lol! this asus fan is weird. i don't recall there was a g54vw. maybe he meant g55vw :/

edit: no need to google also. goto nvidia.com and you can see the comparison chart:



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if anyone read those conversations also tulan la :/

25k! that's crazy!

as expected

nice man.. i wish i have your skills :/ i pasang screw can la but ask me cut metals to build chassis then i sure koyak ://

geforce 334.89 whql released; bf4 second assault also

there is no such model also bro. g46vw yes. not g45vw :/ whatever it is, i hope buyers can at least think of business sustainability of sellers for a while.

with a 6k budget, i guess he can build a decent desktop by himself, then upgrade when he has some spares.

no problem man

life with some distant goals are good to live

i was thinking to build desktop rigs as a hobby when i am old and retired. (however by that time i am not so sure if there are still desktop parts available to do that)

older generations of stuff usually lasts longer. (very hard to die haha!) to me, i get stuff for self satisfaction, for self rewarding.

i hope alienware is otherwise. they can create new slim models; but i hope they keep the bulky design for 17; maintainability and upgradeablity are important for long term use, so is the proper cooling for important components like cpu/gpu.

between the two, i will always choose alienware. if you're looking for 3 years or more of usage, like raymondtong94 said, get 17.

Sure

Cpu, gpu, ram, ssd (sata3 and msata; up to 4 drives), wifi card is also changeable.

I only have r4 and current 17. Both can do that. Imo the better choices to have are the previous r3, 4 and the current 17 r1.

Me too. I hope it will improve, like putting in pcie sata instead of msata, thunderbolt 2 lol!

i have 17" not aw 14 but in general there will be no problem to do a fresh install of w7.

first i will get all the latest drivers from dell. for a new ssd, i set sata operations to ahci mode. then i will update the ssd firmware to the latest.

w7 can be installed in uefi and legacy/bios mode. (this depends on your install media. afaik w7 by default is installed in legacy mode). both modes are fine in terms of w7. there are plenty of tutorials already. google and read a bit and you will be good to go.

Its a individual preference. (I mean how long you wanna keep it)

I think it can last for 3 years or more. (17" or 18")

Afaik, the complete cover (part-only warranty + accidental damage) is only offerred by dell at the point of online purchase. If you ordered the warranty extension separately through the dell website after that, the new extension is part-only warranty. For better choices of warranty i suggest you talk to sellers like putochip123.

Firstly its electronic so there will be definite limited shelf life. Secondly due to implementations of newer technologies (e.g. Change of cpu sockets, compatible chipsets; gpu socket types, etc.), this will limit upgradeability also. Thirdly i dont think you still wanna use it after a few years because the performance of newer models simply are better than old ones.

To me a better indicator is the limit of warranty by manufacturer (i think the max is 5 years for aw)

As for the details of scope of warranty that they can provide, its better to ask sales reps. They should know best.

Lol! How're the new stuff that you've installed? Please share with us

imo the older drivers for 7260ac works better with my .ac router at home (full 867mbps almost always).

hahaha! it's better to keep the screws in organized manners in a container with compartments (and don't do it on your bed)

sure i keep them all lol!

change it when you really really need it to me i still prefer wired.

lol! er there is no need to do that i think; mine are just normal aw laptops like yours there are a number of laptop specs that make me drooling also haha!

lol! maybe it can help to solve the current water issue in Selangor

.. they don't use it. plants do hahaha!

i guess you haven't enabled the ssd caching. if you didn't do anything to the bios, then to enable it is pretty simple. just make sure you have install intel rst driver package in full (i.e. not the drivers only but the full suite)

read here, http://www.dell.com/support/troubleshootin...en&docid=564442