machines were shown with i5 Arrandales.

[Eriand]

HUmhum.... Not such a bad idea, but... I think I'll stick with the non-ES versions.

Well, if I can connect the eSATA drive to the eSATA for datatransfers and USB for power then it's all good!

What exactly is it that takes up so much space in the MSI lappie? Compared to say the G73 which has 2 hdds and also is a 17 inch?

EDIT: Phinagle, I'd rather have the QUAD and just downclock the 5870 if I need more battery time. Granted, it's not really the same, but it's all I need I mean, if I prioritized battery time over performance I wouldn't go for one of theese ^^

EDIT2: The lappie comes with a blue-ray drive though.. And I actually think I'd use it, you know? And sure.. Another HDD would be great, but if I can get about the same performance via a external drive, it's okay with me.

[Dead2th3world]

HUmhum.... Not such a bad idea, but... I think I'll stick with the non-ES versions.

Well, if I can connect the eSATA drive to the eSATA for datatransfers and USB for power then it's all good!

What exactly is it that takes up so much space in the MSI lappie? Compared to say the G73 which has 2 hdds and also is a 17 inch?

Oh you meant that , well I don't know if usb will be enough to power it up. Pretty sure external power would be needed.

May be coz it's slimmer ..

[Dead2th3world]

Best option if you're going to buy an aftermarket CPU is to wait for someone to start selling the barebones version of the GX740. I don't know if XoticPC will sell them but I do know RK Computers usually offers them for sale as a barebones.

Also I would consider swapping out the ODD for a second HDD via something like this and then using the ODD as an external drive. To me it makes more sense to have the HDD more readily available than a nearly obsolete ODD.


My major disappointment is that XoticPC is showing these using the i7 quads, meaning the GX740 will probably be using a PM55 chipset that won't support switchable graphics....at CES these machines were shown with i5 Arrandales.

Not a bad idea if you don't use the ODD that much