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    W3V- Different HD Heat Issues

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by bchung, Mar 5, 2006.

  1. bchung

    bchung Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was reading up on the W3V as a potential candidate for my first notebook and it's come to my attention that there's been a refresh to the model within the last year or so. Now, all the sites that I look at have the 100gb 4200rpm HD as opposed to the Hitachi 60gb 5400rpm that was being supplied in the W3V during the earlier part of 2005.

    Now, the reviews i've read on the W3V have mostly come from the first half of 2005 and almost all of them complain about heat issues resulting from the HD, so:

    a. was the move to a lower rpm HD intentionally done by Asus to address heat issues?
    b. Did it do the job to any decent extent?
    c. Is the 4200rpm HD annoyingly slow for general use or only booting and accessing large files?
    d. Were there any other big changes between the older and refreshed model?

    Thanks
     
    bchung, Mar 5, 2006
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  2. Shampoo

    Shampoo Notebook Deity

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    a) Dunno, maybe, but probably to attract mainstream consumers since it offers more storage.
    b) I don't know, but I'm sure the difference in heat between the 4200 and the 5400 is negligible when you're talking about actually FEELING the difference.
    c) For general use I'm sure it's fine, but for large files and such I'm sure it'll bother you.
    d) Old and refreshed, I have no idea what you're talking about. The W3V has always been pretty much the same except for different harddrives I think. It comes with a x600 128mb videocard, and everything else associated with this laptop, I'm sure you can get one configured.

    Cheers,
    Mike
     
    Shampoo, Mar 5, 2006
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