Any difference between 8GB and 16GB meh..?
I checked my RAM usage and it rarely exceeds 4GB.

Just OC abit la... No need to blow it up all the way.

MSI Afterburner... EVGA Precision also can... Asus GPU Tweak also can.

MSI AB has the slider thingy right..? Just slide a lil bit... Let's say, 10MHz more on intervals until you're happy with how it performs... Don't go all the way up otherwise you'll suffer from throttling (Have not experienced this yet on the Y500, but the old M15x throttles like mad).

Yeap, just install and play...

I usually do both...

So.... Not a must if I'm not a heavy multitasker lah~?

Prolly gonna get myself the mSATA for the boot partition in the future...
High capacity SSDs still cost a bomb atm.

You meant this one (highlighted in blue)..?

I opened my Y500 before and I don't see any connectors there apart from the WiFi card beside it... or maybe we can splice the mSATA connectors and add in a second one.


Attached thumbnail(s)

I sked void warranty.

Prolly gonna dissect my Y500 to check it out again then.

Edit: Opened up liao and I see it... This one..?

Comparison with the primary mSata slot.


Addon : After having scrutinised between both slots, I highly doubt the one beside the UB connector is a mSATA socket. It doesn't look the same at all.

This post has been edited by Lil Kiasu: May 25 2013, 09:52 PM

Use MSI Afterburner, EVGA Precision, Asus GPU Tweak or Riva Tuner

Ok... Good luck.

Yank it out by force~!

An increase of 40 fps is good for mobile gamers liao if they play demanding games...

Desktop..? No fun carrying a tower + peripherals to Starbucks/airport/kopitiam liao~

It's so cliche mar... Tired with everyone's mentality of saying "mau performance get desktop lah".

Yes, desktop > mobile, but common sense that most power users who want power on the go will opt for this instead of lugging a tower everywhere, no?

Even with AirAsia's 7kg limit for hand carry luggage also with our lappy already taking 2.7kg liao... If tower amacam~? Cannot play in-flight also since no power port for the PSU onboard.

PS: Not raging at anyone in particular... Just venting out my personal frustrations on people's mentality towards performance lappies vs desktops.

Edit : Spelling.

This post has been edited by Lil Kiasu: May 30 2013, 09:06 AM

I banana cannot read chinese~

Wonder if applying some new thermal paste would further improve the cooling performance...

Wanted to pry open my unit but can't seem to find the screws holding the mobo in the chassis.

I still have some leftover MX-4 wor~ Waste leh if I just leave it lying inside my drawer~

Oh, I am...
Maybe I should test it on the Ultrabay one first before proceeding with the dissection of the lappy.

Well, the Chinese usually get the goodies from early on so it might be legit..
Saw a hands-on video on BB's Porsche Design mobile way before it was released to the market.

Regret liao ah..? Don't be... Welcome to the Y-Family~

Welcome...

My Y500's running on Intel...
and the CPU, hot..? What's your reading~?

I see what you did thar.

Dang it and I wanna resurrect my dead M15x...

You kaki AW also~?