No it won't, since GL552 maintenance hatch doesn't touches the vital areas.

1 question, how do u access the fan? for future reference haha in case next time need to clean the fan.
the area im staying at is next to a highway and it can get dusty as hell in just a year

That you'll need to remove the outer screws. Not an easy task.

ahhh icic. i saw the manual already, the top just comes off like that haha. looks simple enough.

so do u recommend this laptop for its price and performance?
i couldnt find anymore decent laptops in this price range alrdy.

lenovo y50 is 3.8k
acer is built worst
msi has fan issues..

also the original hdd that comes with it is a 7.2k spinner right?
do u think its acceptable to go back to it because im coming from a ssd.. but i feel like if i add ssd onto this laptop, there's too much empty space haha.

besides all i do is just dota and probably will download some heavy games to play for a bit~

This post has been edited by duck v3: Oct 2 2015, 03:21 PM

Not sure if I'm recommending it right, for its looks and performance and on top of that, there's the m.2 pcie ssd support, it should be fine, but the GPU performance is the let down whereby Dell 7447 have i5 with gtx 850m 4gb ddr3 against Asus with i7 and GTX 950M 2GB DDR3, tough call... but i would lean towards 7447 since the performance gap between gtx 850m and gtx 950m aren't big.

However, I did some look up with addition few hundred ringgit from GL552, you could get G551JM with gtx 860M still around that price but it would be around the same price range as Y50.

Hard disk provided is 5400 rpm usually.

This post has been edited by riku2replica: Oct 2 2015, 04:09 PM

bought this laptop finally, from https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showuser=475679
went for a round of dota, some animes , and 2 hours of crysis 3.\
very nice guy, extremely helpful seller. put up with my bull from start to the end haha. props to him

dota 2 ran liquid smooth 60fps constant without a hitch throughout the game. crysis 3 ran averagely at about 40fps with all settings in high, resolution @1600x900 , AA is off with shadows low. Pretty impressive! the 5400rpm hitachi drive that came with the laptop is quite decent, normal R/W are averaged at around 105mb/s over 5 runs, 4k seq / random R/Ws arond 0.9mb/s. thats pretty good for an oem drive . and the illuminated keyboard is absolutely amazing in the dark. (i dont use the keyboard though, im using my cherry mx :3) ok, enough about system performance and peripherals.

lets talk screen. the screen is well... how do i put it, it's different. probably because it's a matte panel. it looks very.. dull but at the same time, very accurate. brightness is just soso and the viewing angles are pretty good!

software, the laptop comes with some asus utilities, and guess what? no bloatware! windows games / apps / zuma / whatever, they're not there! saved me time from having to remove all those crap

thats pretty much it that i can say after 3 hours of usage. naturally i expect you guys to already know the build quality? the lid part is tacky rattling plastic , while the interior is still acceptable haha. oh and it's a fingerprint magnet too.

but theres one thing that bothers me really badly.............
the speakers are absolutely HORRIBLE.

HOWEVER

when you plug in your iem / oecs , prepare to be blown away. the sound quality of the onboard sound processor is almost on par with a full fledged sound card. It's extremely crisp and clear, with zero to very very insignificant distortion (at an extremely high volume where i can go deaf anytime). Heck, i dont even need an amp considering my audio gear is dj grade. Just if you guys are wondering, it's a shure srh440. the cable comes at a rating of 32ohms.

but one question, does this laptop comes with a msata or a m2 slot? are they reverse compatible? thanks!

This post has been edited by duck v3: Oct 3 2015, 01:54 AM

you have to google it bro..

or another option is to open up the entire laptop to find out .

replaced the oem hitashit drive with a 500gb wd black , 32mb cache.

pretty damn good!

anyone replace their g55vw battery before? how much? battery is not charging anymore.. , take out power cord terus power down.. , laptop almost 3y 4months..

Hi guys!

Any idea on where to get the Asus rog targus backpack? Sold mine with the laptop couple months back and bought the alienware backpack but it couldn't beat that targus comfortability hmmm

You mean Nomad or the freebie like this?

yes, that is the one! I know it is one of the freebies, but I wonder if anyone sell them?

This post has been edited by theirwan: Oct 8 2015, 08:47 PM

apparently it got sold out from recent sale.

If anyone looking for G501JW CH117H, I wanna let go mine with a good price. Need urgent money 😅.

why not SSD

$$$$$

I have one back in my hometown, if you want it then I guess I can sell it as I'm not using it anyway...
Just in case, is there any size for this particular model? I got this when i purchase the G751JT...

This post has been edited by angrysnail: Oct 13 2015, 12:29 AM

well, can I know how much do you want to sell it? if cheap, then I might buy it heheh

Let me go search it out first then only will notify you on the pricing... you need it urgently?