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

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

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

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

pretty damn good!

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